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French words of foreign origin

Allemand

bretzel, diktat, ersatz, kitsch, knödel, land, mark, nickel, oflag, ozone, panzer, pinscher, plexiglas.

Amahrique (langue sémitique d’Éthiopie)

négus.

Anglais, Anglais des États-Unis

baby-foot, baffle, barbecue, barmaid/barman, bazooka, bermuda, best-seller, blazer, blue-jean, blues, bobsleigh, bookmaker, boom, bowling, boycott, break, breakfast, browning, building, caddie, cafétéria, cardigan, charter, chewing-gum, chips, colt, cover-girl, cross-country, cyclo-cross, dancing, dead-heat, dribble ou, mieux, drible/dribbler, ou, mieux, dribler, drive/driver, drugstore, dumping, flash-back, flush, girl, gospel, green, groggy, gymkhana, hamburger, import-export, jackpot, job, jogging, ketchup, knock-out, laser, lift, lob/lober, match, maxwell, média, mess, microphone, midship, milady, mile, milord, miss, modern style, mohair, moleskine, morse, motel, music-hall, mustang, neck, nectarine, newton, night-club, no man's land, non-stop, offset, offshore, one-step, open, open field, outsider, paddock, passing-shot, play-back.

Arabe

alaouite, ayatollah, darbouka, keffieh, mastaba, méchoui, mechta, medersa, médina, merguez, mihrab, moka, mollah, moucharabieh, moudjahid, muezzin, nadir, nouba, oued.

Chinois

ginseng, kung-fu, litchi, mah-jong, ma-jong ou majong, nankin.

Cingalais

nélombo

Croate

oustachi

Espagnol

aficionado, bronca, féria, flamenco, gaucho, maravédis, matador, mesa, mirador, muleta, noria, olla-podrida, paella, pampéro, panatela, pasionaria, paso doble, patio, picador, poncho.

Hébreu

kibboutz, kippa, massore ou massorah, nabi.

Hindi

gourou, mahatma, naja, nansouk

Italien

aggiornamento, cannelloni, cassate, chianti, graffiti, marengo, mezza voce, mezzetin, mezzo-soprano, moderato, molto, mozzarella, non troppo, ocarina, patito.

Japonais

bonzaï, geisha, haïku ou haïkaï, ikébana, jiu-jitsu, judo/judoka, kabuki, kakémono, kami, kamikaze, karaté/karatéka, kendo, mikado, mousmé ou mousmée.

Malais

amok.

Néerlandais

nable, prame.

Norvégien

fart/fartage/farter.

Portugais

fado.

Russe

blini, bortsch, goulag, kalachnikov, kolkhoze/kolkhozien, -ienne, koulibiac, koumis ou koumys, + langue du Caucase : kéfir, mazout, menchevik, merzlota, nomenklatura, ostiak, oukase, pirojki, pogrom ou pogrome.

Sanskrit

ashram, karma ou karman, nirvana,padma, pandit, pracrit ou prâcrit, pourana.

Tahitien

paréo.

Tibétain

lama.

Tupi-Guarani

margay, maringoin

Turc

halva, kébab, moussaka, ouléma, pacha, pachalik, padischah.

Vietnamien

nem, nuoc-mâm, quôc-ngu.

Source

https://www.academie-francaise.fr/le-dictionnaire-la-9e-edition/exemples-de-mots-dorigine-etrangere

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