Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2015/December

This is the December archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2015.

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Foreign word of the day  in French
hypokhâgne f, noun (informal) The first year course, followed by khâgne, of the two-year academic cycle in France (called Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Humanities section) whose aim is to prepare students for the entrance competition of the École normale supérieure in Paris.
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ἥρως • (hḗrōs) m, noun (Homeric) A hero of the Trojan War: any of the major combatants of the Greek or Trojan forces. (classical) A hero or heroine of the Ancient Greek religion: a human or demigod whose shrine was celebrated with chthonic rituals organized by local governments.
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
dēfluō verb (intransitive, of liquids) I flow or run down. (intransitive, in general) I move, float or swim downwards or downstream softly or gradually; flow or stream down; glide down, descend. (intransitive) I flow or pass away, drain off, cease flowing, disappear. (intransitive, figuratively) I flow, come, pass.
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Foreign word of the day  in Indonesian
candi noun ancient temple (archeological site of former Hindu or Buddhist temple in Indonesia)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
verknallen verb (reflexive, colloquial) to become infatuated, to fall for, to get a crush (transitive, colloquial, of ammunition or explosives) to squander
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
tōnalpōhualiztli noun Divination using signs and dreams. The figuring of holidays using the Aztec calendar.
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
cafuné m, noun (Brazil) the act of fondling someone's hair
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Spanish
azech m, noun Any of several metallic sulfates with distinct properties; vitriol.
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
山崩地裂 (shānbēng-dìliè) idiom describes how a place looks after a great natural catastrophe; massively destructive; literally: the mountains collapse and the earth splits open describes something that has prestige and is imposing; awesome
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
жале́йка • (žaléjka) f inan, noun zhaleika (Russian wind instrument)
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ถอดใจ • (tɔ̀ɔt-jai) verb to abandon or be deprived of confidence, courage, enthusiasm, hope, or spirits.
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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
חנוכייה \ חֲנֻכִּיָּה • (khanukiyá) noun hanukkiah (a nine-branched menorah used during Hanukkah)
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Foreign word of the day  in Tuvaluan
naakoo ee noun Said as encouragement before someone attempts to lift a heavy object.
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
tocayo m, noun namesake (person having the same name)
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Foreign word of the day  in Serbo-Croatian
svètitelj m, noun (Eastern Orthodoxy) a saint, especially an ascetic or monk who nurtures the ideal of education and dissemination of knowledge
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Foreign word of the day  in Udi
заьраьзаьртаьр • (zäräzärtär) noun (Christianity) Palm Sunday
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
jeugdsentiment n, noun The feeling or sentiment of youth; a youthful feeling
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
तारेक्ष • (tārekṣ) m, noun astrolabe (astronomical and navigational instrument)
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
dúchas m, noun hereditary right or claim; birthright, heritage; ancestral estate, patrimony native place or country, ancestral home; traditional connexion kindred affection, natural affinity heredity, innate quality, natural bent
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
宮 • (miya) noun (Shinto) the place where a god resides: a shrine (Buddhism) a temple holding a Buddhist statue the place where a ruler resides: a palace a member of the imperial family
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Foreign word of the day  in Kilivila
sagali noun ceremonial distribution of yams etc., performed during rituals related to spirits of the dead
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
ptasie mleczko n, noun A type of confectionery, consisting of soft meringue covered with chocolate.
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
štědrovečerní adjective Christmas Eve's, connected with Christmas Eve (the evening on 24 December)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
θυρεός • (thureós) m, noun a stone put against a door to keep it shut, a door-stone a wide oblong shield (like a door), opp. to ἀσπίς (aspís, “the round shield”) (mathematics) oval
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
fu acis adverb under pretense, under the pretext
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
佛跳牆 (fótiàoqiáng) noun Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, a type of shark fin soup from Fujian cuisine
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
callo malayo m, noun (idiomatic) an uggo, an ugly person (literally "Malay callus")
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Saubermann m, noun (humorous, chiefly politics) "Mr. Clean" (Someone with a squeaky clean image or who cares about public morality.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Scots
auld lang syne noun (idiomatic) Days gone by; former times.
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