Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun calque_formation

1 sense of calque formation

Sense 1
calque, calque formation, loan translation -- (an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'")
       => saying, expression, locution -- (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression")