On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Calque. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as saying or expression and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Calque meaning
A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
Synonyms of Calque
Using Calque
- The main meaning on this page is: A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
- Useful related words include: calque formation, loan translation, saying, expression.
- In the example corpus, calque often appears in combinations such as: calque of, is calque.
Context around Calque
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Calque
- In this selection, "calque" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, medical, word and using stand out and add context to how "calque" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a calque in anglo and a medical calque the greek. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "calque" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with calque
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is a medical calque ; the Greek word for menses is actually different. (13 words)
Gospel is a calque (word-for-word translation) of the Greek word εὐαγγέλιον main, euangelion (eu- "good", -angelion "message"). (19 words)
In German there exists a synonym "Alldeutsche Bewegung" which is a calque using German instead of Latin and Greek roots. (20 words)
It is a calque of Greek ἡμέρα Ἕρμου heméra Hérmou main, a term first attested, together with the system of naming the seven weekdays after the seven classical planets, in the Anthologiarum by Vettius Valens (ca. (36 words)
An example is Surs. tschetapuorla 'vacuum cleaner', a compound of tschitschar 'to suck' and puorla 'dust', following the model of German Staubsauger – the Italian word, aspirapolvere possibly being itself a calque on the German word. (35 words)
His vocabulary is almost entirely classical, with only a few medieval constructions such as "loricator" (someone who makes armour, a calque of the Arabic "zarra") and "assellare" (to empty one's bowels). (32 words)
Example sentences (9)
A calque in Anglo-Manx is the use of the definite article, e.g. the Manx, the Gaelic, in ways not generally seen in standard English.
An example is Surs. tschetapuorla 'vacuum cleaner', a compound of tschitschar 'to suck' and puorla 'dust', following the model of German Staubsauger – the Italian word, aspirapolvere possibly being itself a calque on the German word.
A somewhat older term is "sharp shooter", a calque of 18th-century German Scharfschütze, in use in British newspapers as early as 1801.
Gospel is a calque (word-for-word translation) of the Greek word εὐαγγέλιον main, euangelion (eu- "good", -angelion "message").
His vocabulary is almost entirely classical, with only a few medieval constructions such as "loricator" (someone who makes armour, a calque of the Arabic "zarra") and "assellare" (to empty one's bowels).
In German there exists a synonym "Alldeutsche Bewegung" which is a calque using German instead of Latin and Greek roots.
It is a calque of Greek ἡμέρα Ἕρμου heméra Hérmou main, a term first attested, together with the system of naming the seven weekdays after the seven classical planets, in the Anthologiarum by Vettius Valens (ca.
The English term thought experiment was coined (as a calque ) from Mach's Gedankenexperiment, and it first appeared in the 1897 English translation of one of Mach’s papers.
This is a medical calque ; the Greek word for menses is actually different.
Common combinations with calque
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- calque of 3×
- is calque 3×