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Description

1 online resource

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Series

Oxford reference online.

Summary

This comprehensive reference includes detailed information on the spelling, history, and usage of thousands of foreign words and phrases used by English speakers. There are words from more than forty languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, and Yiddish. Terms from cooking, fashion, and music jostle with others from fine arts, history, law, politics, business, and travel in this great reference to words from around the globe.

Note

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 7, 2013).

Subject

English language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Dictionaries.

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Added Author

LaFlaur, Mark, compiler.

Added Title

Foreign terms in English

ISBN

9780199891573 (ebook) : No price