Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/December

This is the December archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2016.

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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
fluentisonus adjective resounding with the sound of waves; undisonant
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Foreign word of the day  in French
grigri m, noun (Africa) charm, fetish, gris-gris
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ขวากหนาม • (kwàak-nǎam) noun hindrance, obstacle (literally, "caltrop and thorn")
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
s'ha acabat el bròquil phrase Used to indicate that something has ended, like a deception or someone's life. (literally, "there's no more broccoli")
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
sisu noun willpower, grit, determination, perseverance, guts (especially when seen as mythically Finnish traits)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
βρεκεκεκέξ • (brekekekéx) interjection ribbit (sound of a croaking frog)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Rosenkrieg m, noun A particularly acrimonious divorce or breakup of a relationship (literally, a "war of roses").
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
ぬるぽ • (nurupo) interjection A meaningless interjection. Its obligatory response is ガッ (ga').
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
desbarrancar verb to throw off a cliff to crush
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
muccaidecht f, noun herding swine; the office of being a swineherd
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
sincġiefa m, noun (poetic) a lord; the giver of treasures to his thanes
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Foreign word of the day  in Quechua
yapa noun addition, supplement, increase, repetition a small gift or additional quantity given to a valued customer sum
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
दान • (dāna) n, noun generosity, giving (Buddhism, Hinduism) The practice of cultivating generosity.
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Foreign word of the day  in Welsh
calennig m, f noun gift given at New Year, Christmas present, handsel
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
schenken verb to give as a present, to gift to pour	Netherlands: Belgium:
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Foreign word of the day  in Chichewa
-pereka verb return something that someone has borrowed, hand over something to someone that is already theirs
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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
צְדָקָה • (ts'daká) f, noun (modern, countable) charity (Biblical Hebrew, uncountable) righteousness
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Jahresendflügelfigur f, noun (humorous) a figurine of an angel (literally, "year's end wing figurine")
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
χειμών • (kheimṓn) m, noun winter frost, cold storm, tempest calamity, distress, suffering
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Foreign word of the day  in Burmese
သာမဏေ • (sama.ne) noun (Buddhism) novice monk
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Foreign word of the day  in Luxembourgish
Gonscht f, noun favor, goodwill, approval
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
teōtl noun god, deity (anatomy) pupil
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
karácsonyi adjective Of or relating to Christmas.
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
examussim adverb according to the carpenter's rule, exactly, precisely, perfectly
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 • (inniujiþa) f, noun renewal (Judaism) Hanukkah
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
testé adverb (archaic, literary): just now, just now, right now; forthwith shortly, soon, in a short while
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
あっと言う間 • (at to iu ma) noun blink of an eye, nothing flat (very short period of time; literally "the time it takes to say ah")
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