Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An inexact calque where at least one constituent isn't translated literally, in order to give readers of the target language a more accurate mental image.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: loan rendition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: loan formation, loan coinage, substitution
History
From loan + rendering.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
