Real Words Without Definition
This one is a judgement call.
A foreign word used in English without ever being translated.
adelphoi is Greek for brothers. aburabozu is a Japanese fish. achtelthaler is a German coin worth an eighth of a thaler. afghanets is a Russian word for a dusty Central Asian wind.
They turn up in English books, so somebody wrote them down. They never became English words, so no dictionary lists them.
2,016 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | Language and meaning |
|---|---|
| auksinai | Lithuanian, plural of auksinas (coin) |
| auksinu | Lithuanian, gen. pl. of auksinas |
| auletai | Greek, flute-players |
| aullay | Tamil, a fabulous horse-like beast |
| aulu | Hawaiian, a native tree |
| aurang | Anglo-Indian (Persian), a manufactory |
| auriphrygia | Medieval Latin, gold embroidery |
| ausgespielt | German, played out, finished |
| aushar | Arabic, the Calotropis shrub |
| avaremotemo | Tupi, a Brazilian medicinal tree |
| averia | Medieval Latin law, cattle or beasts of the plough |
| avick | Anglo-Irish, "my son" (a mhic) |
| avyayibhava | Sanskrit, an adverbial compound in grammar |
| ayacahuite | Nahuatl/Spanish, Mexican white pine |
| ayous | West African, the obeche timber tree |
| ayuyu | Chamorro, the coconut crab |
| azilut | Hebrew, Kabbalistic world of emanation |
| aziola | Italian, a small owl (assiolo) |
| baboen | Dutch Guianese, the virola timber tree |
| bacaba | Tupi/Portuguese, a Brazilian palm |
| bacauan | Tagalog, the mangrove (bakawan) |
| baccheion | Greek, a temple of Bacchus |
| bacquet | French, a small tub or trough (baquet) |
| bacubert | French (Dauphiné), a sword dance |
| bacury | Tupi/Portuguese, the bacuri fruit tree |
| badineur | French, a banterer or joker |
| bagattini | Italian, plural of bagattino, small coins |
| bagattino | Italian, a small Venetian copper coin |
| bahera | Hindi, the belleric myrobalan |
| bahnung | German, facilitation of a nerve path |
| baidak | Russian, large Dnieper river barge |
| bairagi | Hindi, Vaishnava mendicant ascetic |
| bajochi | Italian, bajocchi, papal copper coins |
| bajoire | French, coin with two accolated heads |
| balagan | Russian, Siberian log hut |
| balaphon | Mande, African xylophone (balafon) |
| balarao | Philippine, a dagger |
| baline | French, coarse packing cloth |
| ballam | Malayalam, a dugout boat of India |
| ballatoon | Russian, heavy luggage boat |
| balloen | Siamese, a state barge |
| baltheus | Latin, a belt or baldric |
| bamah | Hebrew, a high place of worship |
| bambacciata | Italian, low-life genre painting |
| bamoth | Hebrew, high places (pl. of bamah) |
| banago | Philippine fiber plant |
| bancus | Latin, bench, a court (bancus regis) |
| bandhava | Sanskrit, a kinsman |
| bandhook | Hindi banduq, a musket |
| barathron | Greek, the execution pit at Athens |
| barbacou | French, a South American puffbird |
| barbion | French, a small African barbet |
| barcolongo | Spanish, a long fishing boat |
| bardocucullus | Latin, a hooded cloak |
| bareca | Spanish, a small water cask |
| baresma | Avestan, sacred twigs of Zoroastrian rite |
| barsom | Persian, Zoroastrian sacred twig bundle |
| batikuling | Tagalog, a Philippine timber tree |
| batlan | Yiddish, an idler about the synagogue |
| baulea | Bengali, a light river boat (bauleah) |
| bayete | Zulu, royal salute "hail!" |
| bayok | Tagalog, a Philippine tree (Pterospermum) |
| beatille | French beatilles, dainty morsels in a pie |
| beausire | Old French, "fair sir" |
| beccabunga | New Latin, brooklime (Veronica beccabunga) |
| becuiba | Portuguese/Tupi, Brazilian nutmeg tree |
| bedgery | Australian Aboriginal, the pituri plant |
| begari | Hindi, forced unpaid labor |
| beglerbegluc | Turkish, office of a beglerbeg |
| belait | Anglo-Indian vilayat, Europe or England |
| belloot | Spanish bellota, edible acorn |
| bellote | Spanish bellota, edible acorn |
| benedictionale | Med. Latin, book of episcopal blessings |
| bensh | Yiddish, to bless or say grace |
| berakot | Hebrew, "blessings" (berakhot) |
| berceaunette | French, a cradle or bassinet |
| berendo | Spanish, the pronghorn antelope |
| berengena | Spanish, eggplant (berenjena) |
| berggylt | Norwegian, the ballan wrasse |
| bergut | Turkic, the golden eagle (berkut) |
| berith | Hebrew, covenant |
| berkovtsi | Russian, plural of berkovets, a weight |
| berloque | French, a trinket or charm |
| berrugate | Spanish, a sciaenid food fish |
| bersim | Arabic, Egyptian clover (berseem) |
| besprizorni | Russian, homeless waifs |
| betso | Italian, a small Venetian copper coin |
| bezetta | Italian, cloth dyed for coloring |
| bhalu | Hindi, bear |
| bhandar | Hindi, storehouse or treasury |
| bharti | Hindi, enlistment or recruitment |
| bhavan | Hindi, house or building |
| bhikhari | Hindi, beggar |
| bhumidar | Hindi, landholder (bhumidhar) |
| bhungini | Hindi, a female sweeper |
| bibliotaphe | French, one who hides away books |
| bichy | West African, the kola nut |
| biclinium | Latin, a couch for two diners |
| biddery | Anglo-Indian, Bidri inlaid metalware |
| bidery | Anglo-Indian, Bidri inlaid metalware |
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