Christmas quiz 9: what do these words mean in English?

In this Christmas quiz we give you the definitions and literal meanings of 10 words from different European Languages which are in common use in English. Five words are French, three are Spanish, one is German and one is Dutch. Can you find the words? We’ve given you one as an example.

Children’s garden …………..a kind of school for very young ………..Kindergarten

1 Big prize…………………………..a major sports event …………..

2. Male………………………………a real he-man…………………..

3. A lawyer………………………….a kind of pear…………………..

4. A lawyer…………………………egg-flip……………………………

5. Rotten pot……………………….a natural fragrance …………….

6. Lightning………………………..a sudden attack…………………

7. Lightning………,,..,,,,………….a cream filled cake………………

8. Little war………………………..a partisan warrior………………..

9. A flight in the wind……………..a puff pastry case……………….

10. A crescent…………………….a kind of roll………………………

Answers to yesterday’s quiz on hidden capital cities:

1. Oslo
2. Athens
3. Rome
4. Vienna
5. Warsaw

6. Riga
7. Paris
8. Berlin
9. Zagreb
10.Berlin

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