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Foreign Words and Phrases
Some French, Latin, and Greek words and terms have become part of our
vocabulary.
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Cum Laude (kŏŏm lou'dē,)
With honor
Avant-garde(uh-vahnt-gahrd)
New and unusual
Carte Blanche(kahrt blanch, blahnch)
License
Tabula Rasa (tab-yuh-luh rah-suh)
Empty slate
Carpe Diem(kahr-pe dee-em)
Seize the day
Vox Populi (voks pop-yuh-lahy)
Voice of the people
Déjà Vu (dey-zhah voo)
A feeling of having experienced something previously
Bon Voyage (bon voi-ahzh)
Have a good trip
Femme Fatale (fem fuh-tal)
Disastrous woman
E Pluribus unum (e ploo-ri-boos oo-noom)
One out of many (U.S. motto)
Caveat Emptor (kav-ee-aht emp-tawr)
Buyer beware
Hoi Polloi (hoi puh-loi)
The ordinary people
Tempus fugit (tem-poos foo-git)
Time flies
Savoir Faire (sav-wahr-fair)
Savvy, courtesy
Enfant Terrible (ahn-fahn te-ree-bluh)
Terrible child
Faux Pas (foh pah)
A social blunder
Alma Mater (ahl-muh mah-ter)
School one attended
Esprit de Corps (e-spree duh kawr)
Fellowship, camaraderie
Prima Donna (pree-muh don-uh)
1. Chief female operatic singer
2. Self-important, difficult person
Joie de Vivre (zhwaduh vee-vruh)
Love of life
Alpha and Omega
Beginning and end
Ad Nauseam (ad naw-zee-uhm)
To the extreme degree
C’est la Vie (se la vee)
That’s life
Non Sequitur (non sek-wi-ter)
It does not follow
Terra Firma (…fur-muh)
Earth
