Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2024/August

This is the August archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2024.

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Foreign word of the day  in German
Milchmädchenrechnung noun (colloquial, derogatory) naive calculation, counting the chickens before they're hatched
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Foreign word of the day  in Urdu
کَھنْڈَر • (khanḍar) adjective, noun (adjective) in ruins, dilapidated (adjective) ancient (noun) ruin (ie. ruins of a building) (noun, by extension, figuratively, pejorative) a house (noun) ruins; or the signs of a ruin (ie. giant ruins of a town) (noun, agriculture) barren land (noun) pit; hole; lair
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ถึงแก่พิราลัย • (tʉ̌ng-gɛ̀ɛ-pí-raa-lai) verb (archaic, of royals) to die (literally “to reach the abode of the brave”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Kashubian
juzowac verb (Canada, United States) to use
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
atenazar verb (transitive, literally) to hold in place (especially by means of a clamp, vice, etc.) (transitive, figuratively) to grip, paralyse (especially with fear)
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Foreign word of the day  in Yoruba
jápa verb to run away, to flee (colloquial) to japa; to emigrate from a country, typically for better pay or working conditions
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
μόρτης • (mórtis) noun (historical, literally) gravedigger (colloquial, derogatory, figuratively) lowlife, lout, scoundrel (untrustworthy, despicable or disreputable person)
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
فارِغ‌ُالتَّحْصیل • (fâreğ-ot-tahsil) noun graduate (person recognized by a university to have completed a degree)
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Foreign word of the day  in Sranan Tongo
siksiyuru noun true cicada (any cicada of the family Cicadidae) (literally, “six hour”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
Guiana Portuguesa proper noun (historical) Portuguese Guiana (the former name of the Brazilian state of Amapá during the colonial period)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ingrian
eitsi noun the herding of horses during the night
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
शारीर • (śārīrá) adjective, noun (adjective) bodily, corporal, physical (adjective, rare) made of bones (adjective) incorporate, embodied (noun) bodily constitution; physical makeup (noun) anatomy; science of the body (noun) faeces, excrement (noun) the embodied soul or spirit
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
θετῐκός • (thetikós) adjective fit for placing, apposite concerning adoption belonging to a thesis, disputable positive, affirmative (grammar) positive arbitrary
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Foreign word of the day  in Welsh
daearlun noun map (literally, “earth image”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
사장 • (sajang) noun CEO or director of a company neglectful disuse; falling out of use or notice (often without having accomplished much) sandy field (especially at a beach)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
lessive noun lye, alkaline solution; detergent laundry
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Church Slavonic
градъ • (gradŭ) noun town, city (settlement) town, city (people living in town, city) city walls garden, park градъ (gradŭ) noun (meteorology) hail (balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation)
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
شِيرْبَام • (šīrbām) adjective (obsolete) milk-white
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
पलेथन • (palethan) noun dry flour spread under and over dough when rolling it (to prevent sticking) (figurative) an expense additional to what has been necessarily incurred
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
badia noun abbey (figurative) abundance; well-being
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Foreign word of the day  in Estonian
tõeline adjective real, actual (actually existing, functioning, corresponding to reality) real, true, genuine (corresponding to the typical nature of a phenomenon or other thing, giving measure in all respects)
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
bocianka noun (obsolete) wine bottle with a long neck (literally, “little stork”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
paxareru adjective, noun (adjective) bright (of a color) (adjective) of striking and bright colors (the clothes) (noun) person who wears clothes of striking and bright colors (noun) unserious cheerful person, goofball
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
與及 (jyu5 kap6) conjunction (Cantonese, formal, sometimes proscribed) and
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Foreign word of the day  in Albanian
gozhup noun sheepskin coat leather or twill cotton-paddded jacket (dialectal) fur, hide (dialectal) maize/corn husk
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
борзо́й • (borzój) adjective (dated) swift, fleet (relational) borzoi (colloquial) cheeky, insolent
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