Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2022/April

This is the April archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2022.

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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
borken, berken verb To bark (make a sound characteristic of a dog) To grumble or whine; to utter complaints or insults.
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Flachmacher noun (differential geometry) coordinate chart (literally, “flat maker”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
निर्भर • (nirbhara) adjective full of, abounding in sound; deep violent; vehement (New Sanskrit) dependent, reliant
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
船長 • (senchō) noun a sea captain the length of a ship
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
sbarazzino adjective, noun (adjective) impish, cheeky, mischievous (noun) scamp, imp
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Foreign word of the day  in Lower Sorbian
loda noun chest (large strong box) (colloquial) shop, store
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Foreign word of the day  in Kikuyu
rĩithia verb to make (someone) eat forcefully to graze, to pasture
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Foreign word of the day  in Prakrit
𑀧𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pŏtta) noun son's son, grandson boat, ship cotton cloth
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
διαβήτης • (diabḗtēs) noun pair of compasses carpenter's or stonemason's ruler siphon (medicine) diabetes
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
nguy hiểm adjective dangerous (slang) pretentious
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
alud noun avalanche (figuratively) barrage
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
جَوْزَل • (jawzal) noun (archaic) squab, young of a dove
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
aile noun another, the other, others period of two days something else, anything else
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
święconka noun traditional Polish Easter celebration where baskets full of Easter food are blessed
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
ajatusten Tonava noun (pejorative) a person who has and expresses many ideas that are or turn out to be either nonsensical, pointless or even dangerous (literally, “Danube of thought”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
афга́нка • (afgánka) noun Afghan woman or girl female Afghan hound, Afghan bitch Afghani (strain of cannabis) afganka (uniform of the Russian Airborne Troops, or VDV)
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
छत्तीस का आँकड़ा • (chattīs kā ā̃kṛā) noun (idiomatic) conflict; opposition (literally, “figure of thirty-six”; because the Devanagari numerals ३६ (36) directly oppose each other)
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
สัญญา • (sǎn-yaa) noun (archaic) sign, mark, symbol, gesture sense, consciousness, conscience, soundness (Buddhism) perception or recognition, being one of the five aggregates that constitute a sentient being promise, agreement (law) contract
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
spuit elf noun (Netherlands) a nobody who is late in commenting or catching up, often one whose comment is ignorant or irrelevant (literally, “hose eleven”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
a collibè adverb piggyback (sitting on one's shoulders) (literally, “at neck and sheep”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
套套邏輯 / 套套逻辑 (tàotao luóji) noun (logic) tautology
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
granicia noun (Medieval Latin) border, limit
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Foreign word of the day  in Komi-Zyrian
кывчукӧр • (kyvčukör) noun dictionary (literally, “language pile”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Bengali
শতরকম • (śôtôrôkôm) adjective manifold (literally, “hundred-kind”)
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