Found 2 items, similar to calque.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: calque calque n : an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language [syn: loan translation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: calque Calk \Calk\ (k[a^]lk), v. t. [E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calcarate.] To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [Written also calque] [1913 Webster]