Game Preview

Lost in Translation? Words Across Languages

  •  English    14     Public
    International Words
  •   Study   Slideshow
  • Which language does the word "penguin" come from?
    Icelandic
    Welsh
    Spanish
    Portuguese
  •  15
  • How much of the English language originates from Latin?
    50%
    70%
    10%
    30%
  •  25
  • According to psycholinguists, there is only one word in existence that's the same in every language, and that word is _____.
    final
    huh
    no
    haha
  •  25
  • "Dollar" describes currency in many countries. Where is the word from?
    Ancient Egypt
    The Czech Republic (Bohemia) in the XVI century
    Ancient Rome
  •  20
  • "Xocolatl" is a word from a dead ______ language.
    Mayan
    Atlantic
    Swiss
    Aztec
  •  25
  • "Banana" is a word that sounds very similar in many languages. Where is it originally from?
    Minionia and Cartonia
    Scotland and Ireland
    Nigeria and Cameroon
    Senegal and the Gambia
  •  25
  • Where is the word "karaoke" originally from?
    Japan
    China
    Korea
    Malaysia
  •  20
  • Where does the name for this sauce originate from?
    Italy
    France
    China
    Germany
  •  20
  • What country is the name for this kind of dance from? (Bonus point: how do you pronounce it, in English?)
    France
    Spain
    Portugal
    Italy
  •  20
  • What do we call this insect in English?
    Mosskeeto
    Little fly
    Mousse Quito
    Mosquito
  •  20
  • 'Lemon' is a word that is similar in various languages. Which language is it originally from?
    Arabic
    Urdu
    Sanskrit
  •  20
  • "Actual" means ________ in English.
    real
    at the present moment
  •  20
  • таксі: What does this Ukrainian word mean? Is it very similar in multiple languages?
    car ride - no
    taxi - yes
    car ride - yes
    taxi - no
  •  20
  • Name the languages in the correct order: Friday / Divendres / Sexta-feira / Freitag / Föstudag
    English / Portuguese / German / Catalan / Icelandic
    Icelandic / English / Catalan / Portuguese / German
    English / Catalan / Portuguese / German / Icelandic
  •  20