Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2017/June

This is the June archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2017.

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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
偷油婆 (tōuyóupó) noun (chiefly Southwestern Mandarin, Xiang) cockroach (literally "oil-stealing woman")
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌽 • (aiwiskōn) verb to behave in a shameful manner, to do something unseemly
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
befgajes n, noun (slang, pejorative, collective) the legal profession, judges and lawyers
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
tōnalpōuhqui anim, noun A soothsayer, one who divines using signs or dreams.
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
laetitia f, noun joy, gladness, pleasure, delight
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Eselsbrücke f, noun (colloquial) mnemonic (literally "donkey bridge")
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
มนุษย์ป้า • (má-nút-bpâa) noun (Internet slang and derogatory) aging woman who behaves selfishly
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
pasanaku m, noun (Bolivia) A form of economic agreement based on trust in which members of a group help each other out financially.
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Foreign word of the day  in Swahili
gae noun potsherd (broken piece of pottery)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ἐπιχαιρεκακίᾱ • (epikhairekakíā) f, noun joy at the misfortune of another, schadenfreude, epicaricacy
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Foreign word of the day  in French
joie de vivre f, noun enjoyment of living; zest for life
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
भारोपीय • (bhāropīya) adjective Indo-European
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Foreign word of the day  in Luxembourgish
riichtbéien verb (transitive) to put right, to rectify
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
ratto m, adjective and noun (obsolete) quick, swift (obsolete) steep, downward (referring to classical antiquity) abduction rat
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Galician-Portuguese
bolssa f, noun a small bag or purse
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
kdo chce, hledá způsoby, kdo nechce, hledá důvody proverb those who want seek means, those who don't seek reasons (≈ where there's a will, there's a way)
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
赤茄子 • (akanasu) noun (obsolete) tomato (literally, "red eggplant")
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
foilsigidir verb to reveal, make public to manifest, make clear to demonstrate, represent
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
hinna verb to have sufficient time to do something to manage to do something in time to be on time, not to be late
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Foreign word of the day  in Pitjantjatjara
kungka noun woman (especially a young woman)
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Foreign word of the day  in Zulu
igoqo class 5, noun stone or wood rampart animal with horns that are curled backwards
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Spanish
fonguenno adjective mushroomlike, fungiform
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Nynorsk
vagga verb to waddle, to rock, to sway
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Foreign word of the day  in Shuswap
keknécw noun kokanee (a lacustrine sockeye salmon)
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
dollarihymy noun a luxurious car, especially an American one (literally "dollar smile")
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