The non-English word association thread (an aid)

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A camino largo, paso corto (spanish "Make haste slowly")

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Eile mit Weile (german for Make haste slowly )

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Gut Ding braucht Weile (german "Great talents mature late")

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actuellement (french for at present)

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actuel - Fr. 'topical,' among other things.

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another for 'eile mit weile' = komm' ich heut' nicht, komm' ich morgen = 'if i won't come today, i'll come tomorrow' . hbg

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da-qi wan-cheng (chinese for "Great talents mature late")
(大器晩成)

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Talente (german for talents)

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kuenstler (deutsch fuer artist) . (in hamburg antwortete man auf die frage, 'was fuer ein kuenstler sind sie ?' , ... 'oh. ich bin ein hunger-kuenstler'). hbg

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Honorar ( german for fee)

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schornsteinfeger(g) = chimney-sweep(e) ... sottje(plattdeutsch)

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(as far as I know, that in Vienna itmeans) Rauchfangkehrer

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outfangthief, Anglo-Saxon word meaning the right of judging and fining thieves when outside of one's own jurisdiction.

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Guillaume le Conquérant (French, William the Conqueror)

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(Walter, are you implying that Guillaume le Conquerant was a thief? You are probably right!)

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian for Guglielmo Marconi

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Fízica - Russian for physics

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physis (greek for "nature" )
ΦΥΣΙΣ(Φυσις)

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drÃ²m_et_rÃªve wrote:

Fízica - Russian for physics

Actually, by the established although informal Cyrillic - Latin character conversion protocols, it's "fizika".

You can use www.translit.ru to convert between Cyrillic and Latin characters.

but... отличный русский :-) .

Ever saw a noun without vowels?

Here's one:
trg (Croatian) - square

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