A calque is a word for word translation from one language to another. When you take a phrase in French, for example, and translate each word literally into English, that's a calque.
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Noun
an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
v. t.
See 2d Calk, v. t.
Calque
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Usage Examples
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