Foreign Words in English * 3 *

Question 1

coup de grâce

Answer 1

noun : a blow by which something mortally wounded is mercifully killed
French - “stroke of mercy”

Question 2

coup d’état (usually “coup”)

Answer 2

noun : a sudden violent seizure of power

French - “stroke of state”

Question 3

déjà vu

Answer 3

noun : Sense of having already experienced something

French - “already seen”

Question 4

de rigueur

Answer 4

adj. : obligatory

French

Question 5

derrière

Answer 5

noun : buttocks

French

Question 6

doppelgänger

Answer 6

noun : ghostly counterpart of a living person

German - “double goer”

Question 7

double entendre

Answer 7

noun : a word or phrase with two possible meanings

French - “double understanding”

Question 8

en masse

Answer 8

adj. : in a group

French - “in a mass”

Question 9

esprit de corps

Answer 9

noun : a feeling of pride and loyalty uniting the members of a group
French - “spirit of body”

Question 10

fait accompli

Answer 10

noun : a thing that has been done or decided and cannot now be altered
French - “accomplished fact”