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calc

Pronunciation: [ˈkalk]

“calc” is a Catalan word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)
  2. calque (a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language)

In Catalan

  1. Còpia d'una obra original feta calcant.
  2. Manlleu d'un mot o d'una locució que manté l'estructura de la llengua original fent una traducció de cada mot o de cada morfema.

Etymology

Deverbal from calcar.

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