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Ten Foreign Words or Phrases  

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French, Latin or even Russian words used in English Literature have often confused and troubled me, thus compelling me to research and find their meanings. For you convenience here is a list of ten most commonly used foreign words:

  1. au fait (French): having a good or detailed knowledge

  1. bona fide (Latin): genuine; real

  1. carte blanche (French): complete freedom to act as one wishes

  1. de facto (Latin): in fact, whether by right or not

  1. déjà vu (French): the sense of having experienced the present situation before

  1. prima facie (Latin): accepted as so until proved otherwise

  1. faux pas (French): an embarrassing blunder or indiscretion

  1. joie de vivre (French): exuberant enjoyment of life

  1. haute couture ((French): the designing and making of clothes by leading fashion houses

  1. grande dame (French): a woman who is influential within a particular sphere

8 comments

  1. WritingsForLife  
    June 16, 2009 at 8:59 PM

    improves my vocabulary :-)

    Grande is also "big" in spanish ;-)

  2. Anonymous  
    June 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM

    Gracias, Spaceeba, Hvala, (Thank you)

  3. workhard  
    August 21, 2009 at 9:01 PM

    Thanks for putting that up.. i know a couple of them but for some i always forget.. like bonafide...


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  4. Old Monk  
    November 16, 2009 at 12:38 PM

    Thanks for the input. And have you stopped scribbling in 'Delve into the mind of a budding blogger'? Hope to see you there soon.

  5. littlebearz  
    September 1, 2010 at 11:17 AM

    I think the only one I used ever was number 5

  6. Ianna  
    April 14, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    Sweet! Is always nice to learn new things, especially an estrange language..

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  8. Anonymous  
    September 4, 2014 at 3:24 AM

    Nice list. Sometimes these words and phrases are overused in books and it can be frustrating to say the least.

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