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

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Foreign word of the day  in German
mit Kind und Kegel adverb
  1. (idiomatic, somewhat informal) as a large group; with all of one's family, contents, and/or livestock
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Foreign word of the day  in Kikuyu
harika class 9/10, noun
  1. female goat that has not yet borne a kid
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Foreign word of the day  in Egyptian
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(swꜣj) verb
  1. (intransitive) to go past, to physically pass (+ ḥr: to pass by)
  2. (intransitive) to come to an end, to pass
  3. (intransitive, euphemistic) to die, to pass away
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
senevey noun
  1. mustard or its seed (often used in cuisine and medicine)
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
åskblå adjective
  1. dark grey-blue like the skies in a thunderstorm
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
देवन • (devana) noun, m or n
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Foreign word of the day  in German
kongenial adjective
  1. (formal) equally brilliant; on the same mental or intellectual level
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
noveleiro noun, m
  1. (often derogatory) a writer of novellas
  2. (Brazil) a fan of soap operas
  3. gossip; gossiper (someone who gossips often)
  4. guelder rose (Viburnum opulus, a shrub of Eurasia and North Africa)
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Foreign word of the day  in Azerbaijani
getmək verb
  1. (intransitive) to go
  2. (intransitive, with dative) to marry (a man)
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
أَشْهَل • (ʾašhal) adjective
  1. (obsolete; said of eyes; also used in reference to mountains and wolves with the meaning "dust-coloured inclining to whiteness") The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. glaucous or subglaucous;
    2. having "a mixture of colours" (usually blue or red with black), variegated (likely from a confusion with أَشْكَل (ʔaškal) although Abu Mansur al-Azhari considered them to be synonyms):
      1. reddy-brown, dark-brown;
      2. bluish-black, deep blue;
    3. of "lighter shades of brown" or amber, tawny, or fawn (likely from a confusion with أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal)).
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Foreign word of the day  in Swahili
kanga noun, class n
  1. kanga (garment)
  2. guinea fowl
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
bog adjective
  1. soft; yielding; tender; (of physical condition) flabby; (of disposition) indulgent, lenient, soft, foolish; (of living, conduct, etc.) easy; (of sound, voice) soft, mellow; (of weather) soft, wet; (of winter) mild, humid
  2. loose
  3. lukewarm
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
ahava noun
  1. cold wind
  2. weather-beaten skin
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Foreign word of the day  in French
sans bourse délier adverb
  1. (literary) without spending a penny, without spending a dime
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Foreign word of the day  in Lepontic
𐌕𐌄𐌕𐌖 • (tetu) verb
  1. to give (3rd person singular preterite)
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
và conjunction, verb
  1. and
  2. to shovel food from a rice bowl into one's mouth using a pair of chopsticks
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
差點沒 (chàdiǎn méi) adverb
  1. (colloquial) almost; nearly
  2. (emphasising 沒) almost not
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle Armenian
բռինչ • (bṙinčʿ) noun
  1. hackberry, the fruit of the nettle tree (Celtis spp.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ἐρυθρός • (eruthrós) adjective
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
tentempié noun, m
  1. snack, refreshment (small portion of food)
  2. entrée
  3. roly-poly (toy that rights itself when pushed over)
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