Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2018/August

This is the August archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2018.

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Foreign word of the day  in Alemannic German
Liibli n, noun vest (UK) / undershirt (US) jersey, T-shirt
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Foreign word of the day  in Zhuang
lwgfwngz noun finger (literally, "little hand")
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Foreign word of the day  in French
mirobolant adjective great, enormous extremely unrealizable (of a plan, project, etc.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
διφθέρᾱ • (diphthérā) f, noun prepared hide, piece of leather; especially as writing material wallet, bag (plural) skins used as tents
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
โจรห้าร้อย • (joon-hâa-rɔ́ɔi) noun bold, reckless criminal or outlaw (literally, "five hundred robbers")
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
hrknout v někom jak ve starých pendlovkách verb (idiomatic) to skip a beat, to be startled (literally, "to rattle in someone like an old pendulum clock")
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
seny m, noun sense, common sense (obsolete) sense, sensory perception
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
posseiro m, noun someone who has legal ownership of land without a document proving it (Brazil) someone who tries to adversely possess someone else’s property; squatter
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Foreign word of the day  in Scots
munelicht flittin noun The act of moving house at night to avoid paying debts.
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
無限連鎖講 • (mugen rensakō) noun (law) a pyramid scheme (literally, "infinite chain association")
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Nynorsk
gauk m, noun a cuckoo one who sells liquor illegally
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
vergismoord m, f, noun the killing of somebody other than the intended victim (due to mistaken identity)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
butronero m, noun A thief who enters a building by means of making a hole in the wall.
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
فَرْث • (farṯ) m, noun entrails, viscera, bowels, intestines
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
tōtōchiquihuitl noun A bird's nest or nesting place.
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
καμπή • (kampḗ) f, noun winding (as of a river); flexion, bending the turning post of a racecourse (figuratively) the goal of a speech (music) a turn, a sudden change
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
गिरमिटिया • (girmiṭiyā) m, noun (historical) an indentured laborer
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Foreign word of the day  in Belarusian
прыгожы • (pryhóžy) adjective beautiful, handsome
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
postilēna f, noun crupper (contrivance to keep a saddle from sliding forward)
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Foreign word of the day  in Cantonese
飯鏟頭 / 饭铲头 (faan6 caan2 tau4) noun cobra (literally, "rice scooper head")
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Besserwisser m, noun (derogatory) know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
aĉulo noun (derogatory) jerk, scoundrel
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
tokka noun a large herd, especially of reindeer
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
taylarde noun An insult implying that the person insulted has a tail.
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Syriac
ܦܪܟܐ • (perkā) adjective easily broken open or picked out of the shell (e.g., of almonds)
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Foreign word of the day  in Hausa
bā̀kī m, noun mouth, beak mouth of a vessel, opening speech edge, limit
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌻𐍉𐌽 • (swiglōn) verb to play the flute
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