Is “Calque” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
CALQUE
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Calque

/kælk/

noun
  1. 1.A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.

    The word "watershed" is a calque of the German "Wasserscheide".

Synonyms: calquing, loan translation

verb
  1. 1.To adopt (a word or phrase) from one language to another by semantic translation of its parts.