Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/May

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

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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
yōlcātlaxcalli noun (Christianity) bread of life (biblical title for Jesus)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
bain-marie m, noun (cooking) bain-marie (hot water bath made out of two containers)
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
tomba f, noun tomb, grave (figuratively) A very narrow and gloomy habitation or room (such as a basement or cellar). (figuratively, archaic) underground cave or vault
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
민족 • (minjok) noun a people, nation, ethnicity, or race
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ทะเลทราย • (tá-lee-saai) noun desert. Literally: sea of sand
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
脱稿する • (だっこうする, dakkō suru) verb to complete writing a manuscript
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Foreign word of the day  in Navajo
naaʼahóóhai noun chicken rodeo, fair, celebration agricultural show (at a tribal, county, or state fair)
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Foreign word of the day  in Welsh
cymorth m, noun help, assistance, aid, support, succour; person or thing that affords help; relief a gathering together of people for a benevolent purpose, e.g. to plough a neighbour's land, to contribute towards a marriage, etc.; subsidy; tribute or exaction paid to the lord in several parts of Wales
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Foreign word of the day  in Tzotzil
kaxlan vaj noun bread (lit. Castilian tortilla)
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Foreign word of the day  in Danish
arrigtrold c, noun spitfire (a person with a fiery temper)
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
klapwieken verb (transitive, intransitive) to flap one's wings (intransitive, figurative) to alternate, to undulate, usually shifting rapidly between extremes
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
nesciō verb I cannot, I do not know, I am ignorant, I do not understand.
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Foreign word of the day  in West Frisian
leavehearsbistke n, noun ladybird, ladybug (literally: the blessed lord's little animal)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Hirngespinst n, noun chimera, fantasy pipe dream	Austria:
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
gofio m, noun (cooking, Canary Islands) gofio (flour made from roasted grains)
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
αρχιμηνιά • (archiminiá) f, noun calends (first day of a month)
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Foreign word of the day  in Punjabi
ਧੰਨਵਾਦ • (dhannvād) interjection thank you!; thanks!
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Foreign word of the day  in Old French
asembler verb to collect up; to get together
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Foreign word of the day  in Lower Sorbian
ryzy adjective rusty (of the rust color), foxy red
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
μῆρα • (mêra) n pl, noun thigh-bones (femora) wrapped in two folds of fat for votive immolation
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Foreign word of the day  in Alemannic German
Gspuusi n, noun bride, sweetheart
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
minh ti noun (rare, fiction) The underworld department, where cases concerning the dead are judged by King Yama.
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
tungolcræft m, noun starcraft, astrology, astronomy
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Syriac
ܣܛܢܐ • (sāṭānā) m, noun adversary, enemy (religion) Satan, the Devil
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Foreign word of the day  in Serbo-Croatian
kàdionica or ка̀дионица f, noun censer, thurible (slang) an excessively smoky room
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
ufoilla verb (slang) to express strange opinions and views
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
車蓋 (chēgài) noun hood of an automobile (archaic) umbrella cover for a wagon or chariot (archaic) canopied chariot
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
słoik m, noun jar (slang, often derogatory) non-native Varsovian; a person who works or studies in Warsaw but leads most of their social life in their hometown
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