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This is the December archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2023.

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Foreign word of the day  in Urdu
لوگ • (log) noun
  1. (in the plural) people
  2. (by extension) folk; family
  3. (by extension) class, caste
  4. (women's speech, rustic) husband, man
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Foreign word of the day  in Basque
ttantta noun
  1. (literally and figuratively) droplet
  2. shot (small serving of alcohol)
  3. (Northern, familiar) aunt
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Weihnachtspyramide noun
  1. Christmas pyramid (rotating multi-tiered Christmas ornament)
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First Sunday of Advent

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Foreign word of the day  in Gujarati
વાણિયો • (vāṇiyo) noun
  1. Bania (a member of the Bania caste in the Vaishya varna)
  2. (by extension) merchant, trader
  3. dragonfly
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Foreign word of the day  in Aghwan
𐕛𐔰𐕖𐔰𐕙𐔿𐔰 (vačarn'a) noun
  1. Hebrew language (derived from a term meaning “merchant”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
avasallador adjective, noun
  1. (adjective) overwhelming; deadly; deafening
  2. (adjective) domineering
  3. (noun) usurper; subjugator
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ῥώννυμι • (rhṓnnūmi) verb
  1. to strengthen
  2. (perfect in present sense) to have strength
    1. to be eager, enthusiastic
    2. to be in good health
      1. (imperative) be in good health, farewell, goodbye
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
donejt noun
  1. (Internet slang) donation (type of financial support provided to creators of online content)
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
विवादास्पद • (vivādāspada) adjective
  1. (New Sanskrit) controversial; subject to controversy
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
abajgat verb
  1. (transitive) to bother, to harass, to pester (someone or an animal)
  2. (transitive) to poke, to squeeze, to tamper with (an object)
  3. (transitive) to pamper, to caress, to nurse (a child or animal)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
孖葉 / 孖叶 (maa1 jip6-2) noun
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) handcuffs (literally “double leaves”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
sofrência noun
  1. suffering
  2. (music, Brazil) a style of music whose lyrics and melodies exalt the feelings of someone who is suffering from love, heartbreak, or neediness
  3. (by extension, Brazil) suffering from love, heartbreak or neediness
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Bokmål
nettvett noun
  1. netiquette; etiquette used online
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
جُوذَاب • (jūḏāb) noun
  1. grain pudding that is baked in the tandoor while the gravy of meat suspended above it trickles into it
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
ambro noun
  1. (Medieval Latin) a glutton, one who eats much or too much
  2. (Medieval Latin, figuratively) an excessively ferocious or barbarous human being
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
panettone noun
  1. panettone (Christmas brioche with candied fruit)
  2. (informal) bollard (post preventing vehicles from entering pedestrian area)
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
สองต่อสอง • (sɔ̌ɔng-dtɔ̀ɔ-sɔ̌ɔng) adverb
  1. (idiomatic, of or between two people) privately; in private; alone (literally, “two to two”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
غلغلستان • (ğolğolestân) noun
  1. (poetic) place where everybody is crying or shouting
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
maalstroom noun
  1. an aquatic vortex, maelstrom, large whirlpool; especially a tidal vortex
  2. any kind of vortex
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
заци́клиться • (zacíklitʹsja) verb
  1. to begin to repeat
  2. (colloquial) to start talking or speaking about one thing repeatedly, to get hung up on something
  3. (computing) to get into an infinite loop
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Foreign word of the day  in French
pétard noun
  1. firecracker (firework)
  2. sensational news; scandal
  3. (slang) joint (marijuana cigarette)
  4. (slang) revolver
  5. (slang) buttocks
  6. (slang) sexy man or woman
  7. (attributive, of colors) bright; shiny; eyecatching
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