Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/August

This is the August archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2016.

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Foreign word of the day  in French
aboiement m, noun bark (sound made by a dog)
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Foreign word of the day  in Yiddish
קוועטשן • (kvetshn) verb squeeze, press, pinch (chiefly US) kvetch, complain
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Syriac
ܓܕܠܐ • (gəḏālā) m, noun plaiting, twining anything twisted: garland, wreath, crown; wickerwork monastic garment excessiveness, overfullness
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Norse
læknishǫnd f, noun (poetic) a healing hand
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Foreign word of the day  in Quechua
khallkachikuy verb to hurt one’s feet by walking barefoot on gravel
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ประชามติ • (bprà-chaa-má-dtì) noun plebiscite, referendum
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
hipergaleguismo m, noun a Galician word that is formed by adapting a Spanish word incorrectly
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Foreign word of the day  in Burushaski
qhamuluṭéeli noun a woman who secretly bakes ash cakes
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
okulfrapa adjective conspicuous, visually striking
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Foreign word of the day  in Moksha
мода • (moda) noun estate, property land field, plot region, territory soil
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Foreign word of the day  in German
umlügen verb to reinterpret in a dishonest and distorted manner
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Foreign word of the day  in Jumaytepeque
ošewʼe noun scraping and washing of a pot
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
teinipeili noun a selfie taken through a mirror
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
स्वतन्त्र • (svátantra) n, noun independence, freedom
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
sprezzatura f, noun nonchalance, ability to perform a difficult task so gracefully that it appears effortless
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
одноеровый • (odnojérovyj) adjective having only one type of yer (one of the two Cyrillic letters ъ and ь)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Tupi
pindá-yba noun a kind of plant whose stems were used as fishing rods fishing rod
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Foreign word of the day  in Mingrelian
თი • (ti) noun and pronoun family house, residence, abode, home he, she, it (third-person singular personal pronoun)
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
महापण्डित • (mahāpaṇḍit) m, noun a great pandit; a very learned person
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
lusco-fusco m, noun twilight nightfall
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Foreign word of the day  in Ugaritic
𐎀𐎊𐎍 • (ảyl) m, noun A red deer: a member of species Cervus elaphus, or specifically a male (hart, stag).
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
krkatý adjective having a large neck (colloquial) stingy, niggardly, miserly
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
προφήτης • (prophḗtēs) m, noun prophet, seer interpreter, proclaimer one who interprets the ravings of an oracle
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Foreign word of the day  in Alemannic German
uusriibe verb rub out, rub off, rub away rub (the eyes)
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
patōlli noun A board game played by the Aztecs, similar to pachisi. A die or dice.
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
ledig adjective free, available relaxed, casual, informal
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