Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2014/September

This is the September archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2014.

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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
舊金山 (Jiùjīnshān) proper noun San Francisco (city in California, the United States)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
ranger verb (intransitive) to creak (to make a prolonged sharp squeaking sound) (transitive) to grind (one’s teeth)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
fáith m, noun (paganism) seer, soothsayer (Christianity) prophet
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
인산인해 • (insaninhae) noun (figurative) a great crowd of people
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
panero adjective (of a person) who has a great liking for bread.
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
efferō verb I bring or carry out, forth or away. I carry out (of the house) for burial, bear to the grave, bury. I bring forth, bear, produce, yield. I emit, discharge, release, send out, send or bring forth.
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
χράω • (khráō) verb (with dative of person) to fall upon, attack, assail (with dative of object) to inflict upon a person (with infinitive) to be bent on doing, to be eager to do
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Foreign word of the day  in French
tombée de la brume f, noun smokefall (close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Norse
regin n pl, noun (plural only, Norse mythology) the gods, the ruling powers
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
chê verb to criticize, belittle to give (a patient) a poor prognosis; to give up on (a patient)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
eindeutschen verb to Germanize: to adapt to the German language and its orthography, phonology, and/or morphology to make (something) a part of Germany
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
مومیا • (mumiyâ) noun shilajit, mumijo the substance with which mummies are preserved mummy
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Foreign word of the day  in Gamilaraay
yibaay noun A male marriage class or skin group. A yibaay can marry only a gabutha; his sons will be marrii, and her daughters matha.
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
dar a volta por cima verb (idiomatic) to overcome or recover from a setback
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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
דְּרָקוֹן • (d'rakón) m, noun (Rabbinic Hebrew) A serpent, considered an emblem of idolatry. A dragon, a legendary creature.
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
펄럭펄럭 • (peolleokpeolleok) adverb (imitative) flutteringly, flappingly
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
troj f, noun garner A storeroom specifically used to keep olives separately before being ground.
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
dēdūcō verb I lead or bring out or away, divert; escort, accompany, conduct (out of one's house as a mark of respect or for protection). I lead forth or conduct a colony to a certain place; found (a colony). (military) I withdraw, remove, draw off, lead off (troops from one place to another); conduct or bring to a place. (figuratively) I mislead, seduce, entice, win over, induce.
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
rodzynek m, noun raisin (colloquial) someone or something which stands out; especially a man in a predominantly female group
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Foreign word of the day  in Scottish Gaelic
sgimilearachd f, noun obtrusiveness, impudence intrusion mean habit of popping in upon people at mealtimes
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
οἴομαι • (oíomai) verb to suppose to look for a contingency; to hope, fear, expect when the event rests with oneself, to purpose or will to express full persuasion, either modestly or ironically
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