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Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2017/April

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This is the April archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2017.

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Foreign word of the day in Anāl
khol noun deep hole; cave social division
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2

Foreign word of the day in Danish
eventyr n, noun adventure fairy tale, folktale
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3

Foreign word of the day in Ancient Greek
πανθαλής • (panthalḗs) adjective (poetic) flowering, giver of all bloom
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Foreign word of the day in Chinese
祖母綠 / 祖母绿 (zǔmǔlǜ) noun emerald
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Foreign word of the day in Italian
prisco adjective (poetic) ancient
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Foreign word of the day in Latin
catillō verb I lick a dish.
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Foreign word of the day in Thai
พรสวรรค์ • (pɔɔn-sà-wǎn) noun talent, marked innate ability
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Foreign word of the day in Czech
kostrč f, noun tailbone, coccyx
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Foreign word of the day in Turkish
simit noun A ring-shaped bread roll covered with sesame seeds.
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Foreign word of the day in Yiddish
נעבעך • (nebekh) adverb sadly, unfortunately (indicates something to the detriment of the subject of the sentence)
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Foreign word of the day in Cebuano
ngilo noun The irritating feeling produced when hearing sounds like the screeching of tires, the grinding of teeth, and scraping on a chalkboard.
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Foreign word of the day in Russian
пое́хали! • (pojéxali!) interjection (slang) let's go!
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Foreign word of the day in Svan
შდა • (šda) noun grain cob, corncob
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14

Foreign word of the day in Japanese
木漏れ日 • (komorebi) noun sunlight filtering through trees
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Foreign word of the day in Dutch
uitbuiken verb (informal) to take some time to relax after a good meal or between courses (informal, uncommon) to take a walk after a meal (obsolete) to bulge out
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Foreign word of the day in Maltese
ħeġġeġ verb urge, exhort, encourage
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Foreign word of the day in Chickasaw
paska noun and verb bread to make bread
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18

Foreign word of the day in Ido
tradukenda adjective requiring translation, that must be translated
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19

Foreign word of the day in Irish
Béarlóireacht f, noun (act of) speaking English
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Foreign word of the day in Puluwat
mó-óʀóóʀo noun very light-weight ashes
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Foreign word of the day in Spanish
zancudo m, adjective and noun long-legged (Latin America) mosquito
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Foreign word of the day in Gothic
𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐍃 • (midjungards) m, noun the world, Earth
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23

Foreign word of the day in Hindi
अनुनासिक • (anunāsik) m, noun and adjective (linguistics) a nasal vowel or consonant candrabindu (the nasalization marker in Devanagari) nasal, nasalized
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Foreign word of the day in Hungarian
kocsi noun cart, carriage car, automobile
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Foreign word of the day in Middle English
flērd noun deceit, falsehood person who deceives, trickster
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Foreign word of the day in Wolof
làkk verb to be unintelligible or speak incomprehensibly to speak a language other than Wolof
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Foreign word of the day in Portuguese
badameco m, noun (informal) lad (informal, pejorative) nobody (someone who is not important) (dated) bookbag, satchel
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Foreign word of the day in Old Norse
vǫlva f, noun prophetess, seeress, witch
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Foreign word of the day in Avestan
𐬀𐬉𐬴𐬨𐬀 • (aēṣ̌ma) m, noun anger, fury, madness, wrath
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Foreign word of the day in Swedish
sval adjective and noun cool, slightly chilly chilly (distant and without warmth) a section of a refrigerator which is slightly less chilly than the rest, usually used for storing vegetables
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