calquer

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English

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Etymology

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From calque +‎ -er.

Noun

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calquer (plural calquers)

  1. One who calques.
    • 2002, Manfred Görlach, Still More Englishes, page 144:
      This term became popular from the late 1960s onwards, languages being neatly divided between borrowers and calquers.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kal.ke/
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Verb

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calquer

  1. to model, to imitate, to copy
  2. to trace, to copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines

Conjugation

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