Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2020/July

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

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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
двуго́рбый верблю́д • (dvugórbyj verbljúd) noun Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
ne pas être sans ignorer verb (proscribed) to know full well
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
vynolent adjective vinolent (tending to drink excessively) drunk, inebriated
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
flygskam noun, c shame of flying (due to the environmental impact of aviation)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ligurian
coæ noun, f wish, will, desire, longing
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
đổ verb to pour (of an inanimate object) to fall (of a phone) to ring
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
cuibhreann noun, m part, portion enclosed field
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Foreign word of the day  in Akkadian
𒅇𒆪𒊒𒌝 • (agurru, ukurru) noun kiln-fired brick paving stone, tile, slab an impost a metal object
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
अनिवार्य • (anivārya) adjective mandatory, compulsory essential, necessary
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
肉醬 (ròujiàng) noun meat paste; meat pâté bolognese sauce (figurative) mincemeat; cut-up body
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
σοφῐστεύω • (sophisteúō) verb play the sophist, argue as one practise the profession of sophist, give lectures
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Hühnergott noun, m (regional, especially East German) A stone (to be found at the coasts of the Baltic Sea) with generally one, but at times several, naturally formed holes (usually used as amulet, talisman or mascot) being in most cases a flint nodule whose chalk deposits are washed out or weathered; self-bored stone, ≈ adder stone
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
سَأَلَ • (saʾala) verb to ask, inquire (ditransitive) to ask, request, demand, claim to beg
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Foreign word of the day  in Azerbaijani
qaytarmaq verb (transitive) to return, give back (transitive) to pay back, repay (transitive) to ward off, repel (intransitive) to vomit
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
kaasu noun gas (state of matter) gas pedal (idiomatic, informal) olla kaasussa: to be drunk
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Foreign word of the day  in Alemannic German
Ätti noun, m father, dad grandfather forefather
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
มอมเมา • (mɔm-mao) verb to lead into misconduct: to mislead, to lead astray, etc.
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Armenian
ձագի դեղ • (jagi deł) noun lemon balm, Melissa officinalis
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
fo·ceird verb to put, place, set to throw, cast
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
stælhrān noun, m decoy reindeer (used to catch wild reindeer)
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Foreign word of the day  in Armenian
ծիրանի • (cirani) adjective purple blood-red, crimson, fiery azure, cerulean, sky-blue yellow, gold green, greenish multi-colored, colorful
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Foreign word of the day  in Swahili
ndege noun, class n bird (animal) aeroplane/airplane
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
birda adjective avian (of or relating to birds)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
yigüirro noun, m (Costa Rica) the clay-colored thrush (Turdus grayi)
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
उरु • (urú) adjective broad, wide spacious, large excessive
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Foreign word of the day  in Ukrainian
бузо́к • (buzók) noun, m inan lilac (Syringa gen. et spp.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
tizatl noun whitewash (a varnish of white earth) chalk
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 • (insahts) noun, f narrative, presentation declaration, view
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