What are some cool foreign words?

25 Incredible Foreign Words You Have to Know

  • #1 Bilita Mpash (Bantu) It means an amazing dream and quite literally the opposite of a nightmare.
  • #2 L’esprit de l’escalier (French)
  • #3 Koi No Yokan (Japanese)
  • #4 Pana Po’o (Hawaiian)
  • #5 Gigil (Filipino)
  • #6 Jayus (Indonesian)
  • #7 Komorebi (Japanese)
  • #8 Fernweh (German)

What is Italian for small?

The most common word for small is ‘piccolo’, like other Italian adjectives it ends in -o for masculine singular, -a for feminine singular, -i for masculine plural and -e for feminine plural. You can combine ‘piccolo’ with the -ino ending we looked at earlier to mean ‘really small’.

What are foreign words?

Definition of foreign word 1 : a word of a foreign language. 2 : a word taken from another language, pronounced and written as alien, and in English usually printed in italics. 3 : a word adopted from another language : loanword.

What means piccolo?

small flute
The word piccolo is in the fairly extensive group of Italian words that designate musical instruments and other musical terms. A piccolo is a small flute that plays an octave higher than an ordinary one; the word comes, appropriately enough, from the Italian for “small,” which is also piccolo.

What are foreign derived words?

10 Common English Words With Foreign Origin

  • Banana (West African) It comes as a shock to realize that the name of a banana fruit is actually an African word.
  • Lemon (Arabic)
  • Ketchup (Chinese)
  • Karaoke (Japanese)
  • Ballet (French)
  • Wanderlust (German)
  • Paparazzi (Italian)
  • Penguin (Welsh)

How do you say little girl in different languages?

Translations for little girl lit·tle girl

  1. فتاة صغيرةArabic.
  2. plac’hig, merc’higBreton.
  3. malá holkaCzech.
  4. merchig, geneth, genethigWelsh.
  5. lille pigeDanish.
  6. MädchenGerman.
  7. Μικρό κορίτσιGreek.
  8. knabinetoEsperanto.

How do you say cute in different languages?

In other languages cute

  1. American English: cute /kyˈut/
  2. Arabic: جَذَّاب
  3. Brazilian Portuguese: encantador.
  4. Chinese: 可爱的
  5. Croatian: dražestan.
  6. Czech: roztomilý
  7. Danish: sød.
  8. Dutch: schattig.