Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2014/November

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Foreign word of the day in Latin

comprehendō verb

I lay hold of something on all sides; take or catch hold of, grasp, grip.
I seize upon in a hostile manner, lay hold of; occupy, capture (of a place); arrest, detain, apprehend, catch.
(to a crime or deed) I discover, detect, come upon, reveal.
I intercept a letter.

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Foreign word of the day in Welsh

iäaidd adjective

of an icy nature; like ice
glacious

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Foreign word of the day in Armenian

աստուճ • (astuč) adjective

dry (of bread)

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Foreign word of the day in Classical Nahuatl

chināmitl noun

A fence of canes or cornstalks.
An area so enclosed, or the canes or cornstalks themselves.
A chinampa, an agricultural strip.
An urban division, the subunit of an altepetl.

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Foreign word of the day in Chinese

宇宙 (yǔzhòu) noun

roof, ridgepole and beams (of a house)
heaven and earth; all under heaven; country
(infinite) space and time
the universe; the cosmos; macrocosm; space

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Foreign word of the day in Ancient Greek

οὐσία • (ousía) f, noun

that which is one's own, one's substance, property
(philosophy) stable being, immutable reality

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Foreign word of the day in Aragonese

falordia f, noun

tale; story
a tall tale or rumour

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Foreign word of the day in French

bof interjection

so what, never mind, whatever, meh

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Foreign word of the day in German

Ostalgie noun f

nostalgia for East Germany

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Foreign word of the day in Portuguese

cor de burro quando foge f, noun

(humorous) an indistinct or nameless colour; literally: colour of a donkey when it flees

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Foreign word of the day in Spanish

nonada f, noun

A thing or event of little or no importance or value.

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Foreign word of the day in Eton (Cameroon)

m̀vwǎd noun

body hair

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Foreign word of the day in Luxembourgish

helleg adjective

holy

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Foreign word of the day in Latin

agitō verb

I put something in motion, drive, impel; drive by rowing, row about; shake, throb.
I brandish, wield.
(of cattle) I drive, conduct; tend, control.
(of animals) I hunt, chase, pursue.

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Foreign word of the day in Chinese

加油 (jiāyóu) verb

to oil; to lubricate;
to refuel
to make extra effort
to cheer (a player) on; go ...

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Foreign word of the day in Old Saxon

thrēgian verb

to threaten

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Foreign word of the day in Hungarian

muhar noun

Any of a group of various types of grass of genus Setaria

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Foreign word of the day in Russian

лытды́бр • (lytdýbr) m-in

(Internet slang, humorous) a blog posting about one’s daily life

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Foreign word of the day in Gothic

𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 • (audahafts) adjective

fortunate, blessed

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Foreign word of the day in Old Galician-Portuguese

hermida f, noun

hermitage
an isolated chapel, shrine or other sanctuary, often in the care of a hermit or anchorite

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Foreign word of the day in German

Sasse f, noun

(hunting) a low burrow in which hares rest and hide themselves

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Foreign word of the day in Ancient Greek

χειρονόμος • (kheironómos) m, noun

one who moves the hands in pantomimic gestures, a posture-master

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Foreign word of the day in Portuguese

magusto m, noun

An Iberian festival, celebrated with roasted chestnuts and wine.

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Foreign word of the day in Old Spanish

mortaldat f, noun

mortality (death on a large scale)

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Foreign word of the day in Lower Sorbian

pódomk m, noun

(uncountable) furnishings and furniture; contents of a household

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Foreign word of the day in Finnish

Ukko proper noun

(mythology) The god of heaven in the Finnish mythology, often mentioned with the epithet (deprecated template usage) ylijumala.
A male given name