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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
calque
    n 1: an expression introduced into one language by translating
         it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the
         German `Ubermensch'" [syn: calque, calque formation,
         loan translation]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Calk \Calk\ (k[a^]lk), v. t. [E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to
   trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel.
   Cf. Calcarate.]
   To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or
   black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over
   the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other
   thing against which it is laid or held. [Written also
   calque]
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Calque \Calque\, v. t.
   See 2d Calk, v. t.
   [1913 Webster] Caltrop

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