Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day

Wiktionary’s Foreign Word of the Day features interesting foreign words, terms, and phrases. It is meant as a foreign analog to the English Word of the Day.

You can nominate a word as a future Foreign Word of the Day at: Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/Nominations.

Today’s Foreign Word of the Day

 
Foreign word of the day  in Latin
dentifrangibulum noun
  1. (hapax, humorous) a fist (literally, “tooth-breaking tool”)
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Tomorrow’s Foreign Word of the Day

 
Foreign word of the day  in Urdu
غُنُودَگی (ġunūdagī) noun
  1. drowsiness
  2. (by extension) light nap
  3. stonedness (ie. stoned from intoxicants)
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