calque(n = noun.communication) calque formation, loan translation - an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
is a kind of expression, locution, saying
See 2d Calk,
calque, n. Philol. = loan-translation.
Etymology:
F, = copy, tracing f. calquer trace ult. f. L calcare tread