The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

Ifforeignwordsandphrasesareyour"betenoire，"hereisasuperbreferencethatcoversmorethan6，000foreignwordsandphrasescommonlyusedinEnglish，drawnfromsomefortylanguages，fromAfrikaanstoTurkish.Readerswillfindcleardefinitionsofwordssuchas"fandango，""futon，""falsetto，""basmati，"andmanyotherwordsthatappearineverydayspeechaswellasinmusicaldirection，thearts，food，medicine，science，literatureandbelles-lettres.Theentriesarebrowsable，butalsoauthoritative，withdetailedinformationoneachwordorphrase，includinganyalternativespellings，thedateoftheword'sintroductionintoEnglish，itslanguageoforigin，itsdefinition，andnotesonusageandotherpointsofinterest.Newfull-pagefeaturepanelsprovidefascinatingextrainformationonlanguageborrowing，includinghowspecificlanguageshaveinfluencedparticularareasofEnglish.Thisneweditionincludesup-to-datecoverageofwordsthathaveenteredtheEnglishlanguageinthe21stCentury，including"bruschetta，""pashmina，"and"galactico，"andanappendixthatlistswordsbycountry.