Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/September

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Foreign word of the day in Thai

แม่มด • (mɛ̂ɛ-mót) noun

sorceress, witch

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Foreign word of the day in Italian

vanni m pl, noun

(poetic, often figuratively) vans, wings

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Foreign word of the day in Old Saxon

diuritha f, noun

dearness, preciousness
honour, glory

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Foreign word of the day in Hebrew

כֹּה וָכֹה • (kó vakhó) adverb

here and there, hither and thither, this way and that

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Foreign word of the day in French

marotte f, noun

a grotesque sceptre carried by a jester
a puppet attached to a wooden stick
a wooden head used to model headgear
(figuratively) an obsession

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Foreign word of the day in Lower Sorbian

drob m, noun

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Foreign word of the day in Japanese

大人買い • (otonagai) noun

(slang) Of an adult, buying (chiefly) childish things in great amounts (due to newfound purchasing power).

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Foreign word of the day in German

festquatschen verb

(reflexive, informal) to become absorbed in a lengthy conversation, to get stuck in a chat

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Foreign word of the day in Avestan

𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬥𐬀 • (mazdaiiasna) m, noun

Mazda-worshipper, Mazdean

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Foreign word of the day in Esperanto

krokodili verb

(slang) to speak in a language other than Esperanto among Esperanto speakers (literally, "to crocodile")

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Foreign word of the day in Burmese

လင်းဆွဲ • (lang:hcwai:) noun

megabat, fruit bat, flying fox

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Foreign word of the day in Georgian

ცისარტყელა • (cisarṭq̇ela) noun

rainbow

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Foreign word of the day in Czech

vazač m, noun

binder (something or someone who binds things)
(rugby) number eight

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Foreign word of the day in Classical Nahuatl

āxōlōtl noun

An edible larval salamander.

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Foreign word of the day in Yiddish

שלימזל • (shlimazl) m, noun

A chronically unlucky person; a schlimazel.
A clumsy person.

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Foreign word of the day in Maltese

jew conjunction

or
else

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Foreign word of the day in Latin

argentōsus adjective

silvery, full of or containing silver

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Foreign word of the day in Chinese

密陀僧 (mìtuósēng) noun

litharge, lead monoxide

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Foreign word of the day in Dutch

zeeschuimer m, noun

pirate

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Foreign word of the day in Sicilian

cummari f, noun

female baptismal sponsor of one's child; godmother
maid of honor
girlfriend (close female friend)

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Foreign word of the day in Egyptian

(hmhmt) f, noun

A roaring noise.
A battle cry.

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Foreign word of the day in Swedish

höstdagjämning c, noun

autumnal equinox

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Foreign word of the day in Gothic

𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 • (daimōnāreis) m, noun

(Christianity) one possessed by the devil

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Foreign word of the day in Arabic

طُوب • (ṭūb) m, noun

(collective) (baked) brick, adobe

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Foreign word of the day in Galician

meigo m, noun and adjective

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Foreign word of the day in Danish

mjød c, noun

mead

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Foreign word of the day in Pitjantjatjara

tjikini verb

to drink
to smoke (e.g. a cigarette)

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Foreign word of the day in Alemannic German

Häiwee n, noun

homesickness

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Foreign word of the day in Spanish

arrocero m, adjective and noun

rice (attributive); relating to rice
(of a person) who likes to eat rice
rice farmer
(slang, Venezuela) gatecrasher

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Foreign word of the day in Gullah

buckra noun

white person