loan translation in English

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1
an expression adopted by one language from another in a more or less literally translated form.
The transfer of the name between languages assumes contact between Spanish and other speakers and a loan translation .
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1. Used in noun phrase Addle egg (c.1250) 'egg that does not hatch, rotten egg,' literally 'urine egg,' a loan translation of Latin ovum urinum, which is itself an

2. The acute accent ( ́ ) is a diacritic mark used in many modern written languages with alphabet s based on the Latin and Greek script s. The word acute is derived from the Latin acutus ("sharp"), itself a loan translation of the Greek (oxýs).

3. Almighty (adj.) Old English ælmihtig "all-powerful," also a by-name of God; compound of æl (see all) + mihtig (see mighty); common Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon alomahtig, Old High German alamahtic, German allmächtig, Old Norse almattigr), perhaps an early Germanic loan-translation of Latin omnipotens (see omnipotent).Originally only of deities; general use is by late 14c.