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In linguistics, a calque (/ k æ l k /) or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal word-for-word or root-for-root translation.When used as a verb, “to calque” means to borrow a word or phrase from another language while translating its components, so as to create a new word or phrase in the target language.
A calque / k æ l k / or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-for-word (Latin: "verbum pro verbo") translation. This list contains examples of calques in various languages.
The word calque is a loanword, while the word loanword is a calque: calque comes from the French noun calque ("tracing; imitation; close copy"); [5] while the word loanword and the phrase loan translation are translated from German nouns Lehnwort [6] and Lehnübersetzung (German: [ˈleːnʔybɐˌzɛt͡sʊŋ] ⓘ). [7]
Seasoning requirements can also apply to getting a loan after bankruptcy or foreclosure, and to mortgage refinances. For mortgages, money becomes "seasoned" after it's been in an established ...
The grammar of the Marathi language shares similarities with other modern Indo-Aryan languages such as Odia, Gujarati or Punjabi. The first modern book exclusively about the grammar of Marathi was printed in 1805 by Willam Carey. [1] [2] The principal word order in Marathi is SOV (subject–object–verb). [3]
Many of these, however, are borrowed indirectly from Bengali or Marathi, [3] or given meanings based on English or Perso-Arabic derived words already in use in Hindustani. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Any tatsama vocabulary occurring in Punjabi is borrowed from Hindi/Urdu, [ 6 ] and likewise tatsama words in languages spoken further west are likely to be ...
A semantic loan is a process of borrowing semantic meaning (rather than lexical items) from another language, very similar to the formation of calques.In this case, however, the complete word in the borrowing language already exists; the change is that its meaning is extended to include another meaning its existing translation has in the lending language.
Ryan Day is still searching for a second win against Michigan. The Wolverines stunned No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 on Saturday to deal a crushing blow to the Buckeyes’ Big Ten title chances and hopes ...