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Foreign word of the day  in Sãotomense
fyô noun
  1. a noiseless fart

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Foreign word of the day  in Panyjima
mama noun
  1. Father; paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother.
Focus week: languages of Australia

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Foreign word of the day  in Ngawun
thirni noun
Focus week: languages of Australia

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Foreign word of the day  in Martuthunira
yumini noun
  1. The elder brother of one's father.
Focus week: languages of Australia

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Foreign word of the day  in Guugu Yimidhirr
daamal verb
  1. to spear
Focus week: languages of Australia

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Foreign word of the day  in Gamilaraay
bandaarr noun
Focus week: languages of Australia

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Foreign word of the day  in Martuthunira
jalya adjective
Focus week: languages of Australia

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Foreign word of the day  in Pitjantjatjara
aaṉarinyi verb
Focus week: languages of Australia

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Foreign word of the day  in Ladino
kafedjí m, noun
  1. coffee shop owner

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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
tokkie m, noun
  1. (Netherlands, informal, derogatory) A lower-class person who is perceived to be unsophisticated and seen as likely to engage in antisocial behaviour.

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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
kuřátko n, noun
  1. diminutive of kuře (chick)
  2. (endearing) little child
  3. (dialect, Moravia) chanterelle, Cantharellus cibarius, species of fungi within the family Cantharellaceae.

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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
sonīvius adjective
  1. (in augural language, attested modifying tripudium only) noisy (of the rattling of the corn upon the ground as it fell from the mouths of the sacred chickens)

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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Bokmål
skrive verb
  1. to write

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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
pappa betalar phrase
  1. dad pays

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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
靜雞雞 (zing6 gai1 gai1) adverb

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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
กะลาแลนด์ • (gà-laa-lɛɛn) proper noun
  1. (Internet slang, sarcastic) Thailand. Literally: coconut shell land

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Foreign word of the day  in German
See m (1), f (2, 3), noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
yacaxihuitl noun
  1. A turquoise piece worn on the nose as jewelry.

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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
sossegado adjective

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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
น้ำตา noun
  1. a tear (a drop of secreted fluid from an eye).
  2. anything resembling or suggesting a tear, as a drop of melted wax from a candle.

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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
μουσεῖον • (mouseîon) n, noun
  1. a home of music or poetry
  2. a choir
  3. (generally) a school of art or letters
  4. a museum, i.e. a philosophical school and library

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Foreign word of the day  in French
pot-au-feu m, noun
  1. Meat and vegetables cooked together in a large pot.
  2. A cooking pot.

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Foreign word of the day  in Urdu
دھمال • (dhammāl) f, noun
  1. running through fire (a practice of fakirs or qalandars)
  2. furore; a wave of enthusiastic admiration
  3. ecstasy

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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
pachorra f, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
قِنْدِيل • (qindīl) or قَنْدِيل • (qandīl) m, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
suggillō verb
  1. (attacking a person’s body) I thrash black-and-blue, I bruise, I contuse
  2. (Medieval Latin) I strangle, I throttle, I choke, I suffocate
  3. (attacking a person’s esteem) I hurt someone’s feelings, I insult, I offend greatly, I humiliate, I revile, I affront
  4. (attacking a person’s deeds) I admonish, I castigate, I censure, I chide, I condemn, I rebuke, I reprimand, I reproach, I reprove, I upbraid

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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
γραμματική • (grammatikḗ) f, noun
  1. a female teacher of the rudiments
  2. a woman who occupies herself with literary texts, a female grammarian or critic
  3. grammar
  4. the faculty of scholarship

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Foreign word of the day  in German
Wankelmut m, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Lower Sorbian
źiśelc m, noun
  1. woodpecker (bird in Picinae)
  2. (specifically) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
hào kiệt noun
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