Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to calque
Participle: calqued
Gerund: calquing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | calque |
| you | calque |
| he;she;it | calques |
| we | calque |
| you | calque |
| they | calque |
Perfect
| I | have calqued |
| you | have calqued |
| he;she;it | has calqued |
| we | have calqued |
| you | have calqued |
| they | have calqued |
Past
| I | calqued |
| you | calqued |
| he;she;it | calqued |
| we | calqued |
| you | calqued |
| they | calqued |
Pluperfect
| I | had calqued |
| you | had calqued |
| he;she;it | had calqued |
| we | had calqued |
| you | had calqued |
| they | had calqued |
Future
| I | will calque |
| you | will calque |
| he;she;it | will calque |
| we | will calque |
| you | will calque |
| they | will calque |
Future Perfect
| I | will have calqued |
| you | will have calqued |
| he;she;it | will have calqued |
| we | will have calqued |
| you | will have calqued |
| they | will have calqued |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | calque |
| you | calque |
| he;she;it | calque |
| we | calque |
| you | calque |
| they | calque |
Perfect
| I | have calqued |
| you | have calqued |
| he;she;it | have calqued |
| we | have calqued |
| you | have calqued |
| they | have calqued |
Imperfect
| I | calqued |
| you | calqued |
| he;she;it | calqued |
| we | calqued |
| you | calqued |
| they | calqued |
Pluperfect
| I | had calqued |
| you | had calqued |
| he;she;it | had calqued |
| we | had calqued |
| you | had calqued |
| they | had calqued |
Conditional
Present
| I | would calque |
| you | would calque |
| he;she;it | would calque |
| we | would calque |
| you | would calque |
| they | would calque |
Perfect
| I | would have calqued |
| you | would have calqued |
| he;she;it | would have calqued |
| we | would have calqued |
| you | would have calqued |
| they | would have calqued |
Imperative
| you | calque |
| we | Let's calque |
| you | calque |
Verbs conjugated like 'calque'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'calque'
calcule,
callus,
calve,
choque,
clique,
masque,
value,
ague,
aline,
allude,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French calque (“calque”, literally “copy, tracing”), from calquer (“to copy, trace”) (whence also calk), itself borrowed from Italian calcare, from Latin calcāre (“to tread”). Doublet of calcate and calcation. See: Italian '
calcare', Latin '
calcō'.
Sample Sentences
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Terms like "cloud computing" have been calqued into multiple languages, making it easier for global audiences to grasp complex technological concepts. […] For example, translating Shakespeare's works into other languages often involves calquing phrases to maintain the rhythm and metaphorical richness of the original. [2024 June 7, Soumaya Amine Al Salti, “Calque Examples in Translating: Impacts on Linguistic Diversity”, in Soumaya Salti, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2025:]