Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2013/April

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

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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
λοπαδοτεμαχοσελαχογαλεοκρανιολειψανοδριμυποτριμματοσιλφιοκαραβομελιτοκατακεχυμενο­κιχλεπι­κοσσυφοφαττοπεριστεραλεκτρυονοπτοκεφαλλιοκιγκλοπελειολαγῳοσιραιοβαφητραγανοπτερύγων • (lopadotemakhoselakhogaleokranioleipsanodrimupotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokatakekhumeno­kikhlepi­kossuphaphattoperisteralektruonoptokephalliokinglopeleiolagōiosiraiobaphētraganopterugōn) n. noun A dish created with the ingredients which make up its name. See the entry for a full list.
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Galician-Portuguese
poo m., noun powder (fine particles made by grinding substance)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Email n., noun enamel (opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects)
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
aicme f., noun class (social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc.) family, tribe set, clique denomination (unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
foxo m., noun pit (hole in the ground) trapping pit (a camouflaged pit used to capture large animals) moat (defensive ditch surrounding a fortification) (figurative) gap (difference between ideas, concepts or situations)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
fura-bolos m., noun (humorous) the index finger; literally: cake-piercer
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
estaferia f., noun community service for the reparation of roads
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Foreign word of the day  in Aragonese
truco m., noun blow (act of striking or hitting)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Galician-Portuguese
grannon m., noun beard and moustache hair
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Foreign word of the day  in Maori
ōritetanga noun equality (equal treatment of people)
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
vecera f., noun (uncountable) a system whereby villagers take turns watching a communal herd the herd herded with this system
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Foreign word of the day  in Aragonese
charrador m., noun speaker (one who speaks)
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Foreign word of the day  in Romagnol
gal m., noun rooster (male domestic fowl)
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
castrexo adjective (archaeology) of or relating to a prehistoric culture which built fortified cities in northwestern Iberia
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Foreign word of the day  in Burmese
ပေါ့ • (pau.) particle like (mild intensifier; used to mean "to say" or "to think") say (let's say: used to mark an example, supposition, or hypothesis) you know (used to confirm agreement or understanding at the end of a statement)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
en pañales adjective (idiomatic) in the very early stages of something; still green; wet behind the ears; literally: in diapers
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
unhar verb to scratch with a nail or claw
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
panarra adjective (of a person) who eats a lot of bread, bread-loving
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
kroning f. noun coronation (the act or solemnity of crowning)
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