Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2015/November

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

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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
piropo m, noun pyrope; garnet (a type of red rock) (colloquial) compliment, flattering comment
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Foreign word of the day  in Serbo-Croatian
е̏кс • (ȅks) adverb (usually with the preposition на, as in на екс) in one gulp, bottoms up
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ξύλον • (xúlon) n, noun (mostly in plural) cut wood, timber piece of wood, log, beam, post cudgel, club, stick an instrument of punishment: wooden collar, stocks, gallows, stake
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
computātrum n, noun (New Latin) computer
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Foreign word of the day  in Scottish Gaelic
caol m, noun strait, narrows, firth, kyle The narrow part of anything.
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Foreign word of the day  in German
fensterln verb (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to visit a girl who is the object of one's affections at night, either by coming to her window or by climbing through it into her room
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
maresia f, noun the characteristic smell of the sea corrosive saltwater droplets in the air swell (a long series of ocean waves)
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ชักดาบ • (chák-dàap) verb (colloquial) to refuse or intentionally fail to make a payment when required to pay (literally: to draw out a sword).
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Foreign word of the day  in Aragonese
borina f, noun merrymaking; party (joyful celebration)
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
smeraldino adjective (archaic) made out of emerald (dated) emerald green; emerald-like in colour
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
مِصْبَاح • (miṣbāḥ) m, noun (literal or figurative) lamp, light, luminary headlight (of a car)
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
би́ть баклу́ши • (bítʹ baklúši) verb (idiomatic) to loiter, twiddle one's thumbs
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Spanish
manziella f, noun A spot or blemish on the body, especially the eyes.
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
wiċċecræft m, noun The practice of witches, witchcraft, necromancy
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Syriac
ܐܪܙܐ • (rāz) m, noun secret, mystery anything having a secret or mystical meaning; type, figure, sign, symbol, likeness allegory agreement, council
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
glossa f, noun an obsolete, foreign, rare, or otherwise obscure or difficult term that requires explanation (Late Latin) an explanation or interpretation of such a word (Medieval Latin) an explanation added to a passage of text, a gloss (in the plural, as glossae) a term applied to collections of such words with explanations, a glossary
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Foreign word of the day  in Coptic
ⲕⲏⲙⲉ • (kēme) m, proper noun (Sahidic) Egypt
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