kalka — meaning in English

English meaning

• calque noun A word or phrase formed in one language by translating the parts of a word or phrase in another language piece by piece.
• carbon noun A chemical element (symbol C) found in all living things and in materials like coal, diamond, and graphite.

Senses

kalka is used for these senses in English:

• calque (linguistics, translation studies) A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
• carbon (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
• carbon paper Paper with one of the faces impregnated with carbon, used to make carbon copies.

calque — full definition

1. noun A word or phrase formed in one language by translating the parts of a word or phrase in another language piece by piece.
2. verb To adopt a word or phrase from another language by translating its parts.

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