Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/September

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

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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
vanni m pl, noun (poetic, often figuratively) vans, wings
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Saxon
diuritha f, noun dearness, preciousness honour, glory
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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
כֹּה וָכֹה • (kó vakhó) adverb here and there, hither and thither, this way and that
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Foreign word of the day  in French
marotte f, noun a grotesque sceptre carried by a jester a puppet attached to a wooden stick a wooden head used to model headgear (figuratively) an obsession
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Foreign word of the day  in Lower Sorbian
drob m, noun anything fragmented or cut into pieces lead shot entrails, intestines, mesentery
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
大人買い • (otonagai) noun (slang) Of an adult, buying (chiefly) childish things in great amounts (due to newfound purchasing power).
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Foreign word of the day  in German
festquatschen verb (reflexive, informal) to become absorbed in a lengthy conversation, to get stuck in a chat
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Foreign word of the day  in Avestan
𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 • (mazdaiiasna) m, noun Mazda-worshipper, Mazdean
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
krokodili verb (slang) to speak in a language other than Esperanto among Esperanto speakers (literally, "to crocodile")
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Foreign word of the day  in Burmese
လင်းဆွဲ • (lang:hcwai:) noun megabat, fruit bat, flying fox
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Foreign word of the day  in Georgian
ცისარტყელა • (cisarṭq̇ela) noun rainbow
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
vazač m, noun binder (something or someone who binds things) (rugby) number eight
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
āxōlōtl noun An edible larval salamander.
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Foreign word of the day  in Yiddish
שלימזל • (shlimazl) m, noun A chronically unlucky person; a schlimazel. A clumsy person.
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
argentōsus adjective silvery, full of or containing silver
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
密陀僧 (mìtuósēng) noun litharge, lead monoxide
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Foreign word of the day  in Sicilian
cummari f, noun female baptismal sponsor of one's child; godmother maid of honor girlfriend (close female friend)
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 • (daimōnāreis) m, noun (Christianity) one possessed by the devil
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
طُوب • (ṭūb) m, noun (collective) (baked) brick, adobe
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
meigo m, noun and adjective wizard, witch doctor bewitching, seductive
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Foreign word of the day  in Pitjantjatjara
tjikini verb to drink to smoke (e.g. a cigarette)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
arrocero m, adjective and noun rice (attributive); relating to rice (of a person) who likes to eat rice rice farmer (slang, Venezuela) gatecrasher
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