230 Difficult To Pronounce Foreign Words Used In The English Language That Increase Efficiency

230 Difficult To Pronounce Foreign Words Used In The English Language That Increase Efficiency

Last updated on January 6th, 2024 at 02:29 pm

230 Difficult To Pronounce Foreign Words Used In The English Language

Countless foreign words have been in use in English for a long time, here is the list of the most common 230 foreign words with pronunciations and meanings.

The words mostly from French, Latin, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Chinese and German are used by the English speakers the world over along with speakers of English as a second language. However, very often the words are used is formal or academic settings; in law, politics, psychology, philosophy and so.

Because of their foreign origin, many of the words are mispronounced by speakers, thanks to their appearance in English letters.

Speakers at the seminar mispronounce, teachers in the classroom mispronounce, and politicians at the stage mispronounce them, thanks to lack of awareness about their pronunciation and unintentional stance to look up dictionaries.

With the intention to make myself known to the proper pronunciation of the foreign words being in English using some of the most trusted dictionaries in the world, such as Oxford Dictionary, Longman’s Dictionary of Contemporary English, Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, Collins COBUILD Dictionary and Oxford’s Lexico, I have not only got to know their pronunciations but also recorded them so that learns like me, can get to know about them.

The rationale behind using various dictionaries is that no all words are in a single dictionary while different dictionary convey varied pronunciations of the same word.

I have tried to bring all the different pronunciations together and showed the obvious differences between British and American pronunciations, not the native ones. 

I have literally recorded the pronunciations and definitions of the two hundred plus words by the help of the mentioned dictionaries. Using phonemes or phonetic symbols for Receipt Pronunciation or RP (British) I was able to record British and American and varied pronunciations of the words which I transformed them into videos for YouTube, as well.

For Bengali speakers, in order to make the pronunciation intelligible and comprehensible, I expressed each and every word in Bengali letters also. The following lost list will lead you through the foreign words being used in English. Along with expressions of the words in phonetic symbols, the language and dictionary sources are also provided. For an audio-visual pronunciation, you will have to click the YouTube link given as hyperlinks.

Table of Contents

230 difficult to pronounce foreign words’ meanings and pronunciations


Words and phonetic pronuciation

Definition and meaning


ab initio

UK: /ˌab ÉĒˈnÉĒʃÉĒəʊ/
(Latin), Pronunciation

From the beginning.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤


a cappella

UK: /ˌÃĻ kÃĻˈpelə/
UK: /ˌɑː kəˈpelə/
US: /ˌÃĻ kəˈpelə/
US: /ˌɑː kəˈpelə/
(Italian), Pronunciation

Sung without any musical instruments.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ—āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĨ¤


à deux

/ɑː ˈdəː/
(French), Pronunciation

For or involving two people.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĻā§āĻ‡āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĨ¤


ad hoc

UK: /ˌÃĻd ˈhɒk/
US: /ˌÃĻd ˈhɑːk/
(Latin), Pronunciation

Arranged or happening when necessary and not planned in advance.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ†ā§Ÿā§‹āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĨ¤


ad infinitum

UK: /ˌÃĻd ˌÉĒnfÉĒˈnaÉĒtəm/
US /ˌÃĻd ˌÉĒnfÉĒˈnaÉĒtəm/
US /ˌÃĻd ÉĒnfəˈnaÉĒtĖŦəm/
(Latin), Pronunciation

Without ever coming to an end; again, and again.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤


ad hominem

UK /ˌÃĻd ˈhɒmÉĒnem/
US /ˌÃĻd ˈhɑːmÉĒnem/
(Latin), Pronunciation

Directed against a person’s character rather than their argument.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻšāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤


ad interim

UK: /ad ˈÉĒntərÉĒm/
(Latin), Pronunciation

For an intervening or temporary period of time.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤


ad nauseam

UK: /ˌÃĻd ˈnɔːziÃĻm/
US: /ˌÃĻd ˈnɔːziÃĻm/
(Latin), How to pronounce

If a person says or does something ad nauseam, they say or do it again and again so that it becomes boring or annoying.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ ad nauseam āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻœāĻ¨āĻ• āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ“āĻ ā§‡āĨ¤


a fortiori

UK: /ˌeÉĒ ˌfɔːtiˈɔːraÉĒ/
US: /ˌeÉĒ ˌfɔːrtiˈɔːraÉĒ/
(Latin), How to pronounce

For or with an even stronger reason.

For an even stronger reason than one that has already been accepted.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (ā§§) āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§€ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ (ā§¨): āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšā§€āĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§€ āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤


agent provocateur

UK: /ˌÃĻʒɒĖƒ prəˌvɒkəˈtɜː(r)/
US: /ˌɑːʒɑːĖƒ proʊˌvɑːkəˈtɜːr/

agents provocateurs
(French), How to pronounce

A person who is employed by a government to encourage people in political groups to do something illegal so that they can be arrested.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻ¨ā§ˆāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻŦā§ˆāĻ§ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ˜āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻāĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


al dente

UK: /ÃĻl ˈdenti/
US: /ÃĻl ˈdenteÉĒ/
UK: /ˌÃĻl ˈdenteÉĒ/
US:/ˌÃĻl ˈdenti/
(Italian), Pronunciation

Food, especially pasta that is al dente is still pleasantly firm after it has been cooked.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ al dente āĻĒāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ—ā§āĻ§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


al fresco

UK: /ÃĻl ˈfreskəʊ/
US: /ÃĻl ˈfreskoʊ/

(Italian)
How to pronounce

Outdoors.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ¨āĨ¤


amour propre

UK: /ˌÃĻmʊə ˈprɒprə/
US: /ˌɑːmʊr ˈprɔːprə/

(French), How to pronounce

A belief and confidence in your own ability and value.

A feeling of pride in your own character and abilities.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (ā§§) āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ“ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĨ¤ (ā§¨) āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻšāĻ‚āĻŦā§‹āĻ§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—ā§ŒāĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤


annus mirabilis

UK: /ˌanəs mÉĒˈrɑːbÉĒlÉĒs/
(Latin), How to pronounce

A remarkable or auspicious year.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āĻ­ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°āĨ¤


algae

UK: /ˈÃĻldʒi/
UK: /ˈÃĻlÉĄiː/
US: /ˈÃĻldʒiː/
US: /ˈÃĻlÉĄiː/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Very simple plants, such as seaweed, that have no real leaves, stems or roots, and that grow in or near water algal.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ­āĻŋāĻĻ, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻļā§ˆāĻŦāĻžāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻž, āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ—āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ—āĻžāĻ˛ āĻœāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


a posteriori

UK: /ˌeÉĒ pɒsteriˈɔːraÉĒ /
UK: /ˌɑː pɒsteriˈɔːri/
US: /ˌɑː poʊstÉĒriˈɔːri/
US: / ˌeÉĒ pɑːstÉĒriˈɔːri/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Using facts that you know now to form a judgment about what must have happened before.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡ āĻ—āĻ āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ—āĻ āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤


a priori

UK: /ˌeÉĒ praÉĒˈɔːraÉĒ/
UK: /ˌɑː priːˈɔːri/
US: /ˌɑː priːˈɔːraÉĒ/
US: /ˌeÉĒ priːˈɔːraÉĒ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Relating to an argument that suggests the probable effects of a known cause, or using general principles to suggest likely effects.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ, āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤


au courant

/ˌəʊ kʊˈrɒĖƒ/

(French) How to pronounce

Aware of what is going on; well informed.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¯āĻž āĻ—āĻ āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž; āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĨ¤


au fait

UK: /əʊ ˈfeÉĒ/
US: /oʊˈfeÉĒ/

(French), How to pronounce

System or way of doing something.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


au fond

UK: /əʊ ˈfɒĖƒ/
US: /ˌoʊ ˈfɔnd/

(French), How to pronounce

In essence.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤


beau geste

UK:/bəʊ ˈʒɛst/
US: /ˌboʊ ˈʒɛst/

(French), How to pronounce

A noble and generous act.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ“ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻœāĨ¤


billet-doux

UK: /ˌbÉĒleÉĒ ˈduː/
US: /ˌbÉĒleÉĒ ˈduː/

(French), How to pronounce

A love-letter.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāĨ¤


Blitzkrieg

UK: /ˈblÉĒtskriːɥ/
US: /ˈblÉĒtskriːɥ/

(German), How to pronounce

A sudden military attack intended to win a quick victory.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ˛āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻ¨āĨ¤


bona fide

UK: /ˌbəʊnə ˈfaÉĒdi/
US: /ˌboʊnə ˈfaÉĒdi/
(Latin), How to pronounce

Genuine, real or legal; not false.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§ˆāĻ§; āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¨ā§ŸāĨ¤


bon mot

UK:/ˌbɒn ˈməʊ/
US:/ˌbɒːn ˈmoʊ/

(French), How to pronounce

A clever remark—

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāĻ˛ā§€ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĨ¤


bon vivant

UK: /ˌbɒĖƒ viːˈvɒĖƒ/
US: /ˌbɑːn viːˈvɑːnt/

(French), How to pronounce

A person who enjoys going out with friends and eating good food, drinking good wine, etc.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ˜ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ“ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ , āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻ˛āĻ•ā§‹āĻšāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤


brasserie

UK:  /ˈbrÃĻsəri/
US:  /ˌbrÃĻsəˈriː/

(French) How to pronounce

A type of restaurant, often one in a French style that is not very expensive.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻ• āĻ§āĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĢāĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ¤ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŸāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ŸāĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻ¨ā§ŸāĨ¤


carpe diem

UK: /ˌkɑːpeÉĒ ˈdiːem/
US: /ˌkɑːrpeÉĒ ˈdiːem/
UK: /ˌkɑːpeÉĒ ˈdaÉĒem/
US: /ˌkɑːrpeÉĒ ˈdaÉĒem/

(Latin), How to pronounce

An expression used when you want to say that somebody should not wait but should take an opportunity as soon as it appears.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒā§‡āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¨ā§Ÿ, āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤


cause cÊlèbre

UK: /ˌkɔːz seˈlebrə/
US: /ˌkɔːz seˈlebrə/

(French), How to pronounce

An issue that attracts a lot of attention and is supported by a lot of people.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻĻā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤


c’est la vie

UK: /ˌseÉĒ lɑːˈviː/
US: /sɛ la vi/

(French), How to pronounce

Used to express acceptance or resignation in the face of a difficult or unpleasant situation.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻŸāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ¨āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ— āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


chacun à son gout

UK: /ʃakən ɑː sɒ˜ ˈguː/

(French), How to pronounce

Each to their own taste.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ°ā§āĻšāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĨ¤


droit de seigneur

UK: /ˌdrwʌ də senˈjɜː(r)/
US: /ˌdrwʌ də senˈjɜːr/

(French), How to pronounce

Excessive demands on subordinate. Literally “the lord’s right” to take the virginity of a new bride.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻ§ā§€āĻ¨āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨā§‡, āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§€āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āĻ° āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤


en famille

UK: /ɒĖƒ faˈmiː/

(French), How to pronounce

With one’s family, or as a family.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ• āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ°ā§‚āĻĒā§‡āĨ¤


enfant terrible

UK: /ˌɒnfɒn teˈriːblə/
US: /ˌɑːnfɑːn teˈriːblə/
UK: /ˌɒĖƒfɒĖƒ tɛˈriːbl(ə)/

(French), How to pronounce

A young successful person who behaves in a way that is shocking but also amusing.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ° āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ•āĻ“ āĨ¤


en masse

UK: /ˌɒĖƒ ˈmÃĻs/
US: /ˌɑːĖƒ ˈmÃĻs/

(French), How to pronounce

Altogether, and usually in large numbers.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ°āĨ¤


en passant

UK: /ˌɒĖƒ ˈpÃĻsɒĖƒ/
US: /ˌɑːn pɑːˈsɑːn/

(French), How to pronounce

While talking about something else and without giving much information.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤


Alma Mater

UK: /ˌÃĻlmə ˈmɑːtə(r)/
UK: /ˌÃĻlmə ˈmeÉĒtə(r)/
US: /ˌÃĻlmə ˈmɑːtər/
US: /ˌÃĻlmə ˈmeÉĒtər/

(Latin), How to pronounce

The school, college or university that somebody went to.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿ, āĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻœ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§ŸāĨ¤


alter ego

UK: /ˌÃĻltər ˈiːɡəʊ/
US: /ˌÃĻltər ˈiːɥoʊ/
US: / ˌɒːltər ˈiːɡoʊ /

Oxford:
UK: /ˌÃĻltər ˈiːɡəʊ/
UK: /ˌɔːltər ˈiːɡəʊ/
US: /ˌÃĻltər ˈiːɥoʊ/
US: /ˌɔːltər ˈiːɡoʊ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

1 . A person whose personality is different from your own but who shows or acts as another side of your personality.

2 . A close friend who is very like yourself.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (ā§§) āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋā§ŸāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ (ā§¨) āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻšā§āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹āĻ‡; āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻšā§ƒāĻĻā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĨ¤


ballet

UK: /ˈbÃĻleÉĒ/
US: /bÃĻˈleÉĒ/
US: /ˈbÃĻleÉĒ/

(French), How to pronounce

A performance in which dancing, and music tell a story without any speaking:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ• āĻ¨ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§€ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĻš āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ¤, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦā§€āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


bÃĒte noire

UK: /ˌbet ˈnwɑː(r)/
US: /ˌbet ˈnwɑːr/

Plural:
UK: /ˌbet ˈnwɑː(r)/
US: /ˌbet ˈnwɑːrz/

(French), How to pronounce

A person or thing that particularly annoys you and that you do not like.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻŦāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤


bon appÊtit

Longman:
UK: /ˌbɒn ÃĻpəˈtiː/
US: /ˌboʊn ÃĻpeÉĒ/

Cambridge:
UK: /ˌbɒn ÃĻpəˈti/
US: /ˌbɑːn ÃĻp əˈtit/

(French),How to pronounce

Said to someone before they start eating a meal, to tell them you hope they enjoy their food.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ:ā§§. āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻĢāĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡ “āĻļā§āĻ­ āĻ°ā§āĻšāĻŋ” āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ “āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨â€āĨ¤


bossa nova

UK: /ˌbɒsəˈnəʊvə /
US: /ˌbɑːsəˈnoʊvə /

UK: /ˌbɒsə ˈnəʊvə /
US: /ˌbɑːsə ˈnoʊvə /
US: /ˌbɔːsə ˈnoʊvə /

(Portuguese), How to pronounce

A dance that comes from Brazil, or the music for this dance.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ• āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯, āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¨ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤


bravura

UK: /brəˈvjʊərə/
US: /brəˈvjʊrə/

(Italian), How to pronounce

Great skill and enthusiasm in doing something artistic.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻļā§ˆāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻ“ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĨ¤


CafÊ

UK: /ˈkÃĻfeÉĒ/
US: /kÃĻˈfeÉĒ/

(Italian), How to pronounce

A place where you can buy drinks and simple meals.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤


carte blanche

UK: /ˌkɑːt ˈblɑːnʃ
US: /ˌkɑːrt ˈblɑːnʃ/

(French), How to pronounce

Permission or freedom to do whatever you want.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ‡āĻšā§āĻ›ā§āĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§€āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤


caveat emptor

UK: /ˌkÃĻviÃĻt ˈemptɔː/
US:/ˌkÃĻviÃĻt ˈemptɔːr/

(Latin), How to pronounce

The principle that a person who buys something is responsible for finding any faults in the thing they buy

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ• āĻ¨ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻœā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ°āĻžāĻ‡ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§āĨ¤


Chocolate

UK: /ˈtʃɒklət/
US: /ˈtʃɑːklət/
US: /ˈtʃɔːklət/

UK: /ˈtʃɒklət/ /ˈtʃɒklÉĒt /
US: /ˈtʃɑːkələt/ /ˈtʃɒːklət

(Native African), How to pronounce

A hard-brown sweet food made from cocoa beans, used in cooking to add flavour to cakes, etc. Or eaten as a sweet/candy.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ•ā§‹ āĻŦā§€āĻœ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤â€” āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ• āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ / āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


chow

UK: /tʃaʊ/
US: /tʃaʊ/

(Chinese),How to pronounce

1 . (Slang) Food 2. (Also ˈchow chow) a dog with long thick hair, a curled tail and a blue-black tongue, originally from China.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (ā§§) (āĻ…āĻĒāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ) āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤ (ā§¨) āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻšā§€āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻšā§āĻ˛, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ˛ā§‡āĻœ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¨ā§€āĻ˛â€”āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻœāĻŋāĻšā§āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĨ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§āĻˇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ“ āĻāĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§€ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


chutzpah

UK: /ˈxʊtspə/
US: /ˈxʊtspə/
UK: /ˈhʊtspə/
US: /ˈhʊtspə/
UK /ˈhʊtspə/
US: /ˈhʊtspə

(Yiddish), How to pronounce

Behaviour, or a person’s attitude, that is rude or shocking but so confident that people may feel forced to admire it.

Unusual and shocking behaviour, involving taking risks but not feeling guilty.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (ā§§) āĻā§āĻāĻ•āĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§āĻŦā§‹āĻ§āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤


cognoscenti

UK: /ˌkɒnjəʊˈʃenti /
US: /ˌkɑːnjə ˈʃenti /

(Italian), How to pronounce

People who have special knowledge about a subject, especially art, literature, or food.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĨ¤


comme il faut

UK: /ˌkɒm ÉĒl ˈfəʊ/
US: /ˌkɑːm ÉĒl ˈfoʊ/

(Spanish), How to pronounce

Behaving or dressing in the right way in public according to formal rules of social behaviour.

Synonym: seemly old-fashioned.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¨āĻŋā§ŸāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĨ¤


compos mentis

UK: /ˌkɒmpəs ˈmentÉĒs/
US:/ˌkɑːmpəs ˈmentÉĒs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Having full control of your mind.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ŸāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĨ¤


corpus delicti

UK: /ˌkɔːpəs dÉĒˈlÉĒktaÉĒ/
US: /ˌkɔːrpəs dÉĒˈlÉĒktaÉĒ/
/dÉĒˈlÉĒktʌÉĒ/
/ˌkôrpəs dəˈliktÄĢ/
/ˌkɔrpəs dəˈlÉĒktaÉĒ/
/ˌkôrpəs dəˈliktē/
/ˌkɔrpəs dəˈlÉĒkti

(Latin), How to Pronounce

1 . The circumstances in which a law is broken, and the facts relating to the case. 2 . Evidence that can be seen, for example a dead body. 3 . The facts and circumstances constituting a crime.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (ā§§) āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤ (ā§¨) āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻā§ƒāĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤āĻĻā§‡āĻšāĨ¤ (ā§Š) āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ


cordon sanitaire

UK: /ˌkɔːdɒĖƒ sÃĻnÉĒˈteər/
US: /kɔːrˌdɑĖƒË sɑːniˈter/
UK: /ˌkɔːdɒĖƒ sÃĻnÉĒˈteər/
US:/kɔːrˌdɑĖƒËsɑːniˈter/

Pl: cordons sanitaires
(French), How to pronounce

A guarded area around a place or country that prevents people from entering or leaving it:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻļā§‡āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻžā§āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ— āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻœāĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–ā§‡āĨ¤


Cosa Nostra

UK: /ˌkəʊzə ˈnɒstrə/
US:/ˌkəʊsə ˈnəʊstrə/

(Italian), How to pronounce

For the mafia (=a secret criminal organization) in the US.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ā§€ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤


coup de foudre

UK: /ˌkuː də ˈfuːdr(ə)/
US /ˌku də ˈfud(rə)/

(French), How to pronounce

A sudden unforeseen event, in particular an instance of love at first sight.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤āĻƒ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤


coup de grÃĸce

UK: /ˌkuː də ˈɡrɑːs/
US: /ˌkuː də ˈɡrɑːs/

(French),How to pronounce

1. An action or event that finally ends something that has been getting weaker or worse. 2. A hit or shot that finally kills a person or an animal, especially to put an end to their suffering.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (ā§§) āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ (ā§¨) āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ˜āĻžāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻļā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤āĻƒ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĨ¤


coup de main

UK: /ˌkuː də ˈmaĖƒ/
(French), How to pronounce

A sudden surprise attack, especially one made by an army during war.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ†āĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻ¨, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤


coup de thÊÃĸtre

UK: /ˌkuː də teÉĒˈɑːtrə/
US: /ˌkuː də teÉĒˈɑːtrə/

Pl. Coups de thÊÃĸtre
(French), How to pronounce

1 . Something very dramatic and surprising that happens, especially in a play. 2 . A play, show, etc. Which is very successful.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸāĻ•ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻœāĻ¨āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸāĻ•, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§€, āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛āĨ¤


coup d’Êtat

UK: /ˌkuː deÉĒˈtɑː/
US: /ˌkuː deÉĒˈtɑː/

(French), How to pronounce

Sudden defeat of a government through illegal force by a small group, often a military one.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻļāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻŦā§ˆāĻ§ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻœā§ŸāĨ¤


Croissant

UK: /ˈkrwÃĻsɒĖƒ/
US: /krwɑːˈsɑːĖƒ/
US: /krəˈsɑːnt/

UK /ˈkwÃĻs.ɒĖƒ/
US: /kwɑːˈsɑĖƒË/
(French), How to pronounce

A small, sweet roll with a curved shape, eaten especially at breakfast.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ•āĻž āĻ†āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ, āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ°ā§‹āĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


cui bono

UK: /ˌkwiː ˈbɒnəʊ/
UK: /ˌkwiː ˈbəʊnəʊ/
US: /ˌkwiː ˈboʊnoʊ/

(Latin),How to pronounce

Used for asking who was likely to benefit from a crime, and who therefore is likely to be guilty.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡, āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻ§ā§€ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤āĨ¤


cul-de-sac

UK: /ˈkʌl də sÃĻk/
US: /ˈkʌl də sÃĻk/

(French), How to pronounce

A street that is closed at one end.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻĄāĻŧāĻ•āĨ¤


de facto

UK: /ˌdeÉĒ ˈfÃĻktəʊ/
US: /ˌdeÉĒ ˈfÃĻktoʊ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Existing as a fact although it may not be legally accepted as existing

Really existing although not legally stated to exist.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦā§ˆāĻ§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ“ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ“ āĻŦā§ˆāĻ§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ¨ā§ŸāĨ¤


de jure

UK: /ˌdeÉĒ ˈdʒʊəri/
US: /ˌdeÉĒ ˈdʒʊri/

(Latin), How to pronounce

According to the law.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿā§€āĨ¤


de rigueur

UK: /ˌdə rÉĒˈɡɜː(r)/
US: /ˌdə rÉĒˈɡɜːr/

(French), How to pronounce

Considered necessary if you wish to be accepted socially.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻšā§āĻ¯āĨ¤


Dei gratia

UK: /ˌdeÉĒiː ˈɥrɑːtÉĒə/
US: /ˌdeÉĒiː ˈɥrɑːʃÉĒə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

By the grace of God.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻˆāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻļāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĨ¤


dÊjà vu

UK: /ˌdeÉĒʒɑː ˈvuː/
US: /ˌdeÉĒʒɑː ˈvuː/

(French), How to pronounce

The feeling that you have previously experienced something which is happening to you now.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤


Delicatessen

UK: /ˌdelÉĒkəˈtesn/
US: /ˌdelÉĒkəˈtesn/

(German), How to pronounce

A shop/store or part of one that sells cooked meats and cheeses, and special or unusual foods that come from other countries.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ / āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤


Deo gratias

UK: /ˌdeÉĒəʊ ˈɥrɑːtÉĒəs/
US: /ˌdeÉĒəʊ ˈɥrɑː ʃÉĒəs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Thanks be to God.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻˆāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻšāĻ‰āĻ•āĨ¤


deus ex machina

UK: /ˌdeÉĒʊs eks ˈmÃĻkÉĒnə/
US: /ˌdeÉĒʊs eks ˈmÃĻkÉĒnə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

An unexpected power or event that saves a situation that seems without hope, especially in a play or novel

An unnatural or very unlikely end to a story or event, that solves or removes any problems too easily.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻļ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻšāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ¨āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ–āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻšāĻœā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻ¸āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


dolce far niente

UK: /ˌdɒltʃeÉĒ fɑː nÉĒˈɛnteÉĒ/

(Italian) How to pronounce

Pleasant idleness.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āĻ†āĻ˛āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤


doppelgänger

UK: /ˈdɒplÉĄÃĻŋə(r)/
US: /ˈdɑːplÉĄÃĻŋər/
UK: /ˈdɒplÉĄeŋə(r)/
US: /ˈdɑːplÉĄeŋər/

(German), How to pronounce

A person’s doppelgänger is another person who looks exactly like them

A spirit that looks exactly like a living person, or someone who looks exactly like someone else but who is not related to that person.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° doppelgänger āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹āĨ¤


double entendre

UK: /ˌduːbl ɒĖƒËˆtɒĖƒdrə/
US: /ˌduːbl ɑːĖƒËˆtɑːĖƒdrə/

(French), How to pronounce

A word or phrase that can be understood in two different ways, one of which usually refers to se*x.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĻā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¯ā§ŒāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤


dramatis personae

UK:/ˌdrÃĻmətÉĒs pɜːˈsəʊnaÉĒ/
US:/ˌdrÃĻmətÉĒs pɜːrˈsoʊnaÉĒ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

All the characters in a play in the theatre.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻšāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĨ¤


embarras de richesse

UK: /ɒmbəˌrɑː də rÉĒˈʃɛs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

The state of having an overwhelming or encumbering excess of wealth, resources, or options.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ•āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ, āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ†āĻ§āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĨ¤


Êminence grise

UK: /ˌemÉĒnɒns ˈɥriːz
US: /ˌemÉĒnɑːns ˈɥriːz/

(French), How to pronounce

Someone who has unofficial power, often secretly, through someone else.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻž āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻļāĻ‡ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĨ¤


entente cordiale

UK: /ˌɒntɒnt ˌkɔːdiˈɑːl/
US: /ˌɑːntɑːnt ˌkɔːrdiˈɑːl/

(French), How to pronounce

A friendly relationship between two countries, especially between Britain and France.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĻā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤: āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻœā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĨ¤


entre nous

UK: /ˌɒn.trə ˈnuː/
US: /ˌɑːn.trə ˈnuː/

(French), How to pronounce

Used when telling someone something that is secret and should not be told to anyone else:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋā§Ž āĻ¨ā§Ÿ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤āĨ¤


entrepreneur

UK: /ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː(r)/
US: /ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɜːr/

(French), How to pronounce

A person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risk.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§‡ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§ˆāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻā§āĻāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻĒā§ƒāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤


ersatz

UK: /ˈeəzÃĻts/
US: /ˈersɑːts/

(German), How to pronounce

Artificial and not as good as the real thing or product.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¨ā§ŸāĨ¤


esprit de corps

UK: /eˌspriː də ˈkɔː/
US: /eˌspriː də ˈkɔːr/

(French), How to pronounce

Feelings of pride, care and support for each other, etc. That are shared by the members of a group.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻšāĻ‚āĻŦā§‹āĻ§, āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ° āĻāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻšāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ āĻāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤


eureka

UK: /juˈriːkə/
US: /juˈriːkə/

(Greek), How to pronounce

Used to show pleasure at having found something, especially the answer to a problem.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ–ā§āĻāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨, āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤āĨ¤


ex gratia

UK: /ˌeks ˈɥreÉĒʃə/
US: /ˌeks ˈɥreÉĒʃə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Given or done as a gift or favour, not because there is a legal duty to do it.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ‰āĻĒāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ• āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤


ex officio

UK: /ˌeks əˈfÉĒʃiəʊ/
US: /ˌeks əˈfÉĒʃioʊ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Included or allowed because of your job, position or rank.

An ex-officio member of an organization is only a member because of their rank or position.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§€, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ ex-officio āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤


fait accompli

UK: /ˌfet əkɒmˈpliː/
US: /ˌfeÉĒt əkɑːmˈpliː/

(French), How to pronounce

Something that has already happened or been done and cannot be changed:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤


fata Morgana

UK:/ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/
US: /ˌfädə ˌmôrËˆÉĄÃ¤nə/
US: /ˌfɑdə ˌmɔrˈɡɑnə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

A mirage.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (ā§§) āĻŽāĻ°ā§€āĻšāĻŋāĻ•āĻž; āĻŽā§ƒāĻ—āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻˇāĻžāĨ¤
(ā§¨) (āĻ˛āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•) āĻŽāĻžā§ŸāĻž; āĻŦā§ƒāĻĨāĻž āĻ†āĻļāĻž; āĻ›āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤


faute de mieux

UK: /ˌfəʊt də ˈmjɜː/
US: /ˌfoʊt də ˈmjɜː/

(French), How to pronounce

Because there is nothing else that is better.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤


faux pas

UK: /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː/
US: /ˌfoʊ ˈpɑː/
UK: /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑːz/
US: /ˌfoʊ ˈpɑːz/

Pl. faux pas
(French), How to pronounce

1 . An action or a remark that causes embarrassment because it is not socially correct. 2. Words or behaviour that are a social mistake or not polite.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻ•āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻž āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻĻā§āĻ°āĨ¤


femme fatale

UK: /ˌfÃĻm fəˈtɑːl/
US: /ˌfem fəˈtÃĻl/

(French), How to pronounce

Avery beautiful woman that men find se*xually attractive but who brings them trouble or unhappiness.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§€ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§Œ*āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖā§€ā§Ÿ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§‡āĨ¤


fÃĒte champÃĒtre

UK: /ˌfɛt ʃɒĖƒËˆpɛtr(ə)/

(French), How to pronounce

An outdoor entertainment such as a garden party.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻƒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‹āĻĻāĻ¨, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ­ā§‹āĻœāĨ¤


fiasco

UK: /fiˈÃĻskəʊ/
US: /fiˈÃĻskoʊ/

(Italian), How to pronounce

Something that does not succeed, often in a way that causes embarrassment.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻšā§ŸāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻļāĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻž āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


fin de siècle

UK: /ˌfÃĻn də siːˈeklə/
US: /ˌfÃĻn də siːˈeklə/
Also: /ˌfÃĻn də ˈsjeklə/
UK: /ˌfÃĻĖƒ də ˈsjekl/
US: /ˌfÃĻĖƒ də ˈsjekl/

(French), How to pronounce

Relating to the end of the 19th century, especially the art, culture, and morals of the period.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŠāĻ¨āĻŦāĻŋāĻ‚āĻļ āĻļāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¤, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤, āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¨ā§ˆāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤


folie de grandeur

UK: /ˌfɒlÉĒ də ÉĄrɒĖƒËˆdəː/

(French), How to pronounce

Delusions of grandeur.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤


force majeure

UK: /ˌfɔːs mÃĻˈʒɜː(r)/
US: /ˌfɔːrs mÃĻˈʒɜːr/

(French), How to pronounce

Unexpected circumstances, such as war, that can be used as an excuse when they prevent somebody from doing something that is written in a contract.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻœā§āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–ā§‡āĨ¤


gemÃŧtlich

UK: /ɡəˈmuːtlÉĒx/
US: /ɡəˈmutlÉĒk/

(German), How to pronounce

Pleasant and cheerful.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āĻ†āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻœāĻ¨āĻ•āĨ¤


genre

UK: /ˈʒɒĖƒrə/
UK: /ˈʒɒnrə/
US: /ˈʒɑːnrə/

(French), How to pronounce

A particular type or style of literature, art, film or music that you can recognize because of its special features.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯, āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻšāĻ˛āĻšā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§ˆāĻ˛ā§€ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻŦā§ˆāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻļāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤


gesundheit

UK: /ɡəˈzʊndhaÉĒt/
US: /ɡəˈzʊndhaÉĒt/

(German), How to pronounce

Used when somebody has sneezed to wish them good health.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻšāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


gÃŽte

UK: /ʒiːt/
US: /ʒiːt/

(French), How to pronounce

A holiday house for renting in France.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĨ¤


grande dam

UK: /ÉĄrɒĖƒd ˈdam/

(French), How to pronounce

A woman holding an influential position within a particular sphere.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§€ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĨ¤


guerrilla

UK: /ɡəˈrÉĒlə/
US: /ɡəˈrÉĒlə/

(Spanish), How to pronounce

A member of a small group of soldiers who are not part of an official army and who fight against official soldiers, usually to try to change the government.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§€āĻ° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻ¸ā§ˆāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸ā§ˆāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤


habeas corpus

UK: /ˌheÉĒb.əs ˈkɔːpəs/
US: /ˌheÉĒbiəs ˈkɔːrpəs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

A legal order that states that a person in prison must appear before and be judged by a court of law before he or she can be forced by law to stay in prison

A law that states that a person who has been arrested should not be kept in prison longer than a particular period of time unless a judge in court has decided that it is right to apply for a writ of habeas corpus.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ° āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻœā§‹āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĨ¤ (ā§¨) āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋā§Ž āĻ¨ā§Ÿ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻ• āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ habeas corpus āĻ†āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻŦā§‡āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻĨ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤


haut monde

UK: /əʊ ˈmɒĖƒd/

(French), How to pronounce

Fashionable society.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻœāĨ¤


haute couture

UK: /ˌəʊt kuˈtjʊə(r)/
US: /ˌoʊt kuˈtʊr/

(French), How to pronounce

The business of making and selling expensive and fashionable clothes for women.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ŸāĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ°ā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻœā§āĻ¯āĨ¤


haute cuisine

UK: /ˌəʊt kwÉĒˈziːn/
US: /ˌoʊt kwÉĒˈziːn/

(French), How to pronounce

Cooking of a very high standard.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ‰āĻšā§āĻšāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨āĨ¤


hoi polloi

UK: /ˌhɔÉĒ pəˈlɔÉĒ/
US: /ˌhɔÉĒ pəˈlɔÉĒ/

(Greek), How to pronounce

An insulting word for ordinary people.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻœāĻ¨āĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤


Hors d’oeuvre

UK: /ɔː ˈdəːv/
Also: /ɔːˈdəːvr(ə)/
US: /ôr ˈdərv/
Also: /ɔr ˈdərv/

(French), How to pronounce

A small savoury dish, typically one served as an appetizer.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŽāĻœāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§‡āĻŸāĻžāĻ‡āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


hors de combat

UK: /ˌɔː də ˈkɒĖƒbɑː/
US: /ˌɔːr də koʊmˈbɑː/

(French), How to pronounce

Unable to fight or to take part in an activity, especially because you are injured.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻšāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽā§‡ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĨ¤


idÊe fixe

UK: /ˌiː.deÉĒ ˈfiːks/
US: /ˌiː.deÉĒ ˈfiːks/
UK:/ˌiː.deÉĒ ˈfiːks/
US:/ˌiː.deÉĒ ˈfiːks/

Plu: idÊes fixes
(French), How to pronounce

A belief that someone refuses to change their mind about, even though it may be wrong.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


in absentia

UK: /ˌÉĒn ÃĻbˈsenʃiə/
US: /ˌÉĒn ÃĻbˈsenʃiə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

While the person involved is not present.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤


in camera

UK: /ˌÉĒn ˈkÃĻm.rə/
US: /ˌÉĒn ˈkÃĻm.rə

(Latin), How to pronounce

In private, without the public, newspaper reporters, etc. Being there.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻ¨ā§‡, āĻœāĻ¨āĻ—āĻŖāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ§āĻŋ āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤


in extremis

UK: /ˌÉĒn ÉĒkˈstriːmÉĒs/
US: /ˌÉĒn ÉĒkˈstriːmÉĒs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

1 . In a very difficult situation when very strong action is needed. 2. At the moment of death.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§.āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻœā§‹āĻ°āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĨ¤


in flagrante

UK:/ˌÉĒn fləˈɡrÃĻn.teÉĒ/
US: /ˌÉĒn fləˈɡrÃĻn.teÉĒ/
UK: /ˌÉĒn fləˈɡrÃĻnti/
US: /ˌÉĒn fləˈɡrÃĻnti/

(French), How to pronounce

The act of doing something wrong, especially having se*x with someone who is not your husband, wife, or usual partner:

If somebody is found or caught in flagrante, they are discovered doing something that they should not be doing, especially having se*x.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ…āĻ¨ā§ˆāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€, āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¯ā§Œ*āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ in flagrante āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻž āĻ§āĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§Œ*āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¨, āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ†āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


in flagrante delicto

US: /ˌÉĒn fləˌɡrɑnˌteÉĒ dəˈlÉĒkˌtoʊ
UK: /ÉĒn fləˌɡranteÉĒ dÉĒˈlÉĒktəʊ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

In the very act of wrongdoing, especially in an act of se*xual misconduct.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§Œ*āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¸āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻœāĨ¤


in loco parentis

UK: /ÉĒn ˌləʊkəʊ pəˈrentÉĒs/
US: /ÉĒn ˌloʊkoʊ pəˈrentÉĒs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Being responsible for a child while the child’s parents are absent:

Having the same responsibility for a child as a parent has.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻžâ€”āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĨ¤


in medias res

UK: /ÉĒn ˌmiːdiÃĻs ˈreÉĒz/
US: /ÉĒn ˌmiːdiÃĻs ˈreÉĒz/
UK: /ÉĒn ˌmiː.di.ÃĻs ˈreÉĒs/
US: /ÉĒn ˌmiː.di.ÃĻs ˈreÉĒs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Straight into the main part of a story or account without giving any introduction

A Latin expression that refers to a story, or the action of a play, etc. Starting without any introduction:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‹āĻœāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻœāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿ āĻĸā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŸāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻž āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ­ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


in propria persona

UK: /ÉĒn ˌprəʊprÉĒə pəːˈsəʊnə/
US: /ˌÉĒn ˌproʊpriə pərˈsoʊnə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

In his or her own person.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡āĨ¤


in situ

UK: /ˌÉĒn ˈsÉĒtjuː/
UK: /ˌÉĒn ˈsaÉĒtjuː/

(Latin), How to pronounce

In the original or correct place.

In the appropriate position.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĨ¤


in toto

UK: /ˌÉĒn ˈtəʊtəʊ/
US: /ˌÉĒn ˈtoʊtoʊ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Completely, including all parts.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤


inter alia

UK: /ˌÉĒntər ˈeÉĒliə/
US: /ˌÉĒntər ˈeÉĒliə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Among other things.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĨ¤


ipso facto

UK: /ˌÉĒpsəʊ ˈfÃĻktəʊ/
US: /ˌÉĒpsoʊ ˈfÃĻktoʊ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Because of the fact that has been mentioned.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ-āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤


je ne sais quoi

UK: /ˌʒə nə seÉĒ ˈkwɑː/
US: /ˌʒə nə seÉĒ ˈkwɑː/

(French), How to pronounce

A good quality that is difficult to describe.

French for ‘I don’t know what’.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ—ā§āĻŖ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ•āĻ°āĨ¤


jeu d’esprit

UK: /ʒəː dɛˈspriː/

(French), How to pronounce

A light-hearted display of wit and cleverness, especially in a work of literature.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ— āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āĨ¤


jeunesse dorÊe

UK: /ʒəːˌnɛs ˈdɔːreÉĒ/
/ʒəˌnɛs dɔˈreÉĒ/

(French), How to pronounce

Fashionable, wealthy young people.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ, āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§ŸāĻ¸ā§€ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§€ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĨ¤


joie de vivre

UK: /ˌʒwʌ də ˈviːvrə/
US: /ˌʒwʌ də ˈviːvrə/

(French), How to pronounce

A feeling of great happiness and enjoyment of life.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻšāĻž āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ†āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ‰āĻšā§āĻ›āĻ˛ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĨ¤


Karaoke

UK: /ˌkÃĻriˈəʊki/
US: /ˌkɑːrəˈoʊki/
UK: /ˌkÃĻriˈəʊki/
US: /ˌkÃĻriˈoʊki/

(Japan), How to pronounce

An activity that peoples do for entertainment, in which someone sings a popular song while a karaoke machine plays the music to the song:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‹āĻĻāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻœāĻ¨āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ karaoke āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤


katzenjammer

UK: /ˈkatzənˌdʒamə/
/ˈkÃĻtsənˌdʒÃĻmər/

(German), How to pronounce

1 . A hangover; a severe headache resulting from a hangover. 2. Confusion; uproar.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻšāĻŸā§āĻŸāĻ—ā§‹āĻ˛āĨ¤


ketchup/catchup

UK: /ˈketʃəp/
US: /ˈketʃəp/

(Chinese), How to pronounce

A thick cold sauce made from tomatoes, usually sold in bottles.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŸāĻŽā§‡āĻŸā§‹ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻ¨â€”āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ¸āĻš, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ āĻŦā§‹āĻ¤āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


kindergarten

UK:/ˈkÉĒndəɡɑːtn/
US: /ˈkÉĒndərɡɑːrtn/

(German), How to pronounce

1. (US) a school or class to prepare children aged five for school. 2. (UK., Austr., NZE) = nursery school.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. (āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡): āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻš āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āĨ¤ ā§¨. (āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻœā§āĻ¯, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ‡āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ‰āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ): āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĨ¤


Klutz

UK: /klʌts/
US: /klʌts/

(Yiddish), How to pronounce

A person who often drops things, is not good at sport(s), etc.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻļāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤


la dolce vita

UK: /lɑː ˌdɒltʃeÉĒ ˈviːtə/
US: /lɑː ˌdoultʃeÉĒ ˈviːtə/

(Italian), How to pronounce

A life of pleasure and expensive things, without any worries.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĻā§āĻƒāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻšā§€āĻ¨, āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ†āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨āĨ¤


laissez-faire

UK: /ˌleseÉĒ ˈfeə(r)/
US: /ˌleseÉĒ ˈfer/
UK /leÉĒ.seÉĒˈfeər/
US /ˌleÉĒ.seÉĒˈfer/

(French), How to pronounce

The policy of allowing private businesses to develop without government control.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ:ā§§. āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ŸāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ¨ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤ ā§¨. (āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻœā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ•) āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻĒ āĻ¨āĻžâ€”āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋ (āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽā§€) āĨ¤


Lingerie

UK: /ˈlÃĻnʒəri/
US: /ˌlɑːndʒəˈreÉĒ/

(French), How to pronounce

(Used especially by shops/stores) women’s underwear.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĨ¤


lingua franca

UK: /ˌlÉĒÅ‹ÉĄwə ˈfrÃĻŋkə/

(Italian), How to pronounce

A language used between people whose main languages are different.

A shared language of communication used between people whose main languages are different.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻžâ€”āĻ­āĻžāĻˇā§€āĻ° āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻžāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—āĻžāĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻˇā§€āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§€āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§€ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻžāĨ¤


locumtenens

UK: /ˌləʊkəm ˈtiːnɛnz/ /ˌləʊkəm ˈtɛnɛnz/

(Latin) How to pronounce

Full form of locum.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°/āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ ( āĻŦāĻž locum āĻāĻ° āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ°ā§āĻĒ)āĨ¤


locus classicus

UK:/ˌləʊkəs ˈklasÉĒkəs/
/ˌlɒkəs ˈklasÉĒkəs/
US: /ˌloʊkəs ˈklÃĻsəkəs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

A passage considered to be the best known or most authoritative on a particular subject.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ:ā§§. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžā§āĻœāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


macho

UK: /ˈmÃĻtʃəʊ/
US: /ˈmɑːtʃoʊ/

(Spanish), How to pronounce

Male in an aggressive way.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ†āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§€ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĨ¤


magnum opus

UK: /ˌmÃĻÉĄ.nəm ˈəʊ.pəs/
US: /ˌmÃĻÉĄ.nəm ˈoʊ.pəs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

The most important piece of work done by a writer or artist.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāĻœāĨ¤


mandamus

UK: /mÃĻnˈdeÉĒməs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

An official order from a court of law stating that a person or organization must do a particular thing.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§‡āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ†āĻĻā§‡āĻļāĨ¤


manquÊ

UK: /ˈmɒŋkeÉĒ/
US: /mɑːŋˈkeÉĒ/

(French), How to pronounce

(Formal or humorous) used to describe a person who hoped to follow a particular career but who failed in it or never tried it.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ•) āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤āĨ¤


mea culpa

/ˌmeÉĒə ˈkʊlpə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Used humorously to admit that something is your fault.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ­ā§āĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤āĨ¤


memento mori

UK: /məˌmentəʊ ˈmɔːri/
US: /məˌmentoʊ ˈmɔːri/
UK: /məˌmentəʊ ˈmɔːraÉĒ/
US: /məˌmentoʊ ˈmɔːraÉĒ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

An object or symbol that reminds or warns you of death.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§€āĻ• āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


mÊnage à trois

UK: /ˌmeÉĒnɑːʒ ɑː ˈtrwʌ/
US: /ˌmeÉĒnɑːʒ ɑː ˈtrwʌ/
UK: /meÉĒˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈtrwɑː/
US: /meÉĒˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈtrwɑː/
UK: /ˌmeÉĒnɑːʒ ɑː ˈtrwɑː/
US: məˌnɑːʒ ˈtrwɑː/

(French), How to pronounce

1 . A situation where three people, especially a husband, wife and lover, live together and have se*xual relationships with each other. 2. An arrangement in which three people live together and have se*xual relationships with each other. 3. A se*xual relationship involving three people who live together.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€, āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, āĻ†āĻ° āĻāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¯ā§Œ*āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ• āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¯ā§Œ*āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ°āĻžāĻ–ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§Š. āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¯ā§ŒāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĨ¤


modus operandi

UK: /ˌməʊdəs ˌɒpəˈrÃĻndiː/
US:/ˌmoʊdəs ˌɑːpəˈrÃĻndiː/

(Latin), How to pronounce

1 . A particular method of working. 2. A way of doing something that is typical of a particular person or group.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋ; āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ; āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻ¨āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—ā§‹āĻˇā§āĻ ā§€āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§ˆāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻ•āĨ¤


modus vivendi

UK: /ˌməʊdəs vÉĒˈvendiː/
US: /ˌmoʊdəs vÉĒˈvendiː/

(Latin), How to pronounce

An arrangement that is made between people, institutions or countries who have very different opinions or ideas, so that they can live or work together without arguing.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻœāĻ¨, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ• āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻā§‹āĻ¤āĻž, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


mot juste

UK: /ˌməʊ ˈʒuːst/
US: /ˌmoʊ ˈʒuːst/

(French), How to pronounce

The exact word that is appropriate for the situation.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤


ne plus ultra

UK: /ˌneÉĒ plʊs ˈʊltrɑː/
US: /ˌneÉĒ plʊs ˈʊltrə/
UK: /ˌneÉĒ plʌs ˈʌltrə/
US:/ˌneÉĒ plʌs ˈʌltrə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

The perfect example of something.

The best or most excellent example of something.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻĨ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤ ā§¨.
āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹ā§ŽāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤


nil desperandum

UK: /ˌdɛspəˈrandəm/
/ˌnÉĒl ˌdɛspəˈrɑndəm/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Do not despair; never despair.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž; āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ¨ā§ŸāĨ¤


noblesse oblige

UK: /nəʊˌbles əˈbliːʒ/
US: /noʊˌbles əˈbliːʒ/
UK /nəʊˌbles əʊˈbliːʒ/
US: /noʊˌbles oʊˈbliːʒ/

(French), How to pronounce

1 . The idea that people who have special advantages of wealth, etc. Should help other people who do not have these advantages. 2. The idea that people who belong to a high social class should behave in a kind and generous way towards people of a lower social class. 3. The idea that someone with power and influence should use their social position to help other people.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ, āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋā§Ž, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻšā§āĻš āĻļā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻšā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āĻ° āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§ŸāĻž āĻ†āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋā§Ž, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĨ¤ ā§Š. āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§€āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋā§Ž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻžāĨ¤


nolens volens

UK: /ˌnəʊlɛnz ˈvəʊlɛnz/
US: /ˌnoʊlənz ˈvoʊlənz/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Whether a person wants or likes something or not.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻšāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤


non sequitur

UK: /ˌnɒn ˈsekwÉĒtə(r)/
US: /ˌnɑːn ˈsekwÉĒtər/

(Latin), How to pronounce

1 . A statement that does not seem to follow what has just been said in any natural or logical way. 2. A conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ¯ā§ŒāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻĒ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¯ā§ŒāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤


nouveau riche

UK: /ˌnuːvəʊ ˈriːʃ/
US: /ˌnuːvoʊ ˈriːʃ/

(French), How to pronounce

A person who has recently become rich and likes to show how rich they are in a very obvious way.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ§āĻ¨ā§€ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻ§āĻ¨ā§€ āĨ¤


objet d’art

UK: /ɒbʒeÉĒ ˈdɑː/
US: /ˌɔbʒeÉĒ ˈdɑr/

(French), How to pronounce

A small decorative or artistic object, typically when regarded as a collectable item.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸā§āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻļā§ˆāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻšāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


off-piste

UK: /ˌɒfˈpiːst/
US: /ˌɑːfˈpiːst/

(French), How to pronounce

Used to refer to skiing that is done on areas of snow that have not been specially prepared for skiing on:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‡āĻ‚ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻžā§āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


on dit

UK: /ɒĖƒ ˈdiː/

(French), How to pronounce

A piece of gossip; a rumour.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ—ā§€āĻŦāĻ¤; āĻ—ā§āĻœāĻŦāĨ¤


origami

UK: /ˌɒrÉĒˈɡɑːmi/
US: /ˌɔːrÉĒˈɡɑːmi/

(Japan), How to pronounce

Altogether, and usually in large numbers.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ°āĨ¤

papabile

UK: /pəˈpɑːbÉĒleÉĒ/
Also: /pəˈpɑːbÉĒli/

(Italian), How to pronounce

Worthy of being or eligible to be pope.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĒā§‹āĻĒ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§‹āĻĒ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤


Paparazzo

UK: /ˌpÃĻpəˈrÃĻtsəʊ/
US: /ˌpÃĻpəˈrÃĻtsoʊ/
UK: /ˌpÃĻpəˈrÃĻtsi/
US: ˌpÃĻpəˈrÃĻtsi

Pl. Paparazzi
(Italian), How to pronounce

A photographer who follows famous people around in order to get interesting photographs of them to sell to a newspaper.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšāĻ• āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ˛āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


par excellence

UK: /ˌpɑːr ˈeksəlɑːns/
US: /ˌpɑːr ˌeksəˈlɑːns/
UK :/ˌpɑːrˌek.se ˈlɑĖƒËns/
US: /ˌpɑːrˌek.se ˈlɑĖƒËns/

(French), How to pronounce

(Only used after the noun it describes) better than all the others of the same kind; a very good example of something.

You describe something as par excellence when it is the best example of its type.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. (āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ) āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻž ; āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ•ā§‡ par excellence āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹ā§ŽāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


parti pris

UK: /ˌpɑːtÉĒ ˈpriː/
US: /ˌpɑrdi ˈpri/

(French),How to pronounce

1 . A preconceived view; a bias. 2. Prejudiced; biased.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž; āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĨ¤


Penchant

UK: /ˈpɒĖƒĘƒÉ’Ėƒ/
US: /ˈpentʃənt/

(French), How to pronounce

A special liking for something.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‡āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻžāĨ¤


patio

UK: /ˈpÃĻtiəʊ/
US: /ˈpÃĻtioʊ/

(Spanish), How to pronounce

A flat hard area outside, and usually behind, a house where people can sit.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¤āĻ˛ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ…āĻžā§āĻšāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§‡āĻ›āĻ¨ā§‡, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


per annum

UK: /pər ˈÃĻnəm/
US: /pər ˈÃĻnəm/

(Latin), How to pronounce

For each year earning
ÂŖ30 000 per annum.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨āĨ¤


per capita

UK: /pə ˈkÃĻpÉĒtə/
US: /pər ˈkÃĻpÉĒtə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

If you express an amount per capita, you mean that amount for each person:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ per capita āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ– āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤


per se

UK: /ˌpɜː ˈseÉĒ/
US: /ˌpɜːr ˈseÉĒ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Used meaning ‘by itself’ to show that you are referring to something on its own, rather than in connection with other things. (Oxford)

Used to say that something is being considered alone, not with other connected things (Longman).

By or of itself (Cambridge).

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. “āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡â€āĻāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ°āĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ– āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤āĨ¤ ā§Š. āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĨ¤


persona non grata

UK: /pɜːˌsəʊnə nɒn ˈɡrɑːtə/
US: /pɜːrˌsoʊnə nɑːn ˈɡrɑːtə/

UK/pɜːˌsəʊnə nəʊn ˈɡrɑːtə/
UK: /pəˌsəʊnə nɒn ˈɡrɑːtə/

US: /pɚˌsoʊnə nɑːn ˈɥrɑːtĖŦə/
UK/pəˌsəʊniː nɒn ˈɡrɑːtiː/
US/pɚˌsoʊniː nɑːn ˈɥrɑːtĖŦiː/

Pl: personae non gratae
(Latin), How to pronounce

A person who is not welcome in a particular place because of something they have said or done, especially one who is told to leave a country by the government (Oxford).

To be not welcome in a particular place because of something that you have done – used especially when a foreign government order you to go home (Longman).

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻœāĻžā§ŸāĻ—āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ• āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻšāĻŋā§Ž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻœāĻžā§ŸāĻ—āĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžâ€” āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§€ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤āĨ¤


pièce de rÊsistance

UK: /piˌes də reziːˈstɑːns/
UK: /ˌpjes də reˈzÉĒstɒĖƒs/
US: /ˌpjes də reˈzÉĒstɑːns/

(French), How to pronounce

1 . The best or most important thing in a series, which comes after everything else. 2. The most important or impressive part of a group or series of things of all the events.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§ā§ŽāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻāĻ• āĻļā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ• āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤ ā§Š. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤


pied-à-terre

UK: /ˌpjeÉĒd ɑː ˈteə(r)/
US: /ˌpjeÉĒd ɑː ˈter/

(French), How to pronounce

A small flat/apartment, usually in a town, that you do not live in as your main home but keep for use when necessary.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŸ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸ, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ“ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤


PiÃąata

UK: /pÉĒnˈjɑːtə/
US: /pÉĒnˈjɑːtə/

(Spanish), How to pronounce

(In Spanish-speaking communities in the US) A brightly decorated figure, filled with toys and sweets/candy, which children try to hit with a stick with their eyes covered in order to break it open, as a party game.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļ—āĻ­āĻžāĻˇā§€ āĻœāĻ¨āĻ—ā§‹āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡) āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ / āĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ‰āĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸āĻœā§āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ…āĻŦā§ŸāĻŦ, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻšā§‹āĻ– āĻĸā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–ā§‹āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˜āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


pis aller

UK: /piːz ˈaleÉĒ/
US: /ˌpiz əˈleÉĒ/

(French), How to pronounce

A course of action followed as a last resort.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤


plat du jour

UK: /ˌplɑː dʊ ˈʒʊə/
US: /ˌplɑː dʊ ˈʒʊr/
UK: /ˌpla d(j)uː ˈʒʊə/
US: /ˌplɑ də ˈʒʊr/

(French), How to pronounce

1 . A dish that a restaurant prepares especially on a particular day in addition to its usual food. 2. A dish specially prepared by a restaurant on a particular day, in addition to the usual menu.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ°ā§‡āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ° āĻĻā§ˆāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻ°ā§‡āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤


Plaza

UK: /ˈplɑːzə/
US: /ˈplÃĻzə/

(Spanish), How to pronounce

1. A public outdoor square especially in a town where Spanish is spoken.

2. a small shopping centre, sometimes also with offices.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻœāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ¨ āĻ–ā§‹āĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ° āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻļ āĻ­āĻžāĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°, āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ¸āĻšāĨ¤


plus ça change

UK: /ˌpluː sa ˈʃɒĖƒĘ’/
/ply sa ʃɑĖƒĘ’/

(French), How to pronounce

Used to express resigned acknowledgement of the fundamental immutability of human nature and institutions.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ“ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ˛āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽā§ŒāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§€ā§ŸāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


pococurante

UK: /ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈranti/

(Italian), How to pronounce

Indifferent or unconcerned.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§€ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤


poltergeist

UK: /ˈpəʊltəɡaÉĒst/
UK: /ˈpɒltəɡaÉĒst/
US: /ˈpoʊltərÉĄaÉĒst/

(German), How to pronounce

A ghost that makes loud noises and throws objects.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻ‰āĻšā§āĻš āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ“ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ›ā§āĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


prima donna

UK:/ˌpriːmə ˈdɒnə/
US: /ˌpriːmə ˈdɑːnə/

(Italian), How to pronounce

1 . The main woman singer in an opera performance or an opera company.2. (Disapproving) A person who thinks they are very important because they are good at something, and who behaves badly when they do not get what they want.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ“āĻĒā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ“āĻĒā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


prima facie

UK:/ˌpraÉĒmə ˈfeÉĒʃi/
US: /ˌpraÉĒmə ˈfeÉĒʃi/
US: /ˌpraÉĒmə ˈfeÉĒʃə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Based on what at first seems to be true, although it may be proved false later.

At first sight (= based on what seems to be the truth when first seen or heard):

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§‹āĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡)āĨ¤


primus inter pares

UK: /ˌpriːməs ÉĒntə ˈpɑːriːz/
Also: /ˌprʌÉĒməs ÉĒntə ˈpɑːriːz /
Also: /ˌpraÉĒməs ˌÉĒn(t)ər ˈpɛriz/

(Latin), How to pronounce

A first among equals; the senior or representative member of a group.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ; āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§Ÿā§‹āĻœā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻˇā§āĻ  āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ§āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤


pro bono

UK: /ˌprəʊ ˈbəʊnəʊ/
US: /ˌproʊ ˈboʊnoʊ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

(Especially of legal work) done without asking for payment.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āĻ°) āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ


pro forma

UK: /ˌprəʊ ˈfɔːmə/
US: /ˌproʊ ˈfɔːrmə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

1 . Pro forma words or actions are usual or done in the usual way. 2. A list of things that have been ordered, sent with their prices to a customer so that the things can be paid for before they are delivered. 3. Used to describe financial results which are not final but give an idea of what is expected before the real results are known. 4. A particular type of letter, document, etc. that is created as an example to show how others of the same type should be written or prepared.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. Pro forma āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸â€”āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻš āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§‹āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ ā§Š. āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§ˆāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤, āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĨ¤ ā§Ē. āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻŋ, āĻĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĨ¤


pro rata

UK: /ˌprəʊ ˈrɑːtə/
US: /ˌproʊ ˈrɑːtə/
UK :/ˌprəʊ ˈrɑːtə/
US: /proʊ ˈreÉĒtə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

(Of a payment or share of something) calculated according to how much of something has been used, the amount of work done, etc.

Calculated according to, or as a share of, the fixed rate for a larger total amount.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. (āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡) āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸā§āĻ•ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸā§āĻ•ā§ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻŦā§ƒāĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻŽā§‹āĻŸ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§‡āĻ°, āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡, āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


proxime accessit

UK: /ˌprɒksÉĒmeÉĒ akˈsɛsÉĒt/
Also: /ˌprɒksÉĒmi akˈsɛsÉĒt /

(Latin), How to pronounce

Used to the US: the person who comes second in an examination or is runner-up for an award.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒāĻ°ā§€āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¸āĻ†āĻĒ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


que sera sera

UK: /ˈkeÉĒ sərɑː sərɑː/

(Spanish), How to pronounce

Used to convey a fatalistic recognition that future events are out of the speaker’s control.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§€ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ŸāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ¨āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋā§ŸāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤āĨ¤


quid pro quo

UK:/ˌkwÉĒd prəʊ ˈkwəʊ/
US: /ˌkwÉĒd proʊ ˈkwoʊ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

1 . A thing given in return for something else. 2. Something that is given to a person in return for something they have done.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§‚ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĨ¤


raison d’ÃĒtre

UK:/ˌreÉĒzɒĖƒ ˈdɛtrə/
US: /ˌreÉĒzɔn ˈdɛtrə/

(French), How to pronounce

The most important reason or purpose for someone or something’s existence.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§‡āĻ›āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤


reductio ad absurdum

UK:/rÉĒˌdʌktiəʊ ÃĻd ÃĻbˈsɜːdəm/
US:/rÉĒˌdʌktioʊ ÃĻd ÃĻbˈsɜːrdəm/

(Latin), How to pronounce

1 . A method of proving that something is not true by showing that its result is not logical or sensible. 2. A method of proving the falsity of a premise by showing that its logical consequence is absurd or contradictory.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¯ā§ŒāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻ§āĻ—āĻŽā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨ā§Ÿ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻ¯ā§—āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžā§āĻœāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ˜āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¤āĻž āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ‰āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤


rendezvous

UK:/ˈrɒndÉĒvuː/
US: /ˈrɑːndÉĒvuː/
UK: /ˈrɒndeÉĒvuː/
US: /ˈrɑːndeÉĒvuː/

Pl. Rendezvous
UK: /ˈrɒndÉĒvuːz/
US: /ˈrɑːndÉĒvuːz/
UK: / ˈrɒndeÉĒvuːz/
US: /ˈrɑːndeÉĒvuːz/

(French), How to pronounce

1 . An arrangement to meet somebody at a particular time and place. 2. A place where people have arranged to meet. 3. A bar, etc. that is a popular place for people to meet.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§Š. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻļāĻžāĻ˛āĻž, āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻœāĻ¨āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤


Renaissance

UK: /rÉĒˈneÉĒsns/
US: /ˈrenəsɑːns/

(French), How to pronounce

1 . The Renaissance the period in Europe during the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries when people became interested in the ideas and culture of ancient Greece and Rome and used these influences in their own art, literature, etc.

2 .A situation when there is new interest in a particular subject, form of art, etc. after a period when it was not very popular revival.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. ā§§ā§Ē, ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ā§§ā§Ŧ āĻļāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ‡āĻ‰āĻ°ā§‹āĻĒā§‡āĻ° renaissance āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻŦāĻœāĻžāĻ—āĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ°ā§‹āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨-āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻšā§€ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ…āĻœāĻ¨āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻžāĻ—āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ¸ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


roman-à-clef

UK: /ˌrəʊmɒĖƒÉ‘ːˈkleÉĒ/
US: / roʊˌmɑːn ɑː ˈkleÉĒ/

(French), How to pronounce

A novel based on the actions of real people, who are given different names in the novel so that they seem to be invented characters and not real.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§ŸāĨ¤


rucksack

UK: /ˈrʌksÃĻk/
US: /ˈrʌksÃĻk/

(German), How to pronounce

A large bag, often supported on a light metal frame, carried on the back and used especially by people who go climbing or walking.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ—, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻšāĻžāĻ˛āĻ•āĻž āĻ§āĻžāĻ¤āĻŦ āĻĢā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻ¯āĻž āĻĒā§‡āĻ›āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦāĻšāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤āĻžāĻ°ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻŸāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


safari

UK: /səˈfɑːri/
US: /səˈfɑːri/

(Kiswahili), How to pronounce

1. A trip to see or hunt wild animals, especially in east or southern Africa. 2. A journey; a period of time spent travelling or when you are not at home or working.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻļā§â€”āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻ¨, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻ“ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ†āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻ¨, āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§‚āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽā§ŸāĨ¤


sangfroid

UK: /sɒŋˈfrwɑː/
US: /sɑːŋˈfrwɑː/

(French), How to pronounce

The ability to remain calm in a difficult or dangerous situation.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤


savoir faire

UK:/ˌsÃĻvwɑː ˈfeə(r)/
US: /ˌsÃĻvwɑːr ˈfer/

(French), How to pronounce

The ability to behave in the appropriate way in social situation.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻĨāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤


Schadenfreude

UK: /ˈʃɑːdnfrɔÉĒdə/
US: /ˈʃɑːdnfrɔÉĒdə/

(German), How to pronounce

A feeling of pleasure at the bad things that happen to other people.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ­ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤


schmooze

UK: /ʃmuːz/
US: /ʃmuːz/

(Yiddish), How to pronounce

To talk informally with someone, especially in a way that is not sincere or to win some advantage for yourself.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¨ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


siesta

UK: /siˈestə/
US: /siˈestə/

(Spanish), How to pronounce

A rest or sleep taken in the early afternoon, especially in hot countries.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻžāĻšā§āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ‰āĻžā§āĻš āĻ…āĻžā§āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĨ¤


sine die

UK: /ˌsaÉĒni ˈdaÉĒiː/
US: /ˌsaÉĒni ˈdaÉĒiː/
UK: /ˌsÉĒneÉĒ ˈdiːeÉĒ/
US: /ˌsÉĒneÉĒ ˈdiːeÉĒ/

UK:/ˌsÉĒneÉĒˈdiːeÉĒ/
/ˌsaÉĒniˈdaÉĒiː/
US: /ˌsaÉĒniˈdaÉĒ/
/ˌsÉĒneÉĒˈdiːeÉĒ /

(Latin), How to pronounce

Without a future date being arranged.

Without arranging a future date for something.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ–ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ–ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


sine qua non

UK:/ˌsÉĒneÉĒ kwɑː ˈnəʊn/
US:/ˌsÉĒneÉĒ kwɑː ˈnoʊn/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Something that is essential before you can achieve something else.

Something that you must have, or which must exist, before something else can happen.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§‚ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ˜āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŦāĻļā§āĻ¯āĻ• āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĨ¤


smorgasbord

UK: /ˈsmɔːɡəsbɔːd/
US: /ˈsmɔːrɡəsbɔːrd/

(Swedish), How to pronounce

A meal at which you serve yourself from a large range of hot and cold dishes.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤


soi-disant

UK: /ˌswɑː diːˈzɒĖƒ/
US: /ˌswɑː diːˈzɑːĖƒ/

(French), How to pronounce

Used to show somebody’s description of himself/herself, usually when you do not agree with it.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¨ā§€āĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšā§ƒāĻ¤, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ¨āĨ¤


SoignÊe

UK: /ˈswɑːnjeÉĒ/
US: /swɑːnˈjeÉĒ/

(French), How to pronounce

(Of a woman) elegant; carefully and neatly dressed.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: (āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡) āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤; āĻ¸āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤


sotto voce

UK: /ˌsɒtəʊ ˈvəʊtʃi/
US:/ˌsɑːtoʊ ˈvoʊtʃi/

(Italian), How to pronounce

In a quiet voice so that not everyone can hear.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻšā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


soupçon

UK: /ˈsuːpsɒn/
US: /ˈsuːpsɑːn/

(French), How to pronounce

A very small amount.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ°āĨ¤


spiel

UK: /ʃpiːl/, /spiːl/
US: /ʃpiːl/, /spiːl/

(German), How to pronounce

A long speech that somebody has used many times, that is intended to persuade you to believe something or buy something.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻ‰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĨ¤


status quo

UK: /ˌsteÉĒtəs ˈkwəʊ/
US: /ˌsteÉĒtəs ˈkwoʊ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

The situation as it is now, or as it was before a recent change.

Present situation.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻ–āĻ¨āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤


sub judice

UK: /ˌsʌb ˈdʒuːdəsi/
US: /ˌsʌb ˈdʒuːdəsi/
UK: /ˌsʌb ˈdʒuːdəseÉĒ/
US: /ˌsʌb ˈdʒuːdəseÉĒ/
UK: /ˌsʌb ˈdʒuːdəkeÉĒ/
US: /ˌsʌb ˈdʒuːdəkeÉĒ/

UK: /ˌsʌbˈdʒuːdÉĒsi/
US: /ˈdʒuːdÉĒsi/, /ˈjuːdÉĒkeÉĒ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

If a legal case is sub judice, it is still being discussed in court and it is therefore illegal for anyone to talk about it in newspapers, etc.

A legal case being considered sub judice is now being dealt with by a court, and therefore is not allowed to be publicly discussed, for example in a newspaper.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž sub judice āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡, āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ†āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻŦā§ˆāĻ§āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ†āĻ‡āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ–āĻ¨āĻ“ āĻ†āĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ¨, āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĨ¤


sub rosa

UK: /sʌb ˈrəʊzə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Happening or done in secret.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĨ¤


sui generis

UK: /ˌsuːi ˈdʒenərÉĒs/
US: /ˌsuːi ˈdʒenərÉĒs/

UK: /ˌsuːi ˈɥenərÉĒs/
US: /ˌsuːi ˈɥenərÉĒs/

UK: /ˌsuːaÉĒ ˈdʒenərÉĒs/
US: /ˌsuːaÉĒ ˈdʒenərÉĒs/

UK: /ˌsuːaÉĒ ˈɥenərÉĒs/
US: /ˌsuːaÉĒ ˈɥenərÉĒs/

(Latin), How to pronounce

Different from all other people or things; Unique.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻāĻž; āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤


table d’hôte

UK: /ˌtɑːbl(ə) ˈdəʊt/
/tabl dot/

(French), How to pronounce

A restaurant meal offered at a fixed price and with few if any choices.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸ā§€āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ°ā§‡āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĨ¤


Tae kwon do

UK: /ˌtaÉĒ ˌkwɒn ˈdəʊ/
US: /ˌtaÉĒ ˌkwɑːn ˈdoʊ/

(Korean), How to pronounce

A Korean system of fighting without weapons, similar to karate.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻž āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ˜āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ• āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤


tant mieux

UK: /tɒĖƒ ˈmjəː/, /tɑĖƒ mjø/

(French), How to pronounce

So much the better.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹āĨ¤


tant pis

UK: /tɒĖƒ ˈpiː/ /tɑĖƒ pi/

(French), How to pronounce

So much the worse; the situation is regrettable but now beyond retrieval.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ; āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻļā§‹āĻšāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ†ā§ŸāĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


terra firma

UK: /ˌterə ˈfɜːmə/
US: /ˈfɜːrmə/
(Latin) How to pronounce

Safe dry land, as contrasted with water or air.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻļā§āĻ•āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻœāĻŽāĻŋ, āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


terra incognita

UK:/ˌterə ÉĒŋˈkɒɡ nÉĒtə/
US:/ˌterə ÉĒnˈkɑːɡ niːtĖŦə/

(Latin), How to pronounce

A place, subject, or situation that you are not familiar with:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨, āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ¨āĨ¤


tÃĒte-à-tÃĒte

UK: /ˌteÉĒt ɑː ˈteÉĒt/
US: /ˌteÉĒt ɑː ˈteÉĒt

(French), How to pronounce

A private conversation between two people.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻ˛āĻžāĻĒāĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤


the avant-garde

UK: /ˌÃĻvɒĖƒ ˈɡɑːd/
US: /ˌÃĻvɑːĖƒ ˈɡɑːrd/

(French), How to pronounce

1 . New and very modern ideas in art, music or literature that are sometimes surprising or shocking. 2. A group of artists, etc. who introduce new and very modern ideas.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ, āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ–āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ• āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ•āĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ˜āĻžāĻ¤ā§€āĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŋ āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĻāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ“ āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻ§ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ• āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


tour de force

UK: /ˌtʊə də ˈfɔːs/
US: /ˌtʊr də ˈfɔːrs/

(French), How to pronounce

Something that is done very skilfully and successfully, and is very impressive:

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻž āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ•āĨ¤


tout de suite

UK: /ˌtuː də ˈswiːt/
Also:/tu d(ə) sÉĨit/

(French), How to pronounce

Immediately, at once.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¤āĻžā§ŽāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡; āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤


tsunami

UK: /tsuːˈnɑːmi/
(t)suˈnɑmi
US: /tsuːˈnɑːmi/

(Japan), How to pronounce

An extremely large wave in the sea caused, for example, by an earthquake.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ­ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĸā§‡āĻ‰āĨ¤


tycoon

UK: /taÉĒˈkuːn/
US: /taÉĒˈkuːn/

(Japan), How to pronounce

A person who is successful in business or industry and has become rich and powerful.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§‡ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§€ āĻ“ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§€ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤


unheimlich

UK: /ʊnˈhʌÉĒmlÉĒx/

(German), How to pronounce

Uncanny; weird.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ˜ā§āĻŸā§‡; āĻ…āĻĻā§āĻ­ā§āĻĻāĨ¤


vendetta

UK:/venˈdetə/
US: /venˈdetə/

(Italian), How to pronounce

1 . A long and violent disagreement between two families or groups, in which people are murdered in return for previous murders feud. 2. (against somebody) a long argument or disagreement in which one person or group does or says things to harm another.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ āĻ“ āĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻ§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ–ā§āĻ¨ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ ā§¨. (āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡) āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻŽāĻ¤āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ˜āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤


verboten

UK: /vəːˈbəʊt(ə)n/
Also: /fɛɐˈboːtn/

(German), How to pronounce

Forbidden, especially by an authority.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĨ¤


via media

UK: /viːə ˈmɛdÉĒə/
/ viːə ˈmiːdÉĒə /

(Latin) How to pronounce

A middle way or compromise between extremes.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻā§‹āĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤


victor ludorum

UK: /luːˈdɔːrəm/

(Latin), How to pronounce

A boy or man who is the overall champion in a sports competition, especially at a school or college.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻœ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿā§‡, āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¤āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§Ÿā§€āĨ¤


vis-à-vis

UK: /ˌviːz ɑː ˈviː/
US: /ˌviːz ɑː ˈviː/

(French), How to pronounce

  1. in relation to.
  2. in comparison with.
    āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ ā§¨. āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

vox populi

UK: /vɒks ˈpɒpjʊliː/
Also: /vɒks ˈpɒpjʊlʌÉĒ/

(Latin), How to pronounce

The opinions or beliefs of the majority.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ—āĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĨ¤


waltz

UK: /wɔːls/
US: /wɔːlts/

(German), How to pronounce

A dance in which two people dance together to a regular rhythm: a piece of music for this dance.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ• āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§’āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ• āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤


wunderkind

UK: /ˈwʊndəkÉĒnd/
US: /ˈwʊndərkÉĒnd/

(German), How to pronounce

A person who is very successful at a young age.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: āĻ…āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§ŸāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĨ¤


zeitgeist

UK: /ˈzaÉĒtÉĄaÉĒst/
US: /ˈzaÉĒtÉĄaÉĒst/

(German), How to pronounce

1 . The general mood or quality of a particular period of history, as shown by the ideas, beliefs, etc. Common at the time. 2. The general spirit or feeling of a period in history, as shown by people’s ideas and beliefs at the time.

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ: ā§§. āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ¨, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ ā§¨. āĻ‡āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ­ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻ¨āĻž āĻ†āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĢāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤


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