InterestingUsername@lemmy.ml to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 days agoWhat is the most useless fact you know?message-squaremessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down13
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minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 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.
Whats a calque
It’s a loanword from the French “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.