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A

Appendix:Achuar word list
Appendix:Adai word list
Appendix:Aiwa word list
Appendix:Akpes word lists
Appendix:Allentiac word list
Appendix:Alsea word list
Appendix:Amdang word list
Appendix:Amerindian basic vocabulary
Appendix:Anaang word list
Appendix:Andaqui word list
Appendix:Arabic Frequency List from Quran
Appendix:Arabic Quranic Verbs
Appendix:Arabic Quranic Verbs/Arabic Quranic Verbs 1-500
Appendix:Arabic Quranic Verbs/Arabic Quranic Verbs 1001-1475
Appendix:Arabic Quranic Verbs/Arabic Quranic Verbs 501-1000
Appendix:Arabic Frequency List from Quran/Arabic Frequency List from Quran 1-1000
Appendix:Arabic Frequency List from Quran/Arabic Frequency List from Quran 1001-2000
Appendix:Arabic Frequency List from Quran/Arabic Frequency List from Quran 2001-3000
Appendix:Arabic Frequency List from Quran/Arabic Frequency List from Quran 3001-3680
Appendix:Atikum word lists
Appendix:Axi word list

B

Appendix:Baenan word list
Appendix:Bangime word list
Appendix:Bariba word list
Appendix:Bayono-Awbono word lists
Appendix:Beothuk word list
Appendix:Berta word lists
Appendix:Betoi word list
Appendix:Biao Min (Shikou) word list
Appendix:Biao word list
Appendix:Bijogo word list
Appendix:Birri word list
Appendix:Bora word list
Appendix:Bouyei comparative vocabulary list
Appendix:Bulaka River word lists
Appendix:Burmese basic vocabulary
Appendix:Burushaski comparative vocabulary list

C

Appendix:Caddoan word lists
Appendix:Candoshi word list
Appendix:Canichana word list
Appendix:Caraballo word list
Appendix:Cayuse word list
Appendix:Chamacoco word list
Appendix:Chaná word list
Appendix:Chimariko word list
Appendix:Chinook word list
Appendix:Chiquitano word list
Appendix:Cholón word list
Appendix:Chono word list
Appendix:Coahuilteco word list
Appendix:Comecrudo word list
Appendix:Coos word list
Appendix:Cotoname word list
Appendix:Cuitlatec word list
Appendix:Culli word list

D

Appendix:Defaka word list
Appendix:Dhimalish comparative vocabulary list
Appendix:Dogon word lists
Appendix:Dura word list
Appendix:1000 basic Dutch words
Appendix:Dzubukua word list

E

Appendix:Elamite word list
Appendix:1000 basic English words
Appendix:Esmeralda word list
Appendix:Esselen word list
Appendix:Etruscan word list

F

Appendix:French basic words

G

Appendix:Gahri word list
Appendix:Gamela word list
Appendix:Goethe-Zertifikat A1/A2
Appendix:Gong vocabulary lists
Appendix:Guachi word list
Appendix:Guamo word list
Appendix:Guató word lists
Appendix:Guiqiong word list
Appendix:Gule word lists
Appendix:Gumuz word lists

H

Appendix:Hadza word list
Appendix:Hattic word list
Appendix:Highland Chontal word list
Appendix:Common Hindi words
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hindi 1900
Appendix:Horpa (Zongke) word list
Appendix:Huamelultec word list
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian frequency list 1-10000
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian webcorpus frequency list
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian webcorpus frequency list/1001-2000
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian webcorpus frequency list/2001-3000
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian webcorpus frequency list/3001-4000
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian webcorpus frequency list/4001-5000
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian webcorpus frequency list/5001-6000
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian webcorpus frequency list/6001-7000
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian webcorpus frequency list/7001-8000
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian webcorpus frequency list/8001-9000
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Hungarian webcorpus frequency list/9001-10000
Appendix:Hupdë word list
Appendix:Hurro-Urartian word lists

I

Appendix:1000 basic Ido words
Appendix:Iquito word list
Appendix:Irantxe word lists

J

Appendix:Jalaa word list
Appendix:1000 Japanese basic words
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Japanese/Wikipedia2013
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Japanese10001-20000
Appendix:Jeikó word list
Appendix:Jiamao vocabulary lists
Appendix:JLPT
Appendix:JLPT/N1
Appendix:JLPT/N2
Appendix:JLPT/N3
Appendix:JLPT/N4
Appendix:JLPT/N5

K

Appendix:Kaimbé word list
Appendix:Kamakã word lists
Appendix:Kambiwá word list
Appendix:Kamsá word list
Appendix:Kanoé word list
Appendix:Kanuri word list
Appendix:Karankawa word list
Appendix:Karo word list
Appendix:Katembri word lists
Appendix:Kathu word list
Appendix:Kenaboi word list
Appendix:Khitan word list
Appendix:Klamath word list
Appendix:Kolopom word lists
Appendix:Basic Korean Vocabulary List
Appendix:Common Korean words
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Korean 5800
Appendix:Koro word lists
Appendix:Kujarge word list
Appendix:Kunama word list
Appendix:Kusunda word list
Appendix:Kutenai word list

L

Appendix:Laha word list
Appendix:Lalo word list
Appendix:Leco word lists
Appendix:Lenca word list
Appendix:Lower Umpqua word list

M

Appendix:HSK list of Mandarin words
Appendix:PSC list of Mandarin words
Appendix:Mandarin Frequency lists
Appendix:HSK list of Mandarin words/Beginning Mandarin
Appendix:HSK list of Mandarin words/Elementary Mandarin
Appendix:HSK list of Mandarin words/Intermediate Mandarin
Appendix:HSK list of Mandarin words/Advanced Mandarin
Appendix:Maratino word list
Appendix:Massep word list
Appendix:Matanawi word list
Appendix:Mato Grosso Arára word lists
Appendix:Maxakali word lists
Appendix:Mien (Gongcheng) word list
Appendix:Mimi of Decorse word list
Appendix:Mimi of Nachtigal word list
Appendix:Minkin word list
Appendix:Mochica word list
Appendix:Molala word list
Appendix:Mru word list
Appendix:Munichi word list
Appendix:Mura word list

N

Appendix:Naolan word list
Appendix:Nara word list
Appendix:Natchez word list
Appendix:Natioro word lists
Appendix:Natú word list
Appendix:Nesu word list
Appendix:Nihali word list

O

Appendix:Oko word list
Appendix:Old Chinese basic vocabulary
Appendix:Olukumi word list
Appendix:Omurano word list
Appendix:Ongota word list
Appendix:Oti word list

P

Appendix:Pa-Hng comparative vocabulary list
Appendix:Pana word list
Appendix:Paniai Lakes word lists
Appendix:Pankararú word lists
Appendix:Paraguayan Guaraní basic vocabulary
Appendix:Payagua word lists
Appendix:Common Persian verbs
Appendix:Piaroa word list
Appendix:Pirahã word lists
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Polish wordlist
Wiktionary:Project cleanup of basic English entries/Table
Appendix:Proto-Mumuye reconstructions
Appendix:Puinave word list
Appendix:Puquina word list
Appendix:Puroik comparative vocabulary list
Appendix:Puruborá word list
Appendix:Purépecha word list
Appendix:Páez word list

Q

Appendix:Qabiao word list
Appendix:Quang Lam word list
Appendix:Quinigua word list

R

Appendix:Ramanos word list
Appendix:Rikbaktsa word list
Appendix:Mantauran Rukai vocabulary list
Wiktionary:Frequency lists/Russian/1K most used
Appendix:Russian Frequency lists

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to surveys,^[1]^[2] the percentage of modern English words derived from each language group are as follows:

Latin	≈29%
French	≈29%
Germanic	≈26%
Greek	≈5%
Others	≈10%

The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as «loanwords» or «borrowings,» which are derived from other languages.

For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin.

English words of African origin
List of English words of Afrikaans origin
- List of South African English regionalisms
- List of South African slang words
List of English words from indigenous languages of the Americas
List of English words of Arabic origin
- List of Arabic star names
List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin
List of English words of Brittonic origin
Lists of English words of Celtic origin
List of English words of Chinese origin
List of English words of Czech origin
List of English words of Dravidian origin (Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu)
List of English words of Dutch origin
- List of English words of Afrikaans origin
- List of South African slang words
- List of place names of Dutch origin
- Australian places with Dutch names
List of English words of Etruscan origin
List of English words of Finnish origin
List of English words of French origin
- Glossary of ballet, mostly French words
- List of French expressions in English
- List of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations
- List of pseudo-French words adapted to English
- List of English Latinates of Germanic origin
List of English words of Gaulish origin
List of German expressions in English
- List of pseudo-German words adapted to English
English words of Greek origin (a discussion rather than a list)
- List of Greek morphemes used in English
List of English words of Hawaiian origin
List of English words of Hebrew origin
List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin
List of English words of Hungarian origin
List of English words of Indian origin
List of English words of Indonesian origin, including from Javanese, Malay (Sumatran) Sundanese, Papuan (West Papua), Balinese, Dayak and other local languages in Indonesia
List of English words of Irish origin
- List of Irish words used in the English language
List of English words of Italian origin
- List of Italian musical terms used in English
List of English words of Japanese origin
List of English words of Korean origin
List of Latin words with English derivatives
List of English words of Malay origin
List of English words of Māori origin
List of English words of Niger-Congo origin
List of English words of Old Norse origin
List of English words of Persian origin
List of English words of Philippine origin
List of English words of Polish origin
List of English words of Polynesian origin
List of English words of Portuguese origin
List of English words of Romani origin
List of English words of Romanian origin
List of English words of Russian origin
List of English words of Sami origin
List of English words of Sanskrit origin
List of English words of Scandinavian origin (incl. Danish, Norwegian)
List of English words of Scots origin
List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin
List of English words of Semitic origin
List of English words of Spanish origin
List of English words of Swedish origin
List of English words of Turkic origin
List of English words of Ukrainian origin
List of English words of Welsh origin
List of English words of Yiddish origin
List of English words of Zulu origin

References[edit]

^ Finkenstaedt, Thomas; Dieter Wolff (1973). Ordered profusion; studies in dictionaries and the English lexicon. C. Winter. ISBN 3-533-02253-6.
^ Joseph M. Williams (1986) [1975]. Origins of the English Language. A social and linguistic history. Free Press. ISBN 0029344700.^{[page needed]}

External links[edit]

Ancient Egyptian Loan-Words in English
List of etymologies of English words

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Common Foreign Words in English List A to Z 💬

ADDucation’s list of common foreign words in English list wasn’t easy to put together. English started as a Germanic language. Add a generous helping of old Norse from the Vikings. Lace it with Norman French and Latin constructions. Add thousands of words anglicized from other languages and the result is English as we know it today. “Loanwords” are words borrowed from another language and used “as is” so whether your audience understands the meaning of those common foreign words and phrases used in English is up to you. Foreign phrases used in English are often italicized so they are easier to spot.

This common foreign words and phrases used in English list compiled by A C and last updated on Oct 28, 2022 @ 6:34 pm.

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Common foreign words	Source language	Entomology / Origin / Meaning	Trivia / Comments / Usage
addenda	Latin	A list of additions.
ad lib	Latin	Improvised.	One of the most common foreign words used in English to describe actors and politicians who go off-piste.
ad hoc	Latin	For a particular purpose.
ad infinitum	Latin	To infinity.
à la carte	French 🇫🇷	From the menu.
ad nauseam	Latin	To the point of nausea, to a sickening degree.	Trevor talked ad nauseam about his career.
addenda	Latin	A list of additions.
aficionado	Spanish 🇪🇸	An ardent fan.
agent provocateur	French 🇫🇷	Agent who incites others to illegal action.	Agent Provocateur is also a luxury lingerie brand name.
alcohol	Arabic	Originally “al-kuḥl” ancient Egyptian eyeliner, later any fine powder or distilled spirit or essence.	Alcoholic beverages include beers, wines and spirits.
alfresco	Italian 🇮🇹	Fresh air, outdoors.
alma mater	Latin	Former school (Latin “bountiful mother”).	My alma mater is the university of life, which does not award degrees.
alter ego	Latin	Second self.
angst	German 🇩🇪	Dread, anxiety.
ars gratia artis	Latin	Art for art’s sake.	MGM’s Leo the lion’s head is inside a garland of film with the motto “Ars Gratia Artis“.
au fait	French 🇫🇷	Familiar with something (French “to the point”).
au naturel	French 🇫🇷	Natural state, naked.
avant-garde	French 🇫🇷	Unorthodox, experimental (French “front guard”).
avatar	Hindi	Icon or representation of a person online.	You can often change your avatar on websites and in computer games.
baksheesh	Persian	Tip (Persian “gift”).
ballet	French 🇫🇷	Form of dance. From earlier latin ballare “to dance”.	French is the language of ballet, e.g. tutu and ballerina.
bete noire	French 🇫🇷	Personal annoyance, bugbear (French “black beast”).
blitzkrieg	German 🇩🇪	Sudden overwhelming attack (German “lightning war”).
bon appétit	French 🇫🇷	Enjoy your meal (French “good appetite).	One of the most common foreign words in English, probably because we don’t have an English equivalent.
bon vivant	French 🇫🇷	Lover of good life.
bon voyage	French 🇫🇷	Have a nice trip.	We wished Natasha bon voyage as she left to go traveling.
bona fide	Latin	In good faith, genuine.	John’s doctor was a bona fide expert in dementia.
bravura	Italian 🇮🇹	Performed with energy and skill.
cafe	French 🇫🇷	From coffee in many languages, one of the most common foreign words.	Cafés usually serve coffee.
carpe diem	Latin	Seize the day.	Made famous by Robin Williams in the movie Dead Poets Society.
carpe noctem	Latin	Seize the night (this is not really in very common usage, but we loved the concept of seizing the night instead of the day!).
carte blanche	French 🇫🇷	Complete freedom, unlimited authority (French “white card”).	Ron was given carte blanche to choose a new truck.
sus belli	Latin	Pretext or reason that justifies or allegedly justifies an attack of war.
caveat emptor	Latin	Let the buyer beware.	Item sold as seen, caveat emptor.
chow	Chinese 🇨🇳	Food, “chow down” means to eat.	Many Chinese words used in English relate to food.
chutzpah	Yiddish	Gall, audacity.
cojones	Spanish 🇪🇸	Testicles, balls, guts.
cordon bleu	French 🇫🇷	Food cooked to high standard (French “blue ribbon”).
corpus delecti	Latin	The evidence required to prove a crime has been committed.
coup de grace	French 🇫🇷	A blow of mercy.
cul-de-sac	French 🇫🇷	Dead end (French “bottom of the sack”).
de facto	French 🇫🇷	Actual
de rigueur	French 🇫🇷	Obligatory
déjà vu	French 🇫🇷	Sense of having already experienced something (French “already seen”).	Déjà vu is one of the most common foreign expressions in English of French origin.
derrière	French 🇫🇷	Behind, bum, bottom, buttocks.
deus ex machine	Latin	God of the machine.
doppelgänger	German 🇩🇪	Ghostly counterpart of a living person (German “double-goer”).
double entendre	French 🇫🇷	Double meaning.
droit du seigneur	French 🇫🇷	Excessive demands on subordinate. Literally “the lord’s right” to take the virginity of a new bride.
élan	French 🇫🇷	Flair
enfant terrible	French 🇫🇷	A bad child.
en masse	French 🇫🇷	In a large group.	The crowd voted with their feet and left en masse.
entrepreneur	French 🇫🇷	Businessman. From 19th century “entreprendre”, a director of a musical institution.	Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey are famous entrepreneurs.
ersatz	German 🇩🇪	A substitute.
eureka	Greek 🇬🇷	Joyous moment of discovery.	Ancient Greek scholar Archimedes reportedly exclaimed “Eureka!” On getting into a bath Archimedes realised his body displaced the same volume of water causing he water level to rise.
fait accompli	French 🇫🇷	An established fact.	Losing the vote for president was a fait accompli.
fata morgana	Italian 🇮🇹	A striking mirage.
fatwa	Arabic	A legal opinion expressed by Islamic leader.
faux pas	French 🇫🇷	Breach of social etiquette, social blunder (French “false step”) or mistake.	Wearing a long white dress as a wedding guest was a faux pas.
femme fatale	French 🇫🇷	Highly attractive woman who means trouble.
fiasco	Italian 🇮🇹	Disaster
force de frappe	French 🇫🇷	France’s nuclear deterrent (French “superiour force”).
gauntlet / gantlet	Swedish 🇸🇪	Swedish (gatlopp “lane course running”). The pronunciation in English was corrupted to “gauntlet” (French gantelet “armored glove”).	Running the gauntlet (UK) or gantlet (US) was a form of punishment where the victim was forced to run between two rows of torturers. “Throw down the gauntlet” is to issue a challenge and “take up the gauntlet” accepts the challenge.
gemütlich	German 🇩🇪	Cosy
gestalt	German 🇩🇪	Form, shape.
gesundheit	German 🇩🇪	Health, bless you.
glasnost	Russian 🇷🇺	Openness (Russian “openness, publicity”).	When the Soviet Union crumbled (1986-1991), glasnost was one of most common foreign words used in English language.
glitch	Yiddish	A minor fault, bug, gremlin etc. (Yiddish “gletshn” to slide or skid) or (German “glitschen” to slip).	Neo experienced déjà vu as “a glitch in the matrix” when he saw the same black cat walk past a door twice.
grand mal	French 🇫🇷	Epilepsy attack (French “large illness”).
gringo	Spanish 🇪🇸	Foreigner (mainly Mexican).
gung-ho	Chinese 🇨🇳	Enthusiasm, zealous (Chinese “work together”)	Adopted as a battle cry by some American military units.
guru	Hindi	Spiritual leader.
habeas corpus	Latin	(Latin “You should have the body”) protection against unlawful imprisonment.
halal	Arabic	Meat slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law (Arabic “lawful”).
hoi polloi	Greek 🇬🇷	Rabble, plebs, the masses	Mixing with the hoi polloi is seen as mixing with people below your social status, the opposite of “hobnobbing” with people above your social status.
in flagrante delicto	Latin	Caught in the act (Latin “with the crime still blazing”).
in loco parentis	Latin	A guardian, in place of a parent.
in vino veritas	Latin	Truth is in wine.
ipso facto	Latin	By the fact itself. “A teacher, ipso facto, is in charge of his or her class.”	A chef, ipso facto, is in charge of a kitchen.
joie de vivre	French 🇫🇷	Joy of life.
kamikaze	Japanese 🇯🇵	From Japanese “divine wind”, referring to a typhoon which dispersed a Mongol invasion fleet in 1281.	Towards the end of WWII Japanese kamikaze pilots launched suicide attacks on enemy ships. It’s one of only a few common foreign words of Japanese origin used in English.
karaoke	Japanese 🇯🇵	From Japanese “empty orchestra”. today meaning singing to a backing track in Karaoke bars and pubs.	Karaoke is one of the most common foreign words, of Japanese origin, used in English.
ketchup / catchup	Chinese 🇨🇳	Originally a pickled fish sauce with spices and brine. Spelling adapted from Amoy dialect kôe-chiap / kê-chiap (鮭汁)	Ketchup reached the west via Malaysia and Singapore to England where ketchup recipes were mushroom based, then later tomato and spread to the USA via settlers.
kitsch	German 🇩🇪	Rubbish, bad taste.	Ironically kitsch can be so bad it’s good. Kitsch is in the eye of the beholder.
la dolce vita	Italian 🇮🇹	The good life.	Title of several films, songs and a perfume by Christian Dior, one of the best known and used foreign phrases used in English.
laissez faire	French 🇫🇷	Policy of non interference.
lingua franca	Italian 🇮🇹	Common language.
macho	Spanish 🇪🇸	Arrogant masculine man (Spanish/Portuguese machismo “manly”).	Randy Savage and the Village People spring to mind.
mea culpa	Latin	My fault.
modus operandi	Latin	Method of procedure, method of operating (commonly abbreviated to M.O.).	The suspect followed the same M.O.
moped	Swedish 🇸🇪	(Swedish motor och pedaler “pedal cycle with engine and wheels” )	One of only a handful of common foreign words from Swedish.
noblesse oblige	French 🇫🇷	Nobility obliges.
nom de plume	French 🇫🇷	Pen name.	Commonly used by writers to preserve their anonymity.
non sequitur	Latin	Something that doesn’t follow on logically.
objet d’art	French 🇫🇷	Literally “art object” in French.	An objet d’art is used in English to describe a small three-dimensional work with some artistic value.
off-piste	French 🇫🇷	Skiing in areas unprepared for skiing. Off the beaten track.	One of the common foreign words that make English fun. Used to describe actors and politicians who do not follow to their scripts or anything unexpected.
pandemic	Greek 🇬🇷	From Greek “pandemos” meaning “all the people”.	Sadly Covid-19 made ADDucation’s list of the worst global pandemics in history during 2020. Pandemic became one of the most common foreign words worldwide.
persona non grata	Latin	Unwelcome or unacceptable person.	Sally was a persona non grata in our club because she wouldn’t follow the rules.
piece de résistance	French 🇫🇷	Special food dish or outstanding item or event.
poltergeist	German 🇩🇪	A ghost that moves objects around or causes loud noises (German “noisy ghost”).
prima donna	Latin	A temperamental and conceited person.	Sophie found it hard to make friends because she was considered to a prima donna.
prima facie	Latin	At first view.
pro bono	Latin	Donated or done without charge.	The lawyer took the case on a pro bono basis.
pro forma	Latin	Done for the sake of form.
pro rata	Latin	Proportionally according to a factor.
pro tempore	Latin	For the time being.
punch	Hindi	Originally “paantsch” an alcoholic drink made of five ingredients; sugar, lemon, alcohol, water, spices or tea.	Punch is a popular party drink served from a large punch bowl.
pundit	Hindi	An expert, critic or commentator on a specific subject.	Punditry, by pundits, analyze sports, express opinions in the media, critique theater, food etc.
Que sera, sera	Spanish 🇪🇸 Italian 🇮🇹	Whatever will be, will be.	Spanish-like but also from Italian, both in 16th century. Made popular by Doris Day in the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock film “The Man Who Knew Too Much”.
quid pro quo	Latin	Something for something else, often a fair exchange, sometimes used in sexual harassment cases.	Ron gave me his candy bar as quid pro quo for my soft drink.
quod erat demonstratum	Latin	As demonstrated (“Q.E.D.”).
raison d’être	French 🇫🇷	Reason for being.
rendezvous	French 🇫🇷	Agree to meet, meeting.
safari	Swahili	A journey, expedition.
saffron	Arabic	A spice, originally from “za‘farān” then later old french “safran”.	Saffron is the most expensive spice and food on Earth – but a little goes a long way.
salaam	Arabic	Peace from (al)-salām.	Salaam alei·kum “peace be upon you” is a greeting used by Muslims.
sang froid	French 🇫🇷	Cold blood.
savoir-faire	French 🇫🇷	Knowledge of what to do.
schadenfreude	German 🇩🇪	Taking pleasure at someone else’s misfortune.
shampoo	Hindi	Massage, rub (Hindustani “chāmpo” to press).	Humans, animals, cars and furniture can all be shampooed. One of the most common foreign words of Hindi origin used in English.
sine qua non	Latin	Indispensable (Latin “without which not”).
smorgasbord	Swedish 🇸🇪	Sandwich or buffet with variety of dishes or situation with many choices.	See also moped and gauntlet.
soupçon	French 🇫🇷	Hint of (French “suspicion”).
status quo	Latin	Existing state or condition.	Hannah didn’t like change and preferred to maintain the status quo. Also a famous rock band.
tempus fugit	Latin	Time flies.
tête-à-tête	French 🇫🇷	A private conversation (French “head to head”).
tour de force	French 🇫🇷	A feat of strength.
troika	Russian 🇷🇺	“Troe” in Russian means “set of three” and was used to refer to politicians and adminstrators.	A troika is a sleigh or carriage drawn by a group of three horses harnessed abreast before being used more generally as a group of three.
tsunami	Japanese 🇯🇵	A large tidal wave (Japanese “harbor wave”).	More Japanese words used in English…
tycoon	Japanese 🇯🇵	Business leader (from Japanese “taikun” meaning “high commander”).	The 72 year-old tycoon was one of America’s most generous philanthropists.
uber / über	German 🇩🇪	Very, max, possessing property to an extreme (German “over”).	Uber has become one of the fastest growing foreign language words used in English due to the rise of the Uber brand around the world.
vendetta	Italian 🇮🇹	Private revenge feud among families of murdered persons.	Vendetta is one of the most common foreign words in English of Italian origin.
veni, vidi, vici	Latin	I came, I saw, I conquered.
verboten	German 🇩🇪	Forbidden
vis-à-vis	French 🇫🇷	As compared with
wunderkind	German 🇩🇪	Boy wonder from the German “wonder child”.	A boy succeeding at an early age could be a wunderkind.
zeitgeist	German 🇩🇪	Spirit of the times.	2020 zeitgeist words; pandemic, lockdown, furlough, environment.

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