"English" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It has also entered standard English and is affixed to many different words to denote enthusiasm or obsession with that subject.
- The term 'radiesthesia' first entered English in the 1930s and was borrowed from the earlier French 'radiésthesie'.
- Lakh and crore are common enough to have entered Indian English.
- Cormorant first entered English in around 1320 as cormerant.
- Over time, "refusenik" has entered colloquial English for person who refuses to do something, especially by way of protest.
- All numbers, from one through twelve, are listed as having entered English "before 900" except five, for which "bef.
- The word "blister" entered English in the 14th century.
- The word entered English in 1595, from the French émir.
- Now abroad has entered English as a noun.
- It is not always easy to tell at what point a word entered English, or in what form.
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