Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (39 results returned)

#8736, aired 2022-11-0713-LETTER WORDS $1200: This word meaning the male head of a household is borrowed from Latin paterfamilias
#8588, aired 2022-03-02"WISE" WORDS $1000: 3-word phrase meaning no smarter or unaware, as in "I borrowed his astrolabe when he wasn't looking & he's" this none the wiser
#8536, aired 2021-12-207-LETTER WORDS $1200: Borrowed from Yiddish, it's the helping of food being added here a schmear
#8362, aired 2021-03-23"S"IX-LETTER WORDS $2000: This word borrowed from German means to ski straight downhill at high speed schuss
#8339, aired 2021-02-18WORDS BORROWED FROM JAPANESE $200: This word is from Japanese for "harbor wave", & it's a biiiiig one tsunami
#8339, aired 2021-02-18WORDS BORROWED FROM JAPANESE $400: Characters for "endure" & "person" combine to make this word for a stealthy warrior ninja
#8339, aired 2021-02-18WORDS BORROWED FROM JAPANESE $600: You sing along to a pre-recorded backing track in this form of entertainment with a Japanese name karaoke
#8339, aired 2021-02-18WORDS BORROWED FROM JAPANESE $800: Characters meaning "before" & "life" combine to make this 6-letter word for a teacher, who would usually be older than you sensei
#8339, aired 2021-02-18WORDS BORROWED FROM JAPANESE $1000: Enjoy a latte made from this traditional Japanese green tea powder matcha
#8281, aired 2020-11-16FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $8,000 (Daily Double): Borrowed from German, this 5-letter word means an intense but nonspecific anxiety angst
#8117, aired 2019-12-176-LETTER WORDS $1000: This word borrowed from French for "shade of color" means a small difference in many things, including colors a nuance
#7904, aired 2019-01-10WORDS ABOUT WORDS $1200: We're not returning any of these words borrowed directly from another language, like tzatziki from Greek a loanword
#7755, aired 2018-05-04BORROWED WORDS $400: Italian words for "in the fresh air" give us this adjective for things done outdoors al fresco
#7755, aired 2018-05-04BORROWED WORDS $800: This word from the French for "one who knows" is applied to those with good taste a connoisseur
#7755, aired 2018-05-04BORROWED WORDS $1200: You can get wine at this grocery store whose name means "wine shop" in Spanish a bodega
#7755, aired 2018-05-04BORROWED WORDS $1600: The Arabic word for "lawful" gave us this word meaning slaughtered according to Islamic law halal
#7755, aired 2018-05-04BORROWED WORDS $2000: From the German, it's a vending machine or a restaurant full of them in New York City of yore an automat
#7623, aired 2017-11-01BORROWED WORDS $400: If you're found guilty but you're not present, you've been convicted this Latin way in absentia
#7623, aired 2017-11-01BORROWED WORDS $800: Today meaning "excessive pride", the Greek word hubris once meant foolishly trying to surpass these the gods
#7623, aired 2017-11-01BORROWED WORDS $1200: It's the French term for the type of dance performed by the Sugar Plum Fairy & the Prince in "The Nutcracker" pas de deux
#7623, aired 2017-11-01BORROWED WORDS $1600: A Spanish word meaning "alert" or "watchful", or an English word meaning an unauthorized law enforcer vigilante
#7623, aired 2017-11-01BORROWED WORDS $2000: This name for soft, fur-lined boots is from a native word for "bearded seal", which they could be made from mukluks
#7028, aired 2015-03-18WORDS BORROWED FROM INDIA $200: This word for clothes now usually worn to bed translates as "leg garments" pajamas
#7028, aired 2015-03-18WORDS BORROWED FROM INDIA $400: This word is used for a Pacific hurricane a typhoon
#7028, aired 2015-03-18WORDS BORROWED FROM INDIA $600: This liquid made by Suave & Neutrogena originally referred to a type of massage shampoo
#7028, aired 2015-03-18WORDS BORROWED FROM INDIA $800: This word for a state of spiritual bliss might make you think of grunge music Nirvana
#7028, aired 2015-03-18WORDS BORROWED FROM INDIA $1000: Today meaning a social outcast, it comes from Tamil for a member of a low caste pariah
#6364, aired 2012-04-263-SYLLABLE WORDS $1600: The British borrowed this word for a table napkin from the French a serviette
#6081, aired 2011-02-074-LETTER "S" WORDS $400: Meaning "half", it's a combining form borrowed from Latin semi-
#4937, aired 2006-02-14WORDS BORROWED BY THE INTERNET $400: It was a water sport before it became a term for browsing the web surfing
#4937, aired 2006-02-14WORDS BORROWED BY THE INTERNET $800: It was a fine string before it became a series of posts dealing with the same subject a thread
#4937, aired 2006-02-14WORDS BORROWED BY THE INTERNET $1200: It was slang for coffee before it became a programming language that could run on any platform Java
#4937, aired 2006-02-14WORDS BORROWED BY THE INTERNET $2000: It was a small, flowing body of water before it became a continuous data transfer a stream
#4937, aired 2006-02-14WORDS BORROWED BY THE INTERNET $2,200 (Daily Double): It was a marketplace or public square before it became an online area to post discussions a forum
#3053, aired 1997-12-03LANGUAGE $500: All the words in our Webster's Collegiate Dict. that begin with "sht" are borrowed from this language Yiddish
#2869, aired 1997-02-06ETYMOLOGY $1000: Term for words taken directly from another language; for example, "Influenza" is from Italian Borrowed/loaned word
#2725, aired 1996-06-07LANGUAGES $1,500 (Daily Double): Balcony & umbrella are words we've borrowed from this modern European language Italian
#2663, aired 1996-03-13LANGUAGES $400: Schlemiel & Schlimazel are words borrowed from this language Yiddish
#2409, aired 1995-02-09LANGUAGES $600: Breton, spoken in Brittany, has borrowed a large number of words from this romance language French

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (2 results returned)

#6570, aired 2013-03-22SCIENCE WORDS: This biological term for cell division was borrowed in 1939 to describe a form of energy release fission
#1916, aired 1992-12-28LANGUAGES: Swahili contains many words borrowed from this language, including the word "Swahili" Arabic

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