English-Lithuanian translations for calque

Definition of calque

• A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language
• To adopt from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts

Examples

• The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide

Related words

• cal
• call
• alphabetical
• calendar
• calamus
• vocal
• caller
• calcium
• calf
• scales