Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2013/June

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

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Foreign word of the day  in German
Kleiderschrank m., noun wardrobe (cabinet in which clothes may be stored)
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
дерзать • (derzát') verb dare, venture
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
armiger adjective Carrying weapons or armor/armour; armed; warlike. (substantive) Weapon-bearer, i.e. warrior's assistant, an armor bearer, armour bearer, shield bearer.
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
verőfényes adjective sunkissed, sunlit (figuratively) sunny, cheerful, happy (mood)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
apprêter verb (transitive) To prepare, to get ready (reflexive, followed by à) to prepare for/to do, to get ready for/to do, to be about to do
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Foreign word of the day  in Armenian
ծնգցնել • (cngcʿnel) verb (colloquial, transitive) to call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money (colloquial, transitive) to call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person could easily save the first person's number to his phone's memory, without having to enter it manually
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
pentacolo m., noun amulet of metal or stone, hung around the neck pentacle
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
babau interjection used when something is lost forever
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Foreign word of the day  in Emilian
prît m., noun priest; clergyman (figurative) a hypocrite a wooden bedwarmer
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Dutch
ᚨᚾᚾ (ann) verb to give, to grant, to bestow (first and third person singular present)
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Foreign word of the day  in Aragonese
pas adverb emphasises a negation; (not) at all; (not) ever
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
bufanúvols m., f., noun pretentious person; literally: cloud blower
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
probitú f., noun poverty (quality or state of being poor)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Spannungsbogen m., noun a sequence of events which serve to allow tension or suspense to rise
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Foreign word of the day  in Albanian
njer (or njeri) noun man human, person, individual
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Foreign word of the day  in Serbo-Croatian
àpartan or а̀партан adjective exquisite different stylish
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
городничий • (gorodníčij) m., noun governor, mayor of an uyezd city
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Galician-Portuguese
infançon m., noun a noble ranked below a ricome and above a cavaleiro
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