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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
nefelibata m or f, noun and adjective
  1. daydreamer
  2. (literature) writer who does not follow the usual conventions
  3. related to daydreaming
  4. (literature) unconventional, unorthodox

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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉 • (faihugeirō) f, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
وَصِيَّة • (waṣiyya) f, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
poldermodel n, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Lower Sorbian
zymnica f, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
桃花運 (táohuāyùn) noun
  1. (figuratively, especially of a man) luck in love affairs (literally, peach-blossom luck)

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Foreign word of the day  in German
Halbwissen n, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
astripotēns adjective

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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
tlahtoāni anim, noun
  1. A ruler, especially of an altepetl (city-state), similar to a king or emperor.

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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
scivola adjective

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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ไข้ใจ • (kâi-jai) noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
αἴθαλος • (aíthalos) m, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
alhaiso noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Tzotzil
boch noun
  1. container made out of a gourd or calabash

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Foreign word of the day  in Alemannic German
alee interjection

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Foreign word of the day  in Lithuanian
knygnešỹs m, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
חָרָה • (khará) verb

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Foreign word of the day  in Welsh
yr euog a ffy heb neb yn ei erlid proverb
  1. the lady doth protest too much (literally, "the guilty one flees without anyone pursuing him")

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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
adiafa f, noun
  1. A gift or refreshment given to sailors upon their return to port from a voyage.

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Foreign word of the day  in Middle Mongol
ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (quɣur) noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
versicolore adjective

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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
ξένα • (xéna) n pl, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Tswana
motsadi class 1, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
hrst f, noun
  1. human palm bent into the shape of a bowl or grasping something
  2. handful (the amount a hand will grasp or contain)
  3. a little or a few

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Foreign word of the day  in Old High German
ubargang m, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
संस्कृत • (saṃ-skṛtá) adjective and noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Afrikaans
slurp noun
  1. trunk of an elephant

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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
palmer noun
  1. A pilgrim who has been to the Holy Land.
  2. (by extension) Any pilgrim or crusader.

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Foreign word of the day  in Swahili
endapo conjunction
  1. if it should happen, supposing that it happens

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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
emmagatzematge m, noun

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Foreign word of the day  in Middle High German
göu n, noun
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