Change and evolution are constant, and with changing times, English is evolving as well. There are quite many new words that have been incorporated from neighbouring languages- like Latin, French, Greek and Spanish, and to an extent even Hindi.
Most importantly, these words are le mot juste, in any given situation. Read on to know what these words are.
1.à huis clos (French) : in private
2.a posteriori (Latin): based on reasoning from known facts or past events
3.a priori(Latin) : based on deduction rather than experience
4.ab initio (Latin): from the beginning
5.Reductio ad absurdum (Latin) : to the point of absurdity
6.ad interim (Latin): for the meantime
7.au courant (French) : well informed
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8.Backpfeifengesicht (German): A face badly in need of a fist.
9.Boketto (Japanese): The act of gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking to give it a name.
10.Cafune (Brazilian Portuguese): Tenderly running your fingers through your lover’s hair.”
11.cappella (Italian): sung without instrumental accompaniment
12.carpe diem (Latin) : seize the day
13.carte blanche (French) : complete freedom to act as one wishes
14.de profundis (Latin) : expressing one’s deepest feelings
15.faux pas (French) : an embarrassing blunder
16.Gigil (Filipino): The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is irresistibly cute.
17.Greng-jai (Thai): The feeling when you don’t want someone to do something for you because it might trouble them.
18.Hygge (Danish):The pleasant feeling associated with sitting around a fire in the winter.
19.Iktsuarpok (Inuit): Feeling of anticipation when you are awaiting someone to show up at your house and you keep going outside to see if they’re there yet.
20.Kummerspeck(German): Excess weight gained from emotional overeating
21.Lagom (Swedish):“Not too much, and not too little, but precise right.”
22.Mamihlapinatapai(Yaghan) : The special look between two people, when both wish that the other would do something that they both want, but neither want to do.
23.Pelinti (Buli): The action you do, when you accidentally bite in a piping hot food and move the food around in the mouth to cool it down.
24.Pis aller (French): a last resort
25.Zhaghzhagh (Persian): The chattering of teeth from the cold.
By:Archa Dave
