Calques is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Calques meaning
plural of calque
Using Calques
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of calque
Context around Calques
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Calques
- In this selection, "calques" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, translated and exist stand out and add context to how "calques" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include despite this calques exist in and literally translated calques. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "calques" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with calques
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Other new terms are calques or new loanwords. (8 words)
Despite this, calques exist in Manx, not necessarily obvious to its speakers. (12 words)
As a result of being neighbours with Germany, Polish has many German expressions which have become literally translated ( calques ). (19 words)
They also often speak the languages of the countries they live in. Typically, they also incorporate loanwords and calques into Romani from the languages of those countries and especially words for terms that the Romani language does not have. (39 words)
As a result of being neighbours with Germany, Polish has many German expressions which have become literally translated ( calques ). (19 words)
Despite this, calques exist in Manx, not necessarily obvious to its speakers. (12 words)
Example sentences (4)
As a result of being neighbours with Germany, Polish has many German expressions which have become literally translated ( calques ).
Despite this, calques exist in Manx, not necessarily obvious to its speakers.
Other new terms are calques or new loanwords.
They also often speak the languages of the countries they live in. Typically, they also incorporate loanwords and calques into Romani from the languages of those countries and especially words for terms that the Romani language does not have.