Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2024/February

This is the February archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2024.

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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
tupot białych mew noun (humorous) hangover, morning after (illness caused by heavy drinking) (literally, “patter of white gulls”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
بی‌برگی • (bi-bargi) noun (poetic) poverty, destitution, barrenness (literally, “leaflessness”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Albanian
stan noun place with huts and pens for shepherds and cattle; shed, fold, barn; hut, shelter flock of sheep (derogatory) hostile group, gang, unit
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
paarse krokodil noun (Netherlands, idiomatic) inordinate bureaucracy, red-tapism (literally, “purple crocodile”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
bifana noun (cooking, Portugal) pork sandwich (from a word meaning “steak” and derived from beef)
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
xe cam-nhông noun (obsolete) truck, lorry
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Foreign word of the day  in Indonesian
gampang adjective easy (requiring little skill or effort) unimportant
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
tomāculum noun (uncommon) a sausage of mixed meats and spices
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
年畫 / 年画 (niánhuà) noun New Year picture (Chinese colored woodblock print used for decoration during the Chinese New Year) (literally, “year picture”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Bokmål
jøssing noun (historical, World War II) a Norwegian opponent of Nazism (referring to conditions in Norway during the German occupation during the second world war) (agriculture, horticulture) a potato variety produced in Norway through refining, and used during World War II
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
गोष्ठ • (goṣṭhá) noun cow pen, cowshed stable (for other domesticated animals) meeting place
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Foreign word of the day  in Ido
amorala adjective Pertaining to romantic and/or erotic love; amorous, romantic.
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
imputar verb (transitive) to impute; to ascribe (transitive) to accuse
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Peluschke noun field pea (Pisum sativum subsp. arvense syn. Pisum sativum convar. speciosum)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ἄσῑτος • (ásītos) adjective without food, fasting lacking in appetite of forbidden food devoid of grain
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ปลาซิวปลาสร้อย • (bplaa-siu-bplaa-sɔ̂i) noun minnow, comparatively small or insignificant person (literally, “minnows and carps”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Kashubian
rama noun frame (rectangular object made of strips or tubing used to hold something in place; connected strips surrounding a mirror, picture or glass) frame (main structural element of a vehicle to which other parts are attached) (figurative) obese woman old cow
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
تَنَبَّلَ • (tanabbala) verb to be noble, to be of high rank or talent, to excel
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Foreign word of the day  in French
banvin noun (history) the monopoly held by a feudal lord on sales of wine in their jurisdiction during a particular period of time (history) a proclamation indicating the day on which such a monopoly ends
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
волюнтари́зм • (voljuntarízm) noun (philosophy) voluntarism (doctrine that prioritizes the will over emotion or reason) (politics, management) arbitrariness, subjective decision making
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
nappali adjective, noun (adjective) daytime, diurnal, day-, of the day (adjective, education, of a student or course/training) full-time (noun) living room, parlour
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
pollegó noun (of a fork) prong, tine sharp peak
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Foreign word of the day  in Hausa
tsàkānī noun interval between two points relationship
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Foreign word of the day  in Romanian
doi, zece, doi, zece interjection testing, testing (phrase used to check sound systems) (literally, “two ten two ten”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
bodeword noun commandment, directive (especially divine) news, tidings (especially divine) (rare) pledge
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