Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2024/February

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This is the February archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2024.

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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
tupot białych mew noun
  1. (humorous) hangover, morning after (illness caused by heavy drinking) (literally, “patter of white gulls”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
بی‌برگی (bi-bargi) noun
  1. (poetic) poverty, destitution, barrenness (literally, “leaflessness”)
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3

Foreign word of the day  in Egyptian
sxntn
t
(sḫntj)
verb
  1. (transitive) to promote, to advance, to cause to be in front
  2. (transitive) to send upstream
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4

Foreign word of the day  in Albanian
stan noun
  1. place with huts and pens for shepherds and cattle; shed, fold, barn; hut, shelter
  2. flock of sheep
  3. (derogatory) hostile group, gang, unit
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
paarse krokodil noun
  1. (Netherlands, idiomatic) inordinate bureaucracy, red-tapism (literally, “purple crocodile”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
bifana noun
  1. (cooking, Portugal) pork sandwich (from a word meaning “steak” and derived from beef)
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
xe cam-nhông noun
  1. (obsolete) truck, lorry
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Foreign word of the day  in Indonesian
gampang adjective
  1. easy (requiring little skill or effort)
  2. unimportant
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9

Foreign word of the day  in Latin
tomāculum noun
  1. (uncommon) a sausage of mixed meats and spices
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10

Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
年畫 / 年画 (niánhuà) noun
  1. New Year picture (Chinese colored woodblock print used for decoration during the Chinese New Year) (literally, “year picture”)
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11

Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Bokmål
jøssing noun
  1. (historical, World War II) a Norwegian opponent of Nazism (referring to conditions in Norway during the German occupation during the second world war)
  2. (agriculture, horticulture) a potato variety produced in Norway through refining, and used during World War II
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
गोष्ठ (goṣṭhá) noun
  1. cow pen, cowshed
  2. stable (for other domesticated animals)
  3. meeting place
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Foreign word of the day  in Ido
amorala adjective
  1. Pertaining to romantic and/or erotic love; amorous, romantic.
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
imputar verb
  1. (transitive) to impute; to ascribe
  2. (transitive) to accuse
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17

Foreign word of the day  in German
Peluschke noun
  1. field pea (Pisum sativum subsp. arvense syn. Pisum sativum convar. speciosum)
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18

Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ἄσῑτος (ásītos) adjective
  1. without food, fasting
  2. lacking in appetite
  3. of forbidden food
  4. devoid of grain
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19

Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ปลาซิวปลาสร้อย (bplaa-siu-bplaa-sɔ̂i) noun
  1. minnow, comparatively small or insignificant person (literally, “minnows and carps”)
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20

Foreign word of the day  in Kashubian
rama noun
  1. frame (rectangular object made of strips or tubing used to hold something in place; connected strips surrounding a mirror, picture or glass)
  2. frame (main structural element of a vehicle to which other parts are attached)
  3. (figurative) obese woman
  4. old cow
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
تَنَبَّلَ (tanabbala) verb
  1. to be noble, to be of high rank or talent, to excel
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23

Foreign word of the day  in French
banvin noun
  1. (history) the monopoly held by a feudal lord on sales of wine in their jurisdiction during a particular period of time
  2. (history) a proclamation indicating the day on which such a monopoly ends
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
волюнтари́зм (voljuntarízm) noun
  1. (philosophy) voluntarism (doctrine that prioritizes the will over emotion or reason)
  2. (politics, management) arbitrariness, subjective decision making
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25

Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
nappali adjective, noun
  1. (adjective) daytime, diurnal, day-, of the day
  2. (adjective, education, of a student or course/training) full-time
  3. (noun) living room, parlour
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
pollegó noun
  1. (of a fork) prong, tine
  2. sharp peak
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Foreign word of the day  in Romanian
doi, zece, doi, zece interjection
  1. testing, testing (phrase used to check sound systems) (literally, “two ten two ten”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
bodeword noun
  1. commandment, directive (especially divine)
  2. news, tidings (especially divine)
  3. (rare) pledge
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