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English words borrowed from other languages

Name an English word borrowed from another language. Hopdown accepts 690 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper.

Most common answers

• KindergartenExtremely common
• BalletExtremely common
• CafeExtremely common
• Deja VuExtremely common
• RendezvousExtremely common
• RestaurantExtremely common
• CroissantExtremely common
• SushiExtremely common
• KaraokeUncommon
• TsunamiUncommon
• KarateUncommon
• CondorUncommon
• JaguarUncommon
• QuinoaUncommon
• PumaUncommon

Rare answers

• ToucheRare
• MayonnaiseRare
• LasagnaRare
• SoloRare
• BimboRare
• CartoonRare
• FlamencoRare
• JuntaVery rare
• Gung-HoVery rare
• MisoVery rare
• HulaVery rare
• PaddyVery rare
• SovietVery rare
• HijabVery rare
• ArtichokeVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• CouscousDeep cut
• WadiDeep cut
• TulipDeep cut
• BulgurDeep cut
• GyroDeep cut
• CatharsisDeep cut
• EuphoriaDeep cut
• AnalysisDeep cut
• KudosDeep cut
• RhythmDeep cut

Plus 650 more answers you'll have to find yourself.