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Loan translation Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Loan translation has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

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

2

Synonym of calque.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
saying
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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