loan translation
Borrowed phrase, translated
A loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by translating its components literally rather than adopting the foreign word itself.
German *Wolkenkratzer* (cloud-scraper) became English *skyscraper*; English *flea market* comes from French *marché aux puces*.
Also called a calque.
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- word-for-wordExactly as stated
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
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Word origin study
- lexicologyScience of vocabulary analysis
- lexicographyCompiling word reference books
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
language change · neologism · coinage · word formation · compound word · terminology
Fitting to new conditions
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
- importationBringing goods from overseas
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- incorporationForming a legal entity
loanword
Imported vocabulary item
- calqueBorrowed phrase translated literally
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- word-for-wordExactly as stated
skyscraper · superman · flea market · masterpiece · antibody · worldview · brainwashing · kindergarten · beer garden · wanderlust
etymology
Word origin study
- lexicologyScience of vocabulary analysis
- lexicographyCompiling word reference books
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
semantics · language change · neologism · coinage · word formation · compound word · terminology
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
- importationBringing goods from overseas
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- translationinterpreting, interpreter, translators, interpreters, localization
- etymologyword origins, word history, word origin, etymon, root words
- loanwordsloanword, borrowings, borrowed words, borrowed word, borrowing
- language changelanguage change, linguistic diffusion, creolization, Great Vowel Shift, pidginization
- language mixingcode-switching, code switching, mixing, alternation, switching
- language transferinterference, interlanguage, calque, false friends
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