Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2021/June

This is the June archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2021.

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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
鏡花水月 / 镜花水月 (jìnghuāshuǐyuè) idiom (figurative) something that is visible but has no substance, fantasy, illusion (figurative) the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words​
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
piá de prédio noun (Paraná) a boy or man who had a sheltered upbringing, lacks outdoor skills and is not streetwise (literally, “apartment-block boy”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
mojäng noun (colloquial) gadget, utility
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ψιλογραφέω • (psīlographéō) verb to write with a single vowel letter (not a digraph)
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
kính noun glass eyeglasses (colloquial, chiefly in southern Vietnam) a mirror
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
а́кать • (ákatʹ) verb (linguistics) to pronounce an unstressed о like an а (as seen in Central and Southern Russia, considered standard)
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
felawrede noun Friendly partnership or companionship; having company. A (usually military) fellowship, band, or company; a group united by a goal. The believers of a religion; a religious community. (rare) Religious communion or connection. (rare) (The act of) sex or intercourse.
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle Bengali
ঘর (ghara) noun a house a room a dwelling family
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Foreign word of the day  in Maltese
żmien żemżem noun the distant past (literally “the time of Zamzam”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
거두절미 / 去頭截尾 • (geodujeolmi) noun cutting to the chase; saying only the essentials; saying only what ought to be said removing the context of something said; reporting something in a partial way (literally, now rare) severing the head and tail; severing the tips (in cooking)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
montagnes russes noun rollercoaster (amusement ride) rollercoaster (any situation in which there are ups and downs or violent changes; hectic situation)
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Bokmål
bomvei noun a toll road, a turnpike a road that is closed with a barrier
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
glorieta noun roundabout, traffic circle arbor, bower summerhouse, alcove, pavilion
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Foreign word of the day  in Swahili
mfereji noun canal, channel, ditch (for water) pipe for water, or the tap which dispenses it
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
belsona adjective euphonious (literally, “beautiful-soundly”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Norse
sigrún noun victory rune; a rune thought to have been imbued with a magical power to grant victory
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
आचरति • (ācarati) verb (with accusative) to approach, come near to lead (on a path) to address, apply to manage; behave to examine a witness to have intercourse to cast in the fire
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
เงือก • (ngʉ̂ʉak) noun (archaic) crocodile. (archaic) snake. (archaic, mythology, literature) nāga; dragon; serpent. (archaic, mythology, literature) malevolent creature having a snake- or crocodile-like appearance and associated with water. merperson. (sports slang) swimmer. (slang) dugong.
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
鰐 • (wani) noun a crocodilian (crocodile, alligator, gavial) (obsolete) a shark or other large and dangerous fish
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Foreign word of the day  in Bulgarian
ха́рен • (háren) adjective (colloquial, regional) good, likeable, adorable, deft
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
palanca noun (Vulgar Latin) slat, plank or stake (New Latin) palanka, a palisaded frontier camp
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
meleg adjective warm, hot heartfelt, cordial, warm (figurative) warm, having a warm (red to yellow) colour gay (possessing sexual attraction towards members of the same gender, or relating to gay culture) (colloquial) difficult, tight, close (of a situation, coming close to resulting in harm) (colloquial) warm (very close to finding or guessing something in a game)
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
ग़ज़ब • (ġazab) noun disaster; something disastrous excess, extreme (informal) a wonder, sight; something splendid
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