Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2018/October

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Foreign word of the day in Thai

ดอกไม้เพลิง • (dɔ̀ɔk-máai-pləəng) noun

(formal) firework (literally, "flower of flames)

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Foreign word of the day in Norwegian Bokmål

raspeball m, noun

a traditional Norwegian dish consisting of a potato dumpling usually served with meat, cheese, butter or sour cream

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Foreign word of the day in Ancient Greek

πρόβατον • (próbaton) n, noun (mostly in plural)

(Ionic, Doric) cattle, flocks, herds
(Attic, Koine) sheep
slaughtered animals, animals for sacrifices
stupid, lazy people

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Foreign word of the day in Arabic

شَبُّوط • (šabbūṭ) m, noun

carp

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Foreign word of the day in Classical Nahuatl

cacahuapinolli noun

a powdered beverage made from toasted and ground cacao beans and maize
a drink made with this powder; cocoa

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Foreign word of the day in Greek

φαύλος κύκλος • (fávlos kýklos) noun

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Foreign word of the day in Middle English

acquerne noun

A squirrel.
The fur of a squirrel.

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Foreign word of the day in Egyptian

(gs-tp) m, noun

migraine headache

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Foreign word of the day in Dutch

huisbrand m, noun

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Foreign word of the day in Esperanto

nazumo noun

pince-nez; eyeglasses, spectacles, pair of glasses

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Foreign word of the day in Chinese

入坑 (rùkēng) verb

to become entrapped
(Mandarin, neologism, Internet slang) to get into a fandom; to begin consuming a creative work or franchise

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Foreign word of the day in Spanish

pifiar verb

(intransitive) to drop the ball, screw up, mess up
(transitive, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru) to boo
(transitive, Bolivia, Peru) to mock, dig, make fun of
(transitive, Mexico) to nick, rob
(intransitive) to blow across a flute or other reedless woodwind instrument

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Foreign word of the day in Gothic

𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 • (taihuntēweis) adjective

ordered by tens; using a decimal system

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Foreign word of the day in Persian

بند «پ» • (band-e "pe") noun

(informal, sarcastic) Paragraph (p) (a fictional clause used as a reference to cronyism).

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Foreign word of the day in Finnish

lohikäärme noun

dragon, drake
wyvern

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Foreign word of the day in Latin

ingeminō verb

I repeat, reiterate.
(passive) I am redoubled, increase.

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Foreign word of the day in Quechua

ch'arki adjective and noun

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Foreign word of the day in Polish

głodomór m, noun

(colloquial) One who is constantly hungry.
(obsolete) One who is suffering from starvation.

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Foreign word of the day in Azerbaijani

alış-veriş noun

trade, commerce, sales
purchasing goods, shopping

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Foreign word of the day in Vietnamese

đi bão verb

to go to celebrate on the streets with motorbikes racing around the city (at times of national pride)

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Foreign word of the day in Italian

zeppa f, noun

a wedge-shaped piece of wood
in printing, a small piece of lead used as a spacer or a brief article inserted to fill a page
a platform shoe

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Foreign word of the day in Lower Sorbian

jeglicka f, noun

needle (leaf of a conifer)

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Foreign word of the day in Sanskrit

पूजयति • (pūjayati) verb

to worship, revere, venerate
to honor, praise, pay homage

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Foreign word of the day in German

Sitzriese m, noun

A person who appears much taller when they are sitting than when they stand, e.g. because of their being long-waisted or their individual sitting posture.