| calque |
| Definition: Creating a new word in a language by doing a part-for-part translation of a word from another language. |
| Example: The word superman, which in English originally meant "over man," was coined as a part-for-part translation of the German Übermensch, over man. |
| Etymology: The word derives from the French calquer, to copy (from Latin calx, heel). |
| Oxford English Dictionary: Its first citation is from 1937: "The speaker begins saying things in one form only, instead of using two forms which are almost exact calques of each other." (American Speech XII. 44) |