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English words borrowed from other languages

Name an English word borrowed from another language. Hopdown accepts 568 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper.

Most common answers

• BalletExtremely common
• CafeExtremely common
• RestaurantExtremely common
• RendezvousExtremely common
• ClicheExtremely common
• Deja VuExtremely common
• Faux PasCommon
• FianceCommon
• FianceeUncommon
• LiaisonUncommon
• ReservoirUncommon
• SalonUncommon
• SoireeUncommon
• RapportUncommon
• RoleUncommon

Rare answers

• KhakiRare
• FatigueRare
• WasabiRare
• TaekwondoRare
• HakaRare
• TotemRare
• TortillaRare
• VigilanteVery rare
• StampedeVery rare
• AngstVery rare
• BlitzkriegVery rare
• YachtVery rare
• TrekVery rare
• SaunaVery rare
• BalalaikaVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• BlarneyDeep cut
• CeilidhDeep cut
• SledDeep cut
• Mazel TovDeep cut
• TchotchkeDeep cut
• HallelujahDeep cut
• JihadDeep cut
• MagicDeep cut
• GumboDeep cut
• ImpalaDeep cut

Plus 528 more answers you'll have to find yourself.