Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/February

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

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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
szczypiornista m pers handballer; a player of handball, the European team sport
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Foreign word of the day  in French
tabagisme m, noun tobacco usage habit nicotine addiction
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
zīzania n pl, noun cockle, tares, darnel (a weed, probably Lolium temulentum)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Schabernack m, noun (somewhat dated) hoax, prank
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
Ὄασις • (Óasis) f, proper noun any one of the cities in the Libyan Desert
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
โคมเขียว • (koom-kǐiao) noun (slang, obsolete) a house of prostitution. Literally: green lantern.
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
bugiganga f, noun trifle (thing of little importance or worth)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
titulitis f, noun An obsession with having a title or academic degree.
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
liška podšitá phrase fox (a cunning person, a person sly as a fox)
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
خندان • (xandân) adjective (of pistachios) having a partially opened shell, naturally or artificially
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
ātlācatl noun A person made of water.
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
ijzerhard m, noun the herbaceous plant verbena (Verbena officinalis), or the herb derived from this plant
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
orka verb to have strength, will or stamina enough (colloquial) to be able to, be bothered to
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Foreign word of the day  in Aragonese
mallata f, noun a cabin in the wilderness used by herdsmen during transhumance
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Bokmål
bornert adjective narrow-minded (having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas)
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
川明かり • (kawaakari) noun the gleam of a river at dusk
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
carroccio m, noun A large war chariot drawn by oxen
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Foreign word of the day  in Rapa Nui
here here noun the rough side of a piece of obsidian
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ลูกเขยตายแม่ยายทำศพ • (lûuk-kə̌əi-dtaai-mɛ̂ɛ-yaai-tam-sòp) noun (botany) milkweed, a showy plant, Euphorbia heterophylla L., of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
𰻞𰻞麵 (biángbiángmiàn) noun biangbiang noodles, a type of thick noodle from China's Shaanxi province
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Foreign word of the day  in Quechua
wich'una noun (weaving) a sharp tool made from llama bones and used to close the space between warps
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
compangu m, noun cured meats eaten with fabada asturiana
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
проплыва́ть • (proplyvátʹ) verb to sail by
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Foreign word of the day  in Welsh
cilwg m, noun frown, scowl, suspicious or threatening look hatred, ill will, sullenness
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Foreign word of the day  in Urdu
پنگھٹ • (panghat) m, noun passage to a river stair or quay for drawing water.
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
ollam m, noun A master in a particular trade or skill. A professor the highest rank of filí, or a title of the highest member of any group.
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
Louhi proper noun (mythology, Kalevala) In Finnish mythology, a powerful witch and the queen of the land of Pohjola.
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