What are some cool foreign words?
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
- فتاة صغيرةArabic.
- plac’hig, merc’higBreton.
- malá holkaCzech.
- merchig, geneth, genethigWelsh.
- lille pigeDanish.
- MädchenGerman.
- Μικρό κορίτσιGreek.
- knabinetoEsperanto.
How do you say cute in different languages?
In other languages cute
- American English: cute /kyˈut/
- Arabic: جَذَّاب
- Brazilian Portuguese: encantador.
- Chinese: 可爱的
- Croatian: dražestan.
- Czech: roztomilý
- Danish: sød.
- Dutch: schattig.