Everyday Translations

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What common English word for a small café or restaurant comes from French, meaning "wine shop" or "little cafe"?

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Brasserie

2

Bistro

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Cantina

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Trattoria

2

Which word, meaning a kind of pasta, comes from the Italian word for “little worms”?

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Linguine

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Fusilli

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Tortellini

4

Vermicelli

3

The word “kindergarten,” meaning a school for young children, originated in which language?

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Italian

2

French

3

Dutch

4

German

4

The English word “robot” was first used in a 1920 play written in what language?

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French

2

Bronze Age Greek

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Czech

4

German

5

Which common word for a social blunder comes directly from French and literally means “false step”?

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Lapse

2

Faux pas

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Gaffe

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Faux pay

6

The English word “algebra” comes from which language, originally meaning “reunion of broken parts”?

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Arabic

2

Sanskrit

3

Latin

4

Italian

7

Which word meaning a sudden seizure or violent fit comes from the Greek word for “to seize”?

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Equinox

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Epitaph

3

Epilepsy

4

Euphoria

8

The word “guru,” used in English to mean an expert or teacher, originally comes from which language?

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Sanskrit

2

Aramaic

3

Old English

4

Kiswahili

9

What English word for a style of cooking or the kitchen itself is directly borrowed from French?

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Gastronomy

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Cuisine

3

Menu

4

Pâtisserie

10

The English word “fiancé” for an engaged man comes from which language?

1

French

2

Arabic

3

Spanish

4

Latin

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