1) Expression 2) French word used in English 3) Loan translation 4) Locution 5) Saying 
In linguistics, a calque (k) or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word-for-word (verbum pro verbo) or root-for-root translation. Used as a verb, to calque means to borrow a word or phrase from another language while translating its components so as to create a new lexeme in the target language. Calque ...
word or expression introduced into a language by literally translating it
• (v. t.) See 2d Calk, v. t.
An expression formed by individually translating parts of a longer foreign expression and then combi
Calque transitive verb See 2d Calk , transitive verb 
[n] - an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
calque ( KALK) , calquing 1. A borrowing by which a specialized meaning of a word or phrase in one language is transferred to another language by a literal translation; such as, 'masterpiece' is a calque from German 'meisterstuck'. 2. A loan translation; especially, one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure o...
calque formation noun an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; ``superman` is a calque for the German `Ubermensch``
an expression translated from another language