Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2019/October

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

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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
गांधीगिरी • (gāndhīgirī) f, noun (neologism) The practice of the ideals of Mohandas Gandhi, including nonviolence, satyagraha, and honesty.
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Foreign word of the day  in Bashkir
йәрминкә • (yärminkä) noun fair (market), funfair, county fair
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
kek adjective (Netherlands) eye-catching (visually pleasing in a hip or bold manner) (Netherlands) fashionable (Netherlands) sassy (bold and spirited; cheeky)
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
หูเบา • (hǔu-bao) adjective (idiomatic) easily believing in what one hears; willing to believe too readily; credulous.
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Foreign word of the day  in French
blindé adjective (military) armoured, armour-plated; reinforced hardened, immune (slang) pissed, hammered (slang) rich, minting it
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
صِقَاع • (ṣiqāʿ) m, noun a rag bound under or before the mouth to protect the beneath from stains (e.g. to protect a woman’s muffler from the oil in her hair)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
nutella adjective (Brazil, slang) modernised or evolved to the point of being objectionable, such as: (of a person) fussy, spoiled; (of a person or practice) poseurish, pretentious; (of a person, practice or object) illegitimate, inauthentic; (of a practice, ideology, symbol or similar) lite, watered-down
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Geisterfahrer m, noun (somewhat informal) a wrong-way driver, ghost driver (one who drives in the direction opposite to that prescribed for the given lane)
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
vispelliō m, noun a thief who specialises in stealing the clothes the dead are buried in
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Foreign word of the day  in Zulu
-dabuka verb (intransitive) to break, to crack, to crush (intransitive) to become sad, to become grieved, to become heartbroken (intransitive) to descend, to originate
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
رُسْتَاق • (rustāq) m, noun (archaic) a rural district consisting of towns and villages as well as arable or cultivated land
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
poynaunt adjective Sour or acidic to the taste. Stabbing; having a sharp, spiky point. Causing fright; upsetting, horrifying.
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Foreign word of the day  in Armenian
բայղուշ • (bayłuš) noun, adjective (dialectal) owl (dialectal) foreteller of misfortune ominous, ill-boding, sinister
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
冰凍三尺，非一日之寒 (bīng dòng sān chǐ, fēi yī rì zhī hán) proverb Rome wasn't built in a day. One can not become an expert in a difficult subject overnight.
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
vroegpreek f, noun (Protestantism) A religious service held in the early morning, earlier than a usual morning service. (dated, uncommon, now dialectal) A family roof, a large, old-fashioned model of umbrella made of cotton (against rain).
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰 • (dalaþa) adverb below, beneath
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
ママ友 • (mamatomo) noun a “mom-friend”: a mother who is friends with another mother due to having children who interact with each other
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Kabacke f, noun (Prussia) deranged house, ramshackle building, shack (Russia) pub, boozing ken [from 17th century]
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
ख़ाक • (xāk) f, noun dust, ashes (figuratively, attributive) useless, of no use
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
κρήδεμνον • (krḗdemnon) n, noun A veil or headscarf worn by women, keeping together three items of ornamental hair binding: ἄμπυξ (ámpux, “frontlet”), κεκρύφαλος (kekrúphalos, “snood”) and ἀναδέσμη (anadésmē, “headband”) (figurative) the edge or the top of city walls (figurative) the top covering of a wine or storage vessel
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Foreign word of the day  in Yiddish
גנבֿענען • (ganvenen) verb steal (to illegally take possession of) (reflexive) steal (to move silently or surreptitiously)
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
تَنْدِيل • (tandīl) m, noun chief sailor, foreman of the seafarers, tindal, boatswain's mate
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
trasgo m, noun (Iberian folklore, mythology, fantasy) A mischievous mythological creature similar to a goblin, imp, or kobold found in legends of Portugal and Spain (viz. Iberia proper), with varying descriptions.
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