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calque

word or expression adopted from a foreign language by translation of its constituent morphemes
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calque

Summary

calque ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,930 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • calque is a type of loanword[2].
  • calque is a type of derivation[3].
  • calque's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[4].
  • calque's partially coincident with is recorded as phono-semantic matching[5].
  • calque's partially coincident with is recorded as hybrid word[6].
  • calque's has characteristic is recorded as foreign language[7].
  • calque's different from is recorded as loanword[8].
  • calque's different from is recorded as homophonic translation[9].
  • calque's different from is recorded as phono-semantic matching[10].
  • calque's studied by is recorded as linguistics[11].
  • calque's studied by is recorded as etymology science[12].
  • calque's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[13].
  • calque's related category is recorded as Category:Calques by language[14].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include loanword[2] and derivation[3].

Why It Matters

calque ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,930 views/month).[1] calque has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] calque is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

linguistics sociolinguistics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Soziolinguistika Hiztegia
    Related category → Category:Calques by language
    Subclass of → loanword, derivation
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6723, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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