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In natural English speech, "calque" appears in contexts such as: "It actually coheres very, very well. If they encounter other people that did have pineapples, they'd probably borrow the word or maybe come up with some sort of a calque for it on their own". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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IPA/kælk/

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It actually coheres very, very well.

If they encounter other people that did have pineapples, they'd probably borrow the word or maybe come up with some sort of a calque for it on their own

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noun

A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

“David S. Powers, professor of Islamic history and law at Cornell, says he thinks that the word as used today is in the nature of what linguists call a calque, a borrowing from another language in literal translation […]”

Synonyms:loan translation calquing

verb

To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.

“Terms like "cloud computing" have been calqued into multiple languages, making it easier for global audiences to grasp complex technological concepts. […] For example, translating Shakespeare's works into other languages often involves calquing phrases to maintain the rhythm and metaphorical richness of the original.”

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