A Dictionary Of Foreign Words And Phrases In Current English
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| Author | : Alan Joseph Bliss |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 389 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : 9780710095213 |
More than 5,000 words and phrases with a commentary on each. The language of origin is identified and the authentic spelling and meaning are indicated if these differ substantially from those used in English. The approximate date at which the expression entered the English language is given and all current meanings are defined.
| Author | : Alan Bliss |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 389 |
| Release | : 1983 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : 9780415059053 |
More than 5,000 words and phrases with a commentary on each. The language of origin is identified and the authentic spelling and meaning are indicated if these differ substantially from those used in English. The approximate date at which the expression entered the English language is given and all current meanings are defined.
| Author | : A J Bliss |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media |
| Total Pages | : 552 |
| Release | : 2023-01-03 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1504082605 |
A fascinating A-to-Z reference to foreign words and phrases that have become part of contemporary English usage. The English language has been greatly enriched by a vast array of words and phrases imported from other tongues, such as comrade, chateau, wunderkind, and vox populi. For the average English speaker, many are bound to be familiar. Some may even appear to be standard English, while others may seem, well,foreign. A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases presents a comprehensive list of such terms, with entries that reveal their meanings and etymologies.
| Author | : Jennifer Speake |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 512 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Press Boulevard Company Staff |
| Publisher | : Berkley Books |
| Total Pages | : 500 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : |
A fascinating guide to English's exotic side...
| Author | : Maxim Newmark, Ph.D |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 1950-01-15 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 1442234016 |
Compiled from English sources and containing foreign words, phrases, mottos, proverbs, place names, titles, allusions and abbreviations from the Latin, Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Hebrew and other foreign languages, together with English equivalents and definitions and a supplement in Greek orthography
| Author | : Mary Varchaver |
| Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 2007-08-15 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 0470249412 |
"Kudos (Greek), encomiums (Latin), and accolades (French) to the authors for their enlightening and amusing lexicon, a testament that English is the most cheerfully democratic and hospitable language ever cobbled together."-Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language From angst to zydeco, the ultimate guide to foreign terms and phrases This handy, practical, and browsable A-to-Z reference tells you all you need to know to understand, pronounce, and appreciate the nearly 2,000 foreign words and phrases commonly used by speakers and writers of English. The Browser's Dictionary covers a wide variety of subject areas and includes loan-words from more than sixty languages around the world, such as: Latin (desideratum) * the romance languages (rapprochement, macho, imbroglio) * German (gestalt) * Russian (gulag) * Hebrew (shibboleth) * Yiddish (shtick) * Persian (tambura) * Hindi (purdah) * Arabic (loofah) * Hawaiian (kanaka) * Creole French (zydeco) * and Japanese (netsuke) In addition, each entry provides: * A guide to pronunciation using easy-to-understand transcriptions from ordinary English * Comprehensive literal and idiomatic definitions * The word's source language, as well as its literal meaning The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases is sure to become a favorite reference for anyone with an interest in words and language.
| Author | : Ernest Weekley |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 452 |
| Release | : 2013-03-05 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0486122875 |
The compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.
| Author | : David Santo Bertolotti |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 1972 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Richard A. Spears |
| Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
| Total Pages | : 430 |
| Release | : 1995-02-01 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 0071783547 |
With more than 7,000 up-to-date phrases, this dictionary covers situations from talking to a doctor to ordering a meal, and helps learners communicate personal feelings, and make small talk.
