Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0700, John Ames wrote:

AFAIK English just takes "bombarde" as a loanword.

Something I learned on Bluesky about the terms “calque” and “loanword”: a
“calque” is a term constructed by taking apart the words of the term in
another language, translating them individually into English, and then
putting them back together again. Whereas a “loanword” is a straight use
of the original term from the other language.

Fun fact: “calque” is a loanword, lifted whole from the French. And
“loanword” is a calque, translated from the corresponding German term,
“Lehnwort”.