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calco.

cast (of sculpture)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkal.ko/
  1. cast (of sculpture)

    masculine
  2. tracing (of a design)

    masculine
  3. literal loan translation, calque (calco semantico), loanword

    masculine
  4. mold

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From calcare. In the sense “loan translation”, however, probably a semantic loan from French calque.

verb/ˈkal.ko/
  1. first-person singular present indicative of calcare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

See calcare.

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