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Nowadays, we use many foreign words & phrases in the English language. Following is a list of important foreign words & phrases along with their meaning. The proper & study, as well as an understanding of these words, will help the students in avoiding their erroneous use & to enrich their vocabulary.

In this post, we have provided a lost of some import foreign ( Latin) words & phrases generally used in the English language. At the end of this list objective type( multiple choice), questions are also given for the practice of the students.

Common Latin Words and Phrases We Use in English

1.Ab initio
From the beginning

 2.Addenda
Things to be added

 3.Ad hoc
For the purpose

 4.Ad valorem
According to value

 5.Apropos
To the point

 6.Ad infinitum
Without end, to infinity

 7.Ad interim
In the meantime or  In the meanwhile

 8.Agent Provocateur
A person employed to undertake subversive activities.

 9.Adie
Helper or assistant

 10.Alma mater
Gracious mother applied b alumni to one' university or college.

 11.Alias
 otherwise known as

 12.Aide-memoire
Notes to add memory

 13.Anti meridiem
Before midday

 14.Ab intra
From within

 15.Ad libitum
At pleasure

 16.Ad nauseam
Disgusting

 17.Alibi
Elsewhere

 18.Anno Domini
In the year of our Lord

 19.Au faith
well acquainted with

 20.Au revoir
Until we meet again

 21.Bourgeois
Middle class

 22.Belles letters
Literature that has aesthetic value

 23.Bonafide
Genuine, in good faith

 24.Bonhomie
Good nature

 25.Bon Ami
Good friend

 26.Bon voyage
A good journey to you

 27.Carte balance
Blank cheque, full power

 28.Coup de grace
A finishing stroke

 29.Coup d' Etat
An abrupt change of government by force

 30.Cadre
A list of officer

 31.De facto
In reality, as a matter of fact

 32.De jure
By law, by legal right

 33.De novo
A new or afresh

 34.De Profundis
Out of the depth

 35.Detenu
Prisoner

 36.Dictum
Judgment or saying

 37.Divide et Impera
Divide & rule

 38.Elite
The best part of society

 39.En Masse
In body

 40.En block
As a whole, wholesale

 41.En route
On the way

 42.Et cetera
And the rest

 43.Entourage
Retinue, surrounding

 44.Errata
Error

 45.Et tu brute
 you too Brutus

 46.Exit
The way out

 47.Eureka
I have found

 48.Ex officio
By virtuous of one's office

 49.Ex parte
One-sided

 50.Ex post facto
Retrospective, after the deed is done

 51.Entente Cordiale
The chordal understanding between two states

 52.En famille
within one's family

 53. Ex gratia
As an act of grace

 54.Eldorado
The imaginary golden land in South America

 55.Extempore
without previous preparation

 56.Facsimile
A close imitation

 57.Example gratia
By way of example

 58.Faux pas
A false step

 59.Impasse
Deadlock

 60.In camera
In secret

 61.Fait accompli
an established fact

 62.Incognition
In distinguish

 63.In Memorium
In the memory of

 64.Ibidem
In the same place

 65.In toto
On the whole, entirely

 66.Inter alia
among other things

 67.Ipso facto
By the very fact actually

 68.Id est
That is

 69.In extenso
 At full length

 70.Infra dig
below one position

 71.Ignorantia
Ignorance of the point under discussion

 72.In Sano sensu
In proper sense

 73.Insitu
In its original situation

 74.Ipso Jure
By the law itself

 75.Jure Divino
By divine law

 76.Laissez-faire
Leave the individual alone, free trade policy

 77.Lingua Franca
A common language

 78.Locus standi
A place for standing

 79.Mala fide
In bad faith

 80.Modus operandi
Mode of manner doing a thing

 81.Marriage de convenience
Marriage for the sake of interest rather than love

 82.Mon Ami
My friend

 83.Mandamus
an order issued by a high court requiring an inferior court or corporation to do something which pertains to its office.

 84.Matinee
A public entertainment held in the afternoon.

 85.Magnum opus
A great work

 86.Modus vivendi
way of living or agreeing

 87.Mutatis mutandis
With necessary change

 88.Nom de plume
 a title or assumed name

 89. Nom bless oblige
Much is expected from a person in a high position

 90.Obiter dictum
A passing remark

 91.Prima Facie
Om the first view or on the face of it

 92.Postmortem
Medical  examination after death

 93.Par excellence
By the way of special eminence

 94.Primo
In the first palace

 95.Per capita
Per head

 96.Par diem
Par day

 97.Percent
Per hundred

 98.Pro bono Publico
For public good

 99.Pro rata
In proportion

 100.Protege
Dependent, Patronised by other

 101.Pro tempore
For the time being

 102.Peccavi
I have sinned

 103.Per annum
per year

 104.Parmesan
Per month

 105.Persona grata
an acceptable person

 106.Persona non grata
A person whose status is not accepted

 107.Post meridiem
Afternoon

 108.Quantum
Quantity or amount

 109.Quid pro quo
a tit for tat

 110.Quod Erat faciendum
which was to be done

 111.Qui vivi
 who goes there

 112.Respondez Sil vous plait
Reply, if you please

 113.Raison d' meter
The reason of a thing 's existence

 114.Rrsume
A condense statement or summary

 115. Sine die
Without any definite date

 116.Stet
Let it be as it is , Let it stand

 117.Soiree
Evening party

 118.Status quo
A position in which a person or things is

 119.Subjudice
Under consideration of Judiciary

 120.Sui juris
In one's own right

 122. Tete a tete
A private conversation

 123.Ultra vires
Beyond one power

 124.Vice versa
Opposite

 125. vini, vidi, visi
 I vame  I saw, I conquered

 126.Viva-voce
Without living voice orally

 127.Viz
Namely

 128.Vox populi
Voice of the people is God's Voice

 129.Versus
Against

 130.Vice
In place of

131.Volte-face
A change of front.

 Latin

 English

 annus- year
ante meridiem -before noon
aqua- water
de facto- in fact
deus- god
ego- I
equus- horse
ergo- therefore
est- is
hortus- garden
novus- new
opus- work
orbus- world
placebo- I will please
post- after
post meridian- after noon
primus- first
pro- for
sanus- healthy
solus- one, alone
sum- I am
tacete- be silent
tempus- time
bene- well, good
canis- dog
caput- head
circus- circle
cogito- I think
corpus- body
terra ground, land
-urbs city
veni- I came
vici- I conquered
vidi- I saw
id- that
in- in
index- sign, indicator
iris- rainbow
latex- liquid
legere- to read
librarium- library
locus- place
magnus- great, very good
mare- sea
mens- mind
murus- wall
musica- music
nihil- nothing
non- not
nota- note, remember

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