Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2022/June

This is the June archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2022.

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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
गठरी • (gaṭhrī) noun bundle, package, parcel (figurative) riches, money, wealth (figurative) a body like a bundle or package: nonmoving, stationary, or inept and crumpled or squeezed body
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Lunch noun an English-style midday meal, generally smaller than the German-style Mittagessen
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
мастда́й • (mastdáj) interjection, noun (interjection, computing slang) used to express negative attitude towards something (noun, computing slang, derogatory) Windows
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
bacōnālis adjective (Medieval Latin) fit for bacon
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹 • (frumisti) noun beginning (that which begins or originates something) a matter of utmost importance
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
كُوز • (kūz) noun mug, jug, ewer, tankard (post-Classical) ear or cob of maize, cone of a pine, prickly pear of a cactus and the like
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
anegdociarstwo noun anecdotalism, taste or flair for anecdotes
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
雞蛋裡挑骨頭 / 鸡蛋里挑骨头 (jīdàn li tiāo gǔtou) idiom to nitpick; to deliberately find fault (literally, “to pick out bones from a chicken egg”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
couzoeira noun upper and lower hinges or pivots of a door carving made in the threshold and lintel of a doorway, for inserting the aforementioned hinges or pivots
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Foreign word of the day  in Ye'kwana
kümütüdi noun termite nest of a particular kind of white termite, in which the placenta of a newborn child is traditionally buried
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
dettour noun One who is indebted to another (financially, for their help, etc.). One who must atone for their wrongs against another.
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
คายตะขาบ • (kaai-dtà-kàap) verb (slang, jocular) to pass on; to hand down; to transmit; to bequeath (literally, “to spit a centipede”).
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
testigo noun witness (someone who sees something) (legal) witness (one who is called upon to witness an event or action) (sport) baton (science) control
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
támh noun trance, swoon (literary) plague (archaic, literary) rest, sleep
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Foreign word of the day  in Telugu
శరణార్థి • (śaraṇārthi) noun suppliant, petitioner refugee
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
boia noun executioner hangman (word game) villain, scoundrel
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Foreign word of the day  in Basque
oteka adverb (Souletin) looking for gorse, carrying gorse wondering, in doubt
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Foreign word of the day  in Bengali
বয়ঃসন্ধি • (bôẏôḥśôndhi) noun puberty (literally, “life-juncture”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
たそがれる • (tasogareru) verb to fade into dusk; to turn into dusk to pass one's prime (informal) to look melancholic
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
حلقه به گوش • (halqe be guš) noun slave; bondsman (literally “ring-on-the-ear”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
pruikentijd noun (Netherlands, informal, pejorative or humorous) the 18th century, the Enlightenment, particularly in reference to the Netherlands (literally, “wig era”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Lower Sorbian
zeleznica noun railway, railroad (transport system using parallel rails) sedge (plant of the genus Carex) purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
सुपार • (supārá) adjective easy to be crossed or traversed (of rain) passing quickly leading to prosperity or success; leading away from distress
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