Note that using foreign words and expressions enrich our writing as well as our conversation. Many foreign words have slipped comfortably into our language and we handle them with ease. From the French language, we use sauté, quiche, connoisseur, and gourmet. From Italian, we borrow soprano, prima donna, and dilettante. From Spanish, we take rodeo, guerilla, pronto, and chile con carne. Some foreign words and phrases, however, can be difficult to decipher if you haven't studied the particular language. Sometimes you can figure out the meaning of a word or phrase by studying how its used within the context of a sentence; sometimes you have to pick up the dictionary. Listed below are some commonly used foreign words and phrases. The abbreviation following the expression indicates the language from which the word or phrase is derived from: Arabic (A), French (F), German (G), Italian (I), Latin (L), Russian (R), Spanish (S), Turkish (T), Yiddish (Y).

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