InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat is the most useless fact you know?message-squaremessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down14
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minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up30·3 days ago“Loanword” is a calque, and “calque” is a loanword.
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 days agoA compound word that enters another language via direct translation of its parts. As an example, “loanword” comes from German “Lehnwort”, with Lehn = loan and Wort = word.
“Loanword” is a calque, and “calque” is a loanword.
Whats a calque
A compound word that enters another language via direct translation of its parts.
As an example, “loanword” comes from German “Lehnwort”, with Lehn = loan and Wort = word.
It’s a loanword from the French “calque”