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LOAN TRANSLATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loan translation mean? 

LOAN TRANSLATION (noun)
  The noun LOAN TRANSLATION has 1 sense:

1. an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another languageplay

  Familiarity information: LOAN TRANSLATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOAN TRANSLATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

calque; calque formation; loan translation

Context example:

'superman' is a calque for the German 'Ubermensch'

Hypernyms ("loan translation" is a kind of...):

expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)


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