Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2013/October

This is the October archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2013.

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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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