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English Loanwords From Every Language - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 53 times
- The average score is 21 of 50
Answer Stats
| Language | Definition | Word | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Hot beverage high in caffeine made from beans | Coffee | 94%
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| Greek | Aircraft that can hover, and flies with two rotating blades | Helicopter | 82%
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| Kannada | Fast-growing grass with hard stem eaten by pandas | Bamboo | 80%
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| Italian | Center of gambling | Casino | 78%
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| Hindustani | Large spotted cat, fastest animal on land | Cheetah | 78%
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| Czech | Programmable machine, humanoid machine | Robot | 76%
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| Persian | Two player board game consisting of kings, pawns, etc. | Chess | 74%
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| Dharug | Marsupial famous for eucalyptus consumption | Koala | 74%
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| Hungarian | Powdered spice made from ground, dried chillies | Paprika | 74%
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| French | Rod used in/by conductors, military, relay, police, etc. | Baton | 70%
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| Wolof | Curved yellow tropical fruit | Banana | 68%
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| Swahili | ⁂A trip into the habitat of wild animals for tourism | Safari | 68%
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| Serbo-Croatian | Blood-sucking mythological creature | Vampire | 68%
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| Inuktitut | Small narrow boat propelled by paddling while seated | Kayak | 64%
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| Taino | Bed suspended between two trees | Hammock | 62%
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| German | Spirit of the times, mood of a period in history | Zeitgeist | 62%
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| Portuguese | Highly venomous hooded snake | Cobra | 60%
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| Tibetan | Mountain dwelling unidentified abominable humanoid | Yeti | 60%
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| Vietnamese | Soup consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs, and meat | Pho | 56%
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| Turkish | Semisolid food from bacterially fermented milk | Yogurt | 54%
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| Yiddish | A clumsy person | Klutz | 52%
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| Korean | Video of eating large amounts of food | Mukbang | 48%
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| Malay | Be on an uncontrollable violent frenzy | Run {amok} | 48%
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| Dutch | Shoulder held rocket launcher | Bazooka | 46%
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| Tongan | Excluded or forbidden, especially by social custom | Taboo | 42%
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| Catalan | ⁂Small round orange fruit related to peaches | Apricot | 32%
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| Marathi | ⁂Small carnivorous mammal known for predating snakes | Mongoose | 32%
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| Russian | Riot/massacre of an ethnic group, esp. Jews. | Pogrom | 30%
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| Quechua | Antimalarial medicine used in tonic water | Quinine | 28%
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| Romani | Improvised knife | Shiv | 28%
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| Thai | Motorized rickshaw | Tuk-tuk | 26%
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| Japanese | Wealthy/powerful business person, magnate/mogul | Tycoon | 26%
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| Spanish | Undesirable black/brown winged insect (not bloodsucking) | Cockroach | 24%
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| Burmese | Third largest ethnic group of Myanmar, aka Kayin | Karen | 24%
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| Tamil | Boat with two hulls | Catamaran | 22%
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| Swedish | Dense, high melting point, robust metal element | Tungsten | 22%
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| Afrikaans | Wide, open rural grassland and scrubland of Africa | Veld | 22%
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| Mandarin | *Extremely enthusiastic or energetic | Gung ho | 16%
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| Punjabi | Sikh place of worship | Gurdwara | 16%
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| Bengali | Coarse fibre used to make sacks and mats | Jute | 16%
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| Romanian | Type of cured meat common in delis and sandwiches | Pastrami | 16%
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| Malayalam | Very large tropical edible fruit | Jackfruit | 14%
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| Odia | ⁂Mighty, unstoppable force | Juggernaut | 14%
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| Tagalog | Remote, rural areas, hinterlands (in the plural) | Boondocks | 12%
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| Cantonese | Deep bow which touches the head to the floor | Kowtow | 12%
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| Nahuatl | Spear thrower | Atlatl | 8%
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| Telugu | Small terrestrial marsupial native to Oceania | Bandicoot | 8%
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| Javanese | ⁑Violent flow of pyroclastic material down a volacano | Lahar | 6%
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| Polish | Another term for European bison | Zubr | 6%
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| Gujarati | Another term for ivy gourd/scarlet gourd | Tindora | 4%
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