"Calque" is a loanword and "loanword" is a calque.
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Loanword
/ˈloʊnˌwɝd/
Synonyms for "loanword" (73 found)
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Related words (36)
Noun(30 words)
ingénueitalian coraggiojinrikishakindergärtnerskismatlagniappelanguage borrowinglederhosenlinguistic borrowingloanluxemangamishegossmouenombrilnon-greek loanwordpoliticorathskellerromanianismrussian voda
Verb(1 words)
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"Calque" is a loanword with French origins, and "loanword" is a calque with German origins.
Source: wiktionary
New words, and particularly loanwords, are simplified, and hence naturalized in American much more quickly than in English. Employé has long since become employee in our newspapers, and asphalte has lost its final e, and manœuvre has become maneuver, and pyjamas has become pajamas.
Source: wiktionary
This searching was facilitated by the author's knowledge of the vagaries of Anglo-Indian spelling and the numerous colonial-era transliteration systems used for loanwords from Indian languages.
Source: wiktionary
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