Memorize these and recognize 18.2% of all Foreign Words clues.
| # | Answer | Count | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merry Christmas | 5 | "Mele Kalikimaka" in Hawaiian, it's this holiday greeting in English |
| 2 | mazel tov | 5 | Yiddish for good luck or congratulations |
| 3 | Kismet | 5 | A '50s musical, or Turkish for destiny or fate |
| 4 | la dolce vita | 4 | If you're pampered in Perugia, you're living this, Italian for "the sweet life" |
| 5 | feng shui | 4 | An Architectural Digest headline said this term "dictated the layout of" a "light-filled residence in Beijing" |
| 6 | sotto voce | 3 | To avoid being overheard, you speak this way in soft tones, Italian for "under voice" |
| 7 | salaam | 3 | This Arabic word is a salutation meaning "peace" |
| 8 | Pater Noster | 3 | This other name for the Lord's Prayer comes from the Latin for "Our Father" |
| 9 | Gesundheit | 3 | In Germany, said before a toast & after a sneeze |
| 10 | bon mot | 3 | Literally "good word", it's a witty remark; en français, S'il vous plait! |
| 11 | Blitzkrieg | 3 | German: "Lightning war" |
| 12 | achtung | 3 | How a German sergeant calls for "attention" |
| 13 | kowtow | 3 | From Chinese for knocking the forehead on the ground while kneeling, it's showing servile deference |
| 14 | cuisine | 3 | Gourmet cooking in France |
| 15 | What time is it? | 2 | In Swedish, “Hur mycket ar klockan”; in Spanish, “Que hora es” |
| 16 | the colon | 2 | Meaning "double point", the German doppelpunkt refers to this mark of punctuation |
| 17 | shalom | 2 | Hebrew term for "hello" or "goodbye" that literally means "peace" |
| 18 | Semper fidelis | 2 | Motto for U.S. Marine Corps, it's Latin for "Always faithful" |
| 19 | schmaltz | 2 | From the Yiddish, it can mean chicken fat or excessive sentimentality |
| 20 | savoir-faire | 2 | The ability to say or do the right thing with grace, it's French for "to know how to do" |
| 21 | salud | 2 | "Health" in Spanish; you're wishing someone good health when you toast them saying this word |
| 22 | presto | 2 | Italian for "quick", it often precedes "change-o" in a magician's vocabulary |
| 23 | prego | 2 | Italian word that doubles for "thank you" & "excuse me" |
| 24 | peace | 2 | A greeting in many Moslem countries, "Salaam" literally means this in Arabic |
| 25 | nom de plume | 2 | From French, it literally means "a pen name" |
| 26 | no smoking | 2 | When taking off from Rome on Alitalia, this sign would read "vietato fumare" |
| 27 | Negro | 2 | "Black" in Spanish, it came to mean the Black race |
| 28 | mountain | 2 | In Japanese tani is valley; yama is this |
| 29 | money | 2 | In Spanish this is properly dinero, but is also called plata, pasta & many other things |
| 30 | mikado | 2 | Once the title of the Japanese emperor, it means "honorable gate" |
| 31 | Maelstrom | 2 | This Dutch word can refer to a violent situation, or to a whirlpool |
| 32 | Leather | 2 | In Spain you might go shopping for una chaqueta—a jacket—made of cuero, this |
| 33 | L'chaim | 2 | "To life! To life"—this Hebrew toast means "to life" |
| 34 | konnichiwa | 2 | Many use this Japanese word to say hello, though it more properly means "good afternoon" |
| 35 | Hasta la vista | 2 | In Spanish, it's "see you" |
| 36 | guerrilla | 2 | Spanish for "little war", it's a member of a small band of irregular soldiers who harass the enemy by surprise raids |
| 37 | grapes | 2 | In Latin, "uva" is a bunch of these, whether green or purple, seeded or seedless |
| 38 | eureka | 2 | Aha! I have found that this Greek word is California's state motto |
| 39 | Erin go Bragh | 2 | Irish nationalistic slogan meaning "Ireland, go free" |
| 40 | early & late | 2 | In Portuguese these 2 antonyms are cedo & tarde |
| 41 | doppelganger | 2 | German word meaning a person's ghostly double who often brings trouble |
| 42 | dojo | 2 | Seattle has one of the oldest of these martial arts schools outside Japan |
| 43 | detente | 2 | From the French for "loosening", it was a loosening of tensions between the U.S. & Soviet Union in the 1970s |
| 44 | coup de grace | 2 | Literally "blow of mercy", this French phrase is used for any decisive stroke |
| 45 | Cordon Bleu | 2 | This French phrase refers to part of the Order of the Holy Ghost; its knights became known for serving superb dinners |
| 46 | bushido | 2 | Japanese for "way of the warrior", it was the chivalric code of the samurai |
| 47 | boer | 2 | Afrikaaners can tell you this is Dutch for "farmer" |
| 48 | Beau Geste | 2 | French for "noble gesture", or French legionnaire films of '26, '39, '66, & '77 |
| 49 | arigato | 2 | Let's give thanks in Japanese, this word |
| 50 | angst | 2 | Borrowed from German, this 5-letter word means an intense but nonspecific anxiety |
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