The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

Synopsis of The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

«The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases» is Jennifer Speake's dictionary in hardcover (526 pages, English), published by Oxford Paperbacks.

Collects over 8,000 words and phrases from more than 40 languages, from Afrikaans to Turkish, used in current British and American English. Explains origin, original spelling, meaning and use in English, with example quotations. An appendix arranges them by country of origin and date of incorporation into English.

It appeared in November 2000 in the Oxford Paperback Reference series.

Reference work for English students and for anyone wanting to know the origin of foreign words in this language.