NOUN
  • Definition - A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
  • Example - The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide".
  • Synonyms - calquing loan translation
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
calques 18 claques 18
6 Letter Words
calque 17 casque 17 claque 17 sacque 17 equals 15 squeal 15 caules 8 clause 8
5 Letter Words
equal 14 quale 14 alecs 7 cauls 7 cause 7 clues 7 laces 7 luces 7 sauce 7 scale 7
4 Letter Words
aces 6 alec 6 cals 6 case 6 caul 6 cels 6 clue 6 cues 6 ecus 6 lace 6 lacs 6 luce 6 ales 4 lase 4 leas 4 lues 4 sale 4 saul 4 seal 4 slue 4
3 Letter Words
qua 12 suq 12 ace 5 cal 5 cel 5 cue 5 ecu 5 lac 5 sac 5 sec 5 ale 3 als 3 eau 3 els 3 las 3 lea 3 les 3 leu 3 sae 3 sal 3 sau 3 sea 3 sel 3 sue 3 use 3
2 Letter Words
ae 2 al 2 as 2 el 2 es 2 la 2 us 2
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