The Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, Second Edition

The Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, Second Edition
Author: Martin H. Manser
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2009
Genre: English language
ISBN: 1438121121

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Clarifies and explains words and phrases spanning a range of fields, from law and music to philosophy and cuisine. This title contains entries that include pronunciations in American English, parts of speech and other relevant grammatical information, languages of origin, definitions, examples of use, and etymological backgrounds.

The Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

The Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Author: Martin H. Manser
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780816070350

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Provides pronunciations, origins, and meanings for words and phrases from foreign sources, ranging from everyday terms to words in the news and the specialized languages of cooking, music, the arts, and the law.

Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

Facts on File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Author: Martin H. Manser
Publisher: Paw Prints
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-02
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9781439573761

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Provides pronunciations, origins, and meanings for words and phrases from foreign sources, ranging from such everyday terms as "dollar," to words in the news and the specialized languages of cooking, music, the arts, and the law.

A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases in Current English

A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases in Current English
Author: Alan Bliss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 389
Release: 1972
Genre: English language
ISBN:

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"A guide to the foreign words and phrases that other dictionaries usually omit features more than five thousand comprehensive listings, including words and phrases from more than thirty-five languages." -- Amazon.com.

A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
Author: A J Bliss
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2023-01-03
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1504082605

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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.