Usually from French.
béchamel
brochure
chagrin
chaise
chambray
champagne
chancre
chandelier
chanson
chaperone
charade
charlatan
chartreuse
chauffeur
chauvinist
chef
chemise
cheroot
chic
chiffon
chivalry
chute
crochet
echelon
Foch
Koch
machete
machine
Michigan
nonchalant
parachute
penchant
pistachio
quiche
ricochet
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Hi Mishri, I’m not sure what you don’t understand. The spelling CH is used for three main sounds in English, usually depending on whether the word originally came into English from a Germanic language (e.g. child), from French (e.g. chef) or from Greek (e.g. school). So this page has words that are mainly from French with the spelling “ch” pronounced “sh”. Alison
Doesn’t pistachio come from Italian? I think it needs a hard ‘k’ sound.
According to Etymology Online it was originally a Persian word, then went into Greek, Latin, Italian and French before arriving in English. You’re right that it was originally pronounced with a /k/ but the Macquarie Dictionary and the online Oxford dictionary agree it is now pronounced in English with /sh/, see http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/pistachio. All the best, Alison