Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2020/February

This is the February archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2020.

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Foreign word of the day  in Kikuyu
wandĩndĩ noun single-stringed chordophone
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Foreign word of the day  in Ligurian
màrso adjective rotten rotting festering (figurative) corrupt
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Foreign word of the day  in Afrikaans
bromponie noun A motorscooter or light motorbike.
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Foreign word of the day  in Luxembourgish
maandelweis adverb in great numbers
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
قَافِيَة • (qāfiya) f, noun nape of the neck rhyme
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Foreign word of the day  in French
à couper au couteau adjective (informal, figuratively, of a fog) very dense, very thick (informal, figuratively, of an accent) very heavy, very thick, very strong
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
prōmulsidāre n, noun the tray for serving the entrée, starter-salver
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
comaunden verb To command; to order (someone to do something) To demand; to order (something should be done) To dominate, to exercise power over. To grant or consign to someone. (rare) To need; to be required.
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Foreign word of the day  in Zulu
amanga class 6, noun lies, falsehood deceit rumour
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
kalverliefde f, noun puppy love; a youthful, immature form of love often associated with young people.
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
เฌอ • (chəə) noun (archaic, chiefly poetic) wood, piece of wood, timber, log; woody plant, tree.
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
吃人不吐骨頭 (chī rén bù tǔ gǔtou) phrase (derogatory, figurative) to be extremely ruthless and greedy
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Foreign word of the day  in Macedonian
рунтав • (runtav) adjective, noun woolly, shaggy, hairy (for an animal) one that has long and dense fur something that has long and curly hair
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
sweven noun dream (especially a prophetic one) (waking) vision, premonition
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
धारयति • (dhāráyati) verb to maintain, to hold to practise to undergo, to bear
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Foreign word of the day  in Albanian
grusht m, noun fist, handful punch attack, offensive
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
do·airbir verb to bend to subdue, to (cause to) bow down to yield, to surrender
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
féicheamh noun (literary) either of the parties to an obligation, thus: creditor debtor
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
beenafzetting noun (dated) leg amputation (dated) bone deposition
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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
חבל על הזמן • (khavál al haz'mán) phrase (literally) It's a waste of time; we're wasting time; we don't have time for this. (slang) Exceptionally good.
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ἀργός • (argós, ārgós) adjective white, bright swift (of dogs) not working, idle lazy, slow fallow, fruitless unwrought, undone, unpolished
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
allenare verb (transitive) to train, exercise (transitive) to coach (intransitive) to lessen, diminish, weaken
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Foreign word of the day  in French
dégueulasse adjective (slang) bloody disgusting; rank; yucky (Quebec, slang) cool, wicked, amazing
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