калька
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Kazakh
| Alternative scripts | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | كالكا |
| Cyrillic | калька |
| Latin | kalka |
| Yañalif | kalьka |
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian ка́лька (kálʹka), from French calque.
Pronunciation
Noun
калька • (kalka)
Russian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́лька • (kálʹka) f inan (genitive ка́льки, nominative plural ка́льки, genitive plural ка́лек)
- (uncountable) tracing paper
- tracing (a reproduction on such paper)
- (linguistics) calque
Declension
Declension of ка́лька (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Derived terms
- калькировать (kalʹkirovatʹ)
Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Noun
ка́лька • (kálʹka) f inan (genitive ка́льки, nominative plural ка́льки, genitive plural ка́льок)
- tracing paper
- tracing (a reproduction on such paper)
- (linguistics) calque
Declension
Declension of ка́лька (inan hard fem-form accent-a reduc)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “калька”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka