Sometimes they describe an attribute. Or a moment. Or maybe just a vibe. These are the words from other languages that don't have a direct equivalent in English, and yet carry so much meaning. The ...

The English language is a vast, ever-changing sea, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the United Kingdom. While the US and the UK may share a language, the everyday conversation can sound like ...

People often ask me if I collect anything. I do, but it’s not a tangible collection the way a collection of toy figurines, or Swiss posters, or snowglobes would. I “collect” words that aren’t ...

English speakers have a lot of words at their disposal. The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd Edition) has entries for 171,476 words that are in current use, and another 47,156 for outdated words within ...

The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and India with support for English, Spanish, and Hindi.

How the languages of the indigenous in Panama, a community in Siberia, and people in Papua New Guinea shape their understanding of God. You’ve probably read the articles about foreign-language words ...