Foreign words that don't have direct translation into English

Coup de grace, often mispronounced.
French, final act, usually, but not always, a bad thing, to bring someone down.
Dénouement- literally the untying of all the knots, but we might say it is tying up all the loose ends of a plot or storyline.

Pied-à-terre. A flat or cottage, often a second home, somewhere you stay when you touch down in another place.

Of course many words in English come from French. Some have been absorbed unchanged, but I have recently noticed them being pronounced the French way eg homage.

Parsley3

The Gaelic word bourach describes a right shambles, I think. Very apt on occasion.

I thought of that one too :I had never heard it until I lived in the far north of Scotland but it is a lovely word.

From the Uxbridge English Dictionary
Coup de grace - lawnmower ,

How about pendwmpian - Welsh for dozing - it literally means your head is nodding off,

MawtheMerrier

From the Uxbridge English Dictionary
Coup de grace - lawnmower ,

Brilliant ?

Casdon

How about pendwmpian - Welsh for dozing - it literally means your head is nodding off,

I love that word Casdon my Nain used to tell me to play quietly while she did a bit of pendwmpian!

Another lovely Welsh word I use is ‘smonach’ which means exactly the same as bourach in Gaelic, a right mess!

Strach means palaver and I’d use pen-nionyn (onion head)to describe politicians (of any hue) rather than the Welsh for carrot! Perfectly describes the layers of stupidity and ability to make you ?

"Schadenfreude - pleasure in someone else’s misfortune"

There is an English equivalent, epicaricacy

Just realised that it is an old thread and I have already posted my contribution ages ago!

Marydoll

There is a Scottish word scunnered, which doesn't quite translate into English. It however, sums up a feeling of being extremely fed up. In fact it describes my mood very accurately today.

I can hear my mum saying “I’m fair scunnered”. Brilliant word.