The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

Varchaver, Mary; Moore, Frank Ledlie

ISBN 10: 0471383724 / ISBN 13: 9780471383727

Published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2001

About this Item

White plastic laminated board covers with silver blue titles to spine, as new, d/w virtually as new with crease mark to front bottom. 269 numbered pages all clean as a whistle. Binding as new. Size 16 x 23.5 cm.

Seller Inventory # 008824

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471383724
• ISBN 13: 9780471383727
• Binding: Plastic Laminated
• Illustrator: Not Illustrated
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Virtually as New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

"Kudos (Greek), encomiums (Latin), and accolades (French) to the authors for their enlightening and amusing lexicon, a testament that English is the most cheerfully democratic and hospitable language ever cobbled together."-Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language From angst to zydeco, the ultimate guide to foreign terms and phrases This handy, practical, and browsable A-to-Z reference tells you all you need to know to understand, pronounce, and appreciate the nearly 2,000 foreign words and phrases commonly used by speakers and writers of English. The Browser's Dictionary covers a wide variety of subject areas and includes loan-words from more than sixty languages around the world, such as: Latin (desideratum) * the romance languages (rapprochement, macho, imbroglio) * German (gestalt) * Russian (gulag) * Hebrew (shibboleth) * Yiddish (shtick) * Persian (tambura) * Hindi (purdah) * Arabic (loofah) * Hawaiian (kanaka) * Creole French (zydeco) * and Japanese (netsuke) In addition, each entry provides: * A guide to pronunciation using easy-to-understand transcriptions from ordinary English * Comprehensive literal and idiomatic definitions * The word's source language, as well as its literal meaning The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases is sure to become a favorite reference for anyone with an interest in words and language.

About the Author

MARY VARCHAVER is a freelance writer, researcher, and editor, living in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. She is also the coauthor, along with FRANK LEDLIE MOORE, of The Dictionary of the Performing Arts.