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

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Foreign word of the day  in Kashubian
spac verb
  1. (intransitive) to sleep (to rest in state of reduced consciousness)
  2. (intransitive) to sleep (to be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant)
  3. (intransitive, of flame or light) to go out, to extinguish
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
jajem noun
  1. (Netherlands, Bargoens) jenever (alcoholic spirit similar to gin)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ὡροσκοπεῖον • (hōroskopeîon) noun
  1. an instrument for telling the time, clock, sundial
  2. horoscope
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
отходня́к • (otxodnják) noun
  1. (slang) comedown, hangover (the process of recovery of the body after consumption of alcohol and/or drugs)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
ogive noun
  1. (architecture) diagonal rib of a vault, ogive
  2. (military) nose cone, warhead (of missile)
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Foreign word of the day  in Burmese
ဘုရား • (bhu.ra:) noun, proper noun
  1. (Buddhism) Buddha
  2. (Buddhism) pagoda, stupa, Buddhist temple
  3. (honorific) royal and religious personages (e.g., the Buddha, kings, and monks)
  4. (Christianity, also Burmese Hinduism) God
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Tuchfühlung noun
  1. (often, figuratively) close contact (literally, “contact close enough to touch someone’s clothes”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Romanian
dormi ca valiza în gară verb
  1. to sleep like a log (literally, “sleep like a suitcase in the railway station”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
mac léinn noun
  1. student (person who studies an academic subject)
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
muumiruotsi noun
  1. (colloquial, humorous) Finland Swedish (group of Swedish dialects spoken in Finland) (literally “Moomin-Swedish”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
baralla noun
  1. quarrel (heated dispute)
  2. pack (of cards)
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Foreign word of the day  in Masurian
spsitál noun
  1. hospital (medical facility for sick people)
  2. nursing home
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Foreign word of the day  in Interlingua
e-posta noun
  1. email (electronic message)
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Foreign word of the day  in Sranan Tongo
yesimama noun
  1. (anatomy) eardrum (literally, “ear mother”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
คนกรุง • (kon-grung) noun
  1. (slang) Bangkokian (literally, “capital city human”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
sparus noun
  1. hunting spear; a small missile weapon with a curved blade
  2. gilt-head bream
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Foreign word of the day  in Egyptian
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 (ꜣby-mḥw) noun
  1. cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus (literally, “panther of Lower Egypt”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
gabarito noun
  1. template (object used to make copies of a physical object or drawing)
  2. answer sheet (sheet containing answers to a test’s questions)
  3. (figuratively) category, class
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
pogrzeb noun
  1. funeral
  2. (by extension) cortege (funeral procession)
  3. (figuratively) fail, flop (complete failure)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
雞腸 / 鷄腸 / 鸡肠 (jīcháng / (Cantonese) gai1 coeng4-2) noun
  1. chicken intestines
  2. (Cantonese, figurative) foreign language written in cursive Latin alphabet, especially English
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
sdoganare verb
  1. to clear through customs
  2. (figurative, politics, journalistic) to rehabilitate, to relegitimize (people, ideologies)
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
χαρταετός • (chartaetós) noun
  1. kite (toy) (literally, “paper eagle”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
ǣrist noun
  1. (countable, uncountable) rising or getting up
  2. (countable, uncountable) resurrection
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