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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Trattoria

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Cantina

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Eatery

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Bistro

2

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

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Vermicelli

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Penne

3

Fettuccine

4

Linguine

3

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

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Italian

2

Dutch

3

Japanese

4

German

4

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

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Hungarian

2

Italian

3

French

4

Czech

5

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

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Gaffe

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Lapse

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Faux pay

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Faux pas

6

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

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Chinese

2

Latin

3

Italian

4

Arabic

7

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

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Epitome

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Epilepsy

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Epiphany

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Equinox

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

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Aramaic

2

Swahili

3

Sanskrit

4

Turkish

9

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

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Fare

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Menu

3

Pâtisserie

4

Cuisine

10

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

1

Spanish

2

Arabic

3

German

4

French

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