Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2019/April

This is the April archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2019.

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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
تَبَحَّرَ • (tabaḥḥara) verb to enlarge oneself, to become ample, to become abundant to delve into, to get concerned with, to get thoroughly involved
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Foreign word of the day  in French
gibier de potence m, noun a gallows bird (someone destined for or deserving punishment by hanging)
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
ixuxú interjection a battle cry or challenge a cry of joy or excitement; hurrah!
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā) noun a person of very limited outlook and experience (literally, "a frog at the bottom of a well")
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Wimmelbild n, noun A picture for children richly detailed with numerous people, animals, and objects.
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
forcouth adjective despised, scorned, infamous, vile
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ต้มตุ๋น • (dtôm-dtǔn) verb to con; to swindle by means of a confidence game (literally, "to boil and stew")
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
marambaia m, noun (nautical jargon, derogatory) landlubber (a seaman who prefers being on land)
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Foreign word of the day  in Primitive Irish
ᚕᚑᚔ (koi) adverb here (with a verb like “lies” or “is buried” implied)
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Foreign word of the day  in Zulu
umendo class 3, noun wedlock, married life main road
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Danish
bryti m, noun (Scanian) bailiff, steward
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Foreign word of the day  in Azerbaijani
mənimsəmək verb to appropriate; to claim or use something as property especially when it belongs to someone else to master, to learn, internalize, understand to adopt (a habit or custom) to digest (food)
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
uitvechten verb to reach a solution or an end through fighting; to fight it out
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
fuŝulo noun (derogatory) bumbler, bungler, screwup
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
चेताना • (cetānā) verb to warn, caution; draw attention to to suggest, propose
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
käck adjective bright, lively, keen, plucky
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Foreign word of the day  in Hawaiian
muʻumuʻu verb and noun to be cut off, shortened to be amputated muumuu (loose-fitting dress, often with sleeves or yoke removed) amputee
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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
מָרוֹר • (marór) m, noun Maror, bitter herbs: a bitter vegetable, such as horseradish, eaten at the Passover seder as a reminder of the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
πάσχα • (páskha) n, noun Passover Paschal dinner, Passover meal (Christianity) Easter Paschal Lamb
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
-opoli f, suffix -gate (used to form names of scandals)
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
殿上眉 • (tenjō mayu) noun (historical) false eyebrows drawn high on the forehead with ink or cosmetics
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
xabardo m, noun a small swarm; in particular, an afterswarm (the second, smaller swarm that leaves the hive in a year)
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Foreign word of the day  in Danish
der vil noget postpositive adjective ambitious or wilful about doing something; having a mission (literally, "that wants [to do] something") (informal) immense, spectacular
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
āltepētenāncoyoctli noun A small gate in a city wall.
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
atzucac m, noun dead end (a street or path that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end) (figuratively) dead end, impasse (a position that offers no hope of progress)
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
христо́соваться • (xristósovatʹsja) verb to exchange a triple kiss as an Easter salutation
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
املای نانوشته غلط ندارد • (emlâ-ye nâ-nevešte ğalat nadârad) proverb if there are no mistakes, it's probably because no action has been taken (literally, "an unwritten dictation has no errors")
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
Badb f, proper noun A goddess of battle and death, often appearing in the form of a hooded crow.
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