1. Foreign Words and Phrases

2. Some French, Latin, and Greek words and terms have become part of our vocabulary.

3. respondez sil vous plait (RSVP) Please respond

4. Du Jour (duh zhoor) Of the moment

5. Cum Laude (kŏŏm lou'dē,) With honor

6. Verbatim ( ver-bey-tim) Word for word

7. Avant-garde (uh-vahnt-gahrd) New and unusual

8. Carte Blanche ( kahrt blanch, blahnch) License

9. Tabula Rasa ( tab-yuh-luh rah-suh) Empty slate

10. Carpe Diem ( kahr-pe dee-em) Seize the day

11. Bona Fide ( boh-nuh fahyd) Genuine

12. id est (i.e.) ( id est ) That is

13. Vox Populi ( voks pop-yuh-lahy ) Voice of the people

14. Déjà Vu ( dey-zhah voo ) A feeling of having experienced something previously

15. Bon Voyage ( bon voi-ahzh ) Have a good trip

16. Femme Fatale ( fem fuh-tal ) Disastrous woman

17. E Pluribus unum ( e ploo-ri-boos oo-noom ) One out of many (U.S. motto)

18. Status quo (… kwoh ) Existing state

19. Caveat Emptor ( kav-ee-aht emp-tawr ) Buyer beware

20. Hoi Polloi ( hoi puh-loi ) The ordinary people

21. Tempus fugit ( tem-poos foo-git ) Time flies

22. Savoir Faire ( sav-wahr-fair ) Savvy, courtesy

23. Enfant Terrible ( ahn-fahn te-ree-bluh ) Terrible child

24. Faux Pas ( foh pah ) A social blunder

25. Alma Mater ( ahl-muh mah-ter ) School one attended

26. Esprit de Corps ( e-spree duh kawr ) Fellowship, camaraderie

27. Prima Donna ( pree-muh don-uh ) 1. Chief female operatic singer 2. Self-important, difficult person

28. Joie de Vivre ( zhwaduh vee-vruh ) Love of life

29. Alpha and Omega Beginning and end

30. Ad Nauseam ( ad naw-zee-uhm ) To the extreme degree

31. C’est la Vie ( se la vee ) That’s life

32. Non Sequitur ( non sek-wi-ter ) It does not follow

33. Terra Firma (… fur-muh ) Earth