Welcome to our Foreign Words and Phrases Quiz
Do you know the meaning of the listed foreign words and phrases?
Questions
- Carpe diem
- Zeitgeist
- Magnum opus
- Verboten
- Billet-doux
- In camera
- Dolce vita
- Entente cordiale
- Deo volente
- Caveat emptor
Answers:
- Make the most of the present time (literally 'seize the day') (Latin)
- Spirit of the times (literally 'time spirit') (German)
- The most important work of a writer, artist, etc. (literally ‘great work’) (Latin)
- Forbidden (German)
- A love letter (literally 'sweet note') (French)
- In private (literally 'in the chamber') (Latin)
- Sweet life (Italian)
- A friendly understanding (between states) (French)
- God willing (Latin)
- Let the buyer beware (Latin)
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