calquer

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noun

One who calques.

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Meanings

nouncalquer (plural calquers)

plural calquers

  1. One who calques.

    This term became popular from the late 1960s onwards, languages being neatly divided between borrowers and calquers.

    2002, Manfred Görlach, Still More Englishes, page 144

Origin

From calque + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lacquerRacquel
Cite this entry
APA

calquer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calquer

MLA

“calquer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calquer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calquer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calquer.

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