Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2015/February

This is the February archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2015.

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Foreign word of the day  in Turkish
gülünçleşmek verb to become funny to begin to say or do ridiculous things
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
sconvenire verb (intransitive) to be unseemly or unattractive (intransitive) to be at a disadvantage
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
호주머니 • (hojumeoni) noun pocket; literally: foreign pouch (figurative) one's pocket; one's own purse
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
mámoa f, noun a type of megalithic structure found in northwestern Iberia, consisting of a tomb inside a round, artificial hill
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
muçununga f, noun (Bahia) a type of biome characterised by sandy, humid and soft soil
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Tupi
marakaîá noun margay, and similar species, such as the oncilla and the ocelot.
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Foreign word of the day  in Nambikwara
wã³nũ³tũ̱³ka̱³txi³su² noun a people or tribe that hasn’t been seen before
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Stammtisch m, noun a table in a beer parlour reserved for a group of regulars taking part in social discussion and beer drinking; a "regulars' table" a group of people gathering at such a table
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Foreign word of the day  in French
feuille-morte adjective of the colour of dying leaves: russet, feuillemorte
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Foreign word of the day  in Tibetan
རྒྱ་གར • (rgya gar) proper noun India (literally: the white empire)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
人心思變 verb (idiomatic) to long for change, especially a political one
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
tiera noun Snow that sticks to or flies off the hoof of a horse in the winter
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
뺑소니 • (ppaengsoni) noun abscondence, fleeing hit-and-run
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
ǣfæst adjective firm in observing the law; religious; pious
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Foreign word of the day  in Quechua
pumasqa adjective eaten by a mountain lion
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Foreign word of the day  in White Hmong
dab noun (evil) spirit, considered responsible for epileptic attacks among other things
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
calli noun An enclosed habitational space, a house or room. The third day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli, corresponding to a one-room house. Wooden or cane tongs used to eat toasted maize.
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
corōllārium n, noun Money paid for a garland of flowers. A gift, present, gratuity. (in later philosophical writing) A corollary, deduction, consequence.
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
andurrial m, noun (usually in the plural) bush (remote, undeveloped area)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
στοιχεῖον • (stoikheîon) n, noun the gnomon of a sundial, or its shadow the primary element of some complex phenomenon (e.g. a simple sound of a voice) (grammar) letter (component of the alphabet) (grammar) part of speech
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Organisationswut f, noun strong dedication to organizing
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