Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2017/September

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Foreign word of the day in French

rentrée f, noun

return
the return to school or work after a vacation (usually summer break)

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Foreign word of the day in Thai

กลับตาลปัตร • (glàp-dtaa-lá-bpàt) adjective

topsy-turvy, turned upside down; changed, inverted, or reversed, especially in an unexpected or surprising manner

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Foreign word of the day in Luxembourgish

Schreifweis f, noun

spelling, orthography

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Foreign word of the day in Italian

edochiano m, adjective and noun

(chiefly literary) Of or from Tokyo, Japan (ancient Edo); a Tokyoite.

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Foreign word of the day in Classical Nahuatl

tlīlātl noun

an abyss or chasm; deep waters
ritual healing water stored in large, lidded containers in the temple of Ixtlilton, god of medicine

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Foreign word of the day in Middle English

hamelen verb

To maim, to mutilate.
To cut short, truncate.

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Foreign word of the day in Portuguese

malandrar verb

to get by or survive by taking advantage of other people
to idle (to spend time not doing anything productive)

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Foreign word of the day in Chinese

微胖界 (wēipàngjiè, wéipàngjiè) noun

(neologism, humorous) the community of people who are slightly fat

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Foreign word of the day in Esperanto

entuziasmigi verb

(transitive) to enthuse, to inspire

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Foreign word of the day in Czech

dštít oheň a síru verb

(idiomatic) rain fire and brimstone
(literally, of dragons) spout fire and brimstone

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Foreign word of the day in Dongxiang

samusa noun

garlic

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Foreign word of the day in Ancient Greek

ἔτλην • (étlēn) verb

(poetic) To suffer, undergo; endure, be patient, submit.
(poetic) To bring oneself to do something contrary to one's inclination or feelings.

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Foreign word of the day in Dutch

op die fiets phrase

(colloquial, Netherlands) Affirms that the speaker has understood an explanation. (literally, "on that bike")

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Foreign word of the day in Egyptian

(mr) m, noun

pyramid (monumental building)
(rare) heap of corpses

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Foreign word of the day in Latin

mōs Teutonicus m, noun

the medieval custom of dismembering the body of a dead person, boiling the parts in water or wine to separate the flesh from the bones, and transporting the bones back to the person's homeland (literally, "German custom")

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Foreign word of the day in Finnish

ummikko noun

A person who only speaks their mother tongue; a monolingual.

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Foreign word of the day in Hindi

अक्षरारंभ • (akṣarārambh) m, noun

the ritual of the beginning of schooling, initiation into literacy

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Foreign word of the day in Old French

fillolage m, noun

the relationship between a godparent and a godson

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Foreign word of the day in Spanish

crisma m or f, noun

chrism (mixture of oil and balm used for anointing)
(colloquial) noggin, block, nut (slang for "head")

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Foreign word of the day in Middle Persian

𐭱𐭭𐭲 (ŠNT) • (sāl) noun

year

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Foreign word of the day in Yiddish

אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר • (a gut gebentsht yor) interjection

a good blessed year (a greeting used around Rosh Hashanah)

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Foreign word of the day in Greek

νάζι • (názi) n, noun

(colloquial, often in the plural) affectation, airs and graces, coquetry (unnatural, cutesy, or put-on behavior)
(colloquial, by extension, in the plural) acting up, carrying on (stubborn behavior in order to get something one desires)

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Foreign word of the day in Japanese

孫の手 • (mago no te) noun

backscratcher (literally, "grandchild's hand")

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Foreign word of the day in Romanian

câștiga verb

to win
to gain, earn

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Foreign word of the day in Arabic

طَقْس • (ṭaqs) m, noun

weather, climate, weather forecast
(usually in the plural) ritual, rite, religious practice

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Foreign word of the day in German

Erbfeind m, noun

historical enemy, inherited enemy

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Foreign word of the day in Old English

ǣfensteorra m, noun

The evening star; Venus as seen in the early evening.

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Foreign word of the day in Burmese

မီးပွား • (mi:pwa:) noun

spark
incident or event which is seemingly meaningless but has a potential to flare up

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Foreign word of the day in Norwegian Nynorsk

springar m, noun

(chess) a knight
a type of Norwegian folk dance, or the music that accompanies it
one of various small whales known for leaping out of the water
a runner

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Foreign word of the day in Middle Low German

vorsûpen verb

to lose one's wealth or belongings by trading for alcohol
to drown