Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2013/January

This is the January archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2013.

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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
새해 복 많이 받으세요! • (saehae bok manhi bateuseoyo!) phrase Happy New Year! (literally, "please receive much fortune in the new year")
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
palam preposition openly in the presence of someone, openly before someone
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Foreign word of the day  in French
amarsir verb (of a spacecraft) To land on the surface of the planet Mars.
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
Νεφελοκοκκυγία • (Nephelokokkugia) f., noun cloud-cuckoo-land (an imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside)
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Foreign word of the day  in Tahitian
mania adjective (of the sea or weather) calm (figuratively) serene, tranquil, peaceful (state of mind)
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Syriac
ܦܝܙܐ • (payzāʼ) m., noun A paiza or gerege: a tablet of authority in medieval Mongolia.
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Foreign word of the day  in Emilian
sinighèla f., noun A dead silkworm Bloody bait for fishing.
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Foreign word of the day  in Manx
çhengey f., noun language, speech (anatomy) tongue
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Foreign word of the day  in French
vasistas m., noun transom (a crosspiece over a door), from German was ist das (“what is that”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
アルバイト • (arubaito) noun part-time job; from German Arbeit (“work; job”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
cuca f., noun (South Brazil) Streuselkuchen (a cake made of yeast dough covered with sweet crumb topping); from German Kuchen (“cake”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Bulgarian
абитуриент • (abituriént) m., noun A male student in his last year at a high school, a senior-year boy. From German Abiturient (“A pupil who is taking, or has taken and passed, the Abitur”).
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
föhn m., noun hair dryer foehn (a warm dry wind on the leeward side of a mountain); from German Föhn (“hair dryer; foehn”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Armenian
մարշրուտ • (maršrut) noun route, itinerary, path, course; ultimately from German Marschroute (“route of marching”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
compromiso m., noun commitment (law) compromise
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
Harppi-Saksa proper noun (colloquial) East Germany (literally "compass-Germany", named for the compass in the East German flag)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
pedra no sapato f., noun a minor but constant problem; an annoyance (literally a "stone in the shoe")
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
quelcom pronoun something (in questions) anything
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Foreign word of the day  in Danish
drikkepenge plural only, noun tip, gratuity
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
ciabatta f., noun slipper, mule ciabatta (flat bread) power strip (electrical)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ligurian
öo m., noun gold (heavy yellow elemental metal of great value)
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Foreign word of the day  in Emilian
agåccia f., noun needle (long, thin, sharp implement used in sewing) a pole placed on hills to prevent landslides a pole for supporting bridges a pole for reinforcing buildings
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Angel f., noun fishing rod hinge (a jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door, window, etc.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
hemester c., noun (neologism, sarcastic) A staycation.
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