Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2013/October

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Foreign word of the day  in Latin

cauriō verb I caterwaul like a cat in heat.

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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish

pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo verb to daydream to contemplate (intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.

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Foreign word of the day  in French

aise f., noun satisfaction joy ease, facility, absence of effort

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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek

φρονέω • (phronéō) verb to think, to have understanding, to be wise, prudent to be minded in a certain way, to mean, intend, purpose to have a thing in one's mind, mind, take heed to be in possession of one's senses, to be sensible, to be alive

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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan

cantimplora f., noun flask, canteen (water bottle)

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Foreign word of the day  in Latvian

šķīsts adjective (religion) pure, immaculate, without sin (who never sinned; who was purified, who had his/her sins forgiven) (morally) pure, virtuous (who follows high moral standards) (dated sense, usually about clothes, body) clean

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Foreign word of the day  in Old English

ælfsogoþa m., noun a hiccup, heartache, or other disease ascribed to elvish influence.

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Foreign word of the day  in Emilian

bragaldån m., noun (informal) someone who wears baggy trousers

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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish

itacate m., noun (Mexico) food provisions, rations

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Foreign word of the day  in Old Galician-Portuguese

perponto m., noun padding worn under armour

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Foreign word of the day  in Karipúna Creole French

ãxéne verb to chain (to fasten something with a chain)

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Foreign word of the day  in Quechua

khipu noun knot (looping of a piece of string) quipu (recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords)

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Foreign word of the day  in Mirandese

bibal m., noun nursery (place where the buds of trees, shrubs and vines are cultivated) a fox den

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Foreign word of the day  in Galician

devesa f., noun a vast woodland, usually walled or fenced, whose trees are not very densely packed

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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese

singrar verb (now poetic) to sail; to cross the seas (figurative) to thrive (to be successful)

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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek

κατουλάς • (katoulás) f., noun shrouding

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Foreign word of the day  in Latin

contumāx adjective insolent, obstinate, stiff-necked (law) who refuses to appear in a court of law, in disobedience of a summons (of inanimate objects) unyielding, providing opposition

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Foreign word of the day  in Quechua

this interjection the sound a cat makes when preparing to attack something the sound of damp wood burning

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