Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2018/December

This is the December archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2018.

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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ปลดแอก • (bplòt-ɛ̀ɛk) verb (idiomatic) to liberate, as from oppression, servitude, foreign control, social constraint, etc.
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
gallicinium n, noun The period of the early morning when roosters begin to crow.
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Foreign word of the day  in Yiddish
צינדן • (tsindn) verb light, kindle (start a fire)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Kopfputz m, noun A headdress, head finery, especially of women, or regal finery like a crown.
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
سِخَاب • (siḵāb) m, noun necklace of beads, gems or cloves
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
wereldbrand m, noun conflagration, cyclical or eschatological destruction of the world through fire any large fire (poetic) world war, world-scale conflict
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
auctorite noun Legal authority or control; the privilege of exercising control. The right to perform a given action; approval, permission. A mixture of charisma and willpower; conviction. Legal effectiveness or standing; genuineness. The state of being recognized and regarded as useful; worthiness. The book, quotation, or source that settles an argument; a definitive, reliable, or precise document or text.
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
उच्चैस् • (uccaís) adverb high, above, aloft; upwards intensely, powerfully
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
bek noun and interjection (colloquial, sports) back (colloquial, sports) defense bleat cry The characteristic cry of a roe deer.
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ῥόμβος • (rhómbos) m, noun bullroarer, an instrument whirled on the end of a string anything which may be turned or spun top (a kind of toy) magical wheel used by magicians (geometry) rhombus a surgeon's bandage
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
ōllama verb to play with a rubber ball, especially in the ritual ball game of ōllamaliztli
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Foreign word of the day  in Serbo-Croatian
predúvjet m, noun (Croatia) prerequisite, precondition
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
bonantagulo noun (slang, derogatory) someone whose Esperanto is limited to a few basic phrases like bonan tagon (“good day”).
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
sebo m, noun (Brazil) a store where used media (especially books, but also CDs, vinyl records, magazines and such) are sold
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
चौंकाना • (cauṅkānā) verb to surprise, startle, alarm to arouse, awaken, alert
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Norse
valtr adjective easily upset, unstable, unsteady
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
ярлы́к • (jarlýk) m inan, noun (historical) yarligh (a written decree in the Mongol Empire) label, tag (figuratively) label, pigeonhole (superficial, stereotypical classification of something or someone) (computing) shortcut
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Foreign word of the day  in Azerbaijani
ayıq adjective sober conscious, awake vigilant
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
tirizó m, noun stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid) runt of a litter of piglets
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
dygna verb To stay awake for twenty-four hours.
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
団子 • (dango) noun dango (a round sticky dumpling made from flour) an inefficient clump of stones in the game of go
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Foreign word of the day  in Icelandic
jólabókaflóð n, noun The “Christmas book flood”; the multitude of books (especially newly published books) available in shops in the weeks before Christmas in Iceland.
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
tió de Nadal m, noun A traditional Catalan Christmas character, made of a log that is beaten until it "defecates" gifts.
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
익룡 • (ingnyong) noun (literally) a winged dragon a pterosaur
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
cavolo riscaldato m, noun something old, outdated or obsolete displayed as if it were new (literally “reheated cabbage”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
smēagan verb consider, think about meditate examine, scrutinize, question
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Foreign word of the day  in Zulu
-pháka verb to serve food, dish up, ladle out to distribute, allot
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
uudenvuodentina noun metal cast for purposes of molybdomancy on New Year's Eve as part of a common practice in Nordic and German-speaking countries, originally tin but now often lead
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