loan rendering
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Example Sentences
- "Morover, Ibn Khaldûn’s particulary terminology, which he evolved with great pains for his “new science,” had to be preserved as far as possible; to some degree, it must have impressed his contemporary readers as unusual. Therefore, at least the outstanding terms. such as ʿumrân, ʿaṣabîyah, badâwah, were preserved in the translation by rather artificial loan renderings (“civilization,” “group spirit, “desert life or attitude”)."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
loan translation, calque
loan creation