Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/November

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Foreign word of the day in Thai

กวาดล้าง • (gwàat-láang) verb

to annihilate, to exterminate (literally, "to sweep and wash")

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Foreign word of the day in German

snöben verb

(Switzerland, intransitive) to snowboard

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Foreign word of the day in Latin

littera canīna f, noun

the letter R (literally "dog's letter", after its trilled pronunciation in Latin)

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Foreign word of the day in Classical Syriac

ܦܝܠܐ • (pīlā) m, noun

elephant

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Foreign word of the day in Dutch

beurtbalkje n, noun

A checkout divider, a separator to put between the products of different customers on the conveyor belt in a supermarket.

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Foreign word of the day in Proto-Norse

ᛗᚨᚷᚢ (magu) m, noun

(accusative singular) son, boy

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Foreign word of the day in Japanese

絵文字 • (えもじ, emoji) noun

pictograph
a special emoticon used to represent a mood or concept, especially on mobile phones

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Foreign word of the day in Polish

brzydki jak noc listopadowa adjective

(humorous) ugly as sin (literally, "ugly as a November night", in reference to the November Uprising)

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Foreign word of the day in Ancient Greek

πολῠβόειος • (polubóeios) adjective

covered with many oxhides

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Foreign word of the day in Burmese

နောက်ကျ • (naukkya.) verb

to be late (not arriving until after an expected time)

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Foreign word of the day in French

panachure f, noun

variegation, mottle; marking, colouring
white spot, white patch (on a leaf, animal's skin, etc.)

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Foreign word of the day in Maltese

fekruna f, noun

tortoise, turtle

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Foreign word of the day in O'odham

ha꞉ṣañ noun

saguaro cactus

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Foreign word of the day in Old English

þyrs m, noun

monster, demon, giant

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Foreign word of the day in Italian

killeraggio m, noun

(rare) hit (assassination by a hitman)
(figuratively) defamation

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Foreign word of the day in Chichewa

chitamba class 9, noun

the trunk of an elephant

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Foreign word of the day in Alemannic German

aagaa verb

(intransitive) to start
(transitive) to concern, to have to do with

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Foreign word of the day in Swedish

mångata c, noun

the roadlike reflection of moonlight on water

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Foreign word of the day in ǃXóõ

ǀxâã verb

to dance
to revere
to menstruate for the first time
to spin around, to hover, to swing

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Foreign word of the day in Portuguese

azáfama f, noun

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Foreign word of the day in Thai

พลาย • (plaai) noun

Title or term of address for a male elephant.
(archaic) Title or term of address for a young man.

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Foreign word of the day in Finnish

askare noun

chore (a daily routine task)

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Foreign word of the day in Middle Low German

beschrîven verb

to describe
to write down, to note, to mark
to report, to chronicle
to mock in writing

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Foreign word of the day in Hebrew

הודו \ הֹדּוּ • (hódu) noun

f: India
m: turkey

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Foreign word of the day in Danish

jage verb

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Foreign word of the day in Slovene

skrivnósten adjective

mysterious

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Foreign word of the day in Northern Kurdish

amade kirin verb

to make something ready, to set up, to assemble
to make ready for eating or drinking, to cook
to get ready, to prepare

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Foreign word of the day in Cornish

omdhivarva verb

shave one's beard off

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Foreign word of the day in Dutch

flens m, noun

(usually in the diminutive: flensje) a small, flat pancake

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Foreign word of the day in Tibetan

འབྲས་ལྗོངས • ('bras ljongs) proper noun

Sikkim (state in northeastern India; literally "rice valley")