Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/November

This is the November archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2016.

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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
กวาดล้าง • (gwàat-láang) verb to annihilate, to exterminate (literally, "to sweep and wash")
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Foreign word of the day  in German
snöben verb (Switzerland, intransitive) to snowboard
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
littera canīna f, noun the letter R (literally "dog's letter", after its trilled pronunciation in Latin)
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Syriac
ܦܝܠܐ • (pīlā) m, noun elephant
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
beurtbalkje n, noun A checkout divider, a separator to put between the products of different customers on the conveyor belt in a supermarket.
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Foreign word of the day  in Proto-Norse
ᛗᚨᚷᚢ (magu) m, noun (accusative singular) son, boy
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
絵文字 • (えもじ, emoji) noun pictograph a special emoticon used to represent a mood or concept, especially on mobile phones
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
brzydki jak noc listopadowa adjective (humorous) ugly as sin (literally, "ugly as a November night", in reference to the November Uprising)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
πολῠβόειος • (polubóeios) adjective covered with many oxhides
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Foreign word of the day  in Burmese
နောက်ကျ • (naukkya.) verb to be late (not arriving until after an expected time)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
panachure f, noun variegation, mottle; marking, colouring white spot, white patch (on a leaf, animal's skin, etc.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
þyrs m, noun monster, demon, giant
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
killeraggio m, noun (rare) hit (assassination by a hitman) (figuratively) defamation
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Foreign word of the day  in Chichewa
chitamba class 9, noun the trunk of an elephant
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Foreign word of the day  in Alemannic German
aagaa verb (intransitive) to start (transitive) to concern, to have to do with
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
mångata c, noun the roadlike reflection of moonlight on water
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Foreign word of the day  in ǃXóõ
ǀxâã verb to dance to revere to menstruate for the first time to spin around, to hover, to swing
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
azáfama f, noun bustle, flurry hurry, haste (figuratively) mess, confusion
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
พลาย • (plaai) noun Title or term of address for a male elephant. (archaic) Title or term of address for a young man.
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
askare noun chore (a daily routine task)
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle Low German
beschrîven verb to describe to write down, to note, to mark to report, to chronicle to mock in writing
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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
הודו \ הֹדּוּ • (hódu) noun f: India m: turkey
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Foreign word of the day  in Danish
jage verb hunt, shoot chase drive hound hurry
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Foreign word of the day  in Northern Kurdish
amade kirin verb to make something ready, to set up, to assemble to make ready for eating or drinking, to cook to get ready, to prepare
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
flens m, noun (usually in the diminutive: flensje) a small, flat pancake
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Foreign word of the day  in Tibetan
འབྲས་ལྗོངས • ('bras ljongs) proper noun Sikkim (state in northeastern India; literally "rice valley")
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