Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2024/October

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

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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
sphalma noun (New Latin) an error, a mistake
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
đeo ba lô ngược verb (slang) to be pregnant; to have a bun in the oven (literally, “to wear a backpack backwards”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐍅𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌼 • (wigadeinōm) noun (hapax legomenon) thistle (prickly plant)
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
ямско́й • (jamskój) adjective (relational, historical) postal horses, carriage
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
जल-थल एक होना • (jal-thal ek honā) verb (of land) to be submerged under water; (of a flood) to set in (literally “of land and water to become one”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
smucig adjective (colloquial) stingy, miserly
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
un頂able / un顶able (an6 ding2 aa4 bou4) adjective (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, humorous) unbearable; impossible to stand; hard to put up with
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Foreign word of the day  in Ingrian
kulkkumuna noun Adam's apple (literally, “throat egg”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
απονιά • (aponiá) noun heartlessness, lack of caring or sympathy
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Polish
jegojski adjective agreeing, fit, appropriate, consistent
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
กุญชร • (gun-chɔɔn) noun (elegant) elephant
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Foreign word of the day  in French
saborder verb (nautical, transitive) to scuttle (a ship) (transitive, figuratively) to pull the plug on
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
صَدِئ • (ṣadiʔ) adjective rusty shabby, disagreeable in taste or smell or repute, disgraceful
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
varg noun wolf (canid) tree with a large crown and thick branches which steals sunlight and space from other smaller trees (colloquial) reject; rejected defective product in a production line
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
우러러보다 • (ureoreoboda) verb to look up to; to turn one's head upward to (figurative) to look up to; to revere; to respect
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Foreign word of the day  in Welsh
gwyddonias noun science fiction (literally, “scientist-shudder”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
turbamulta noun (colloquial) swarm, pack, rabble, mob
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Foreign word of the day  in Basque
bustidura noun (dated) humidity (linguistics) palatalization
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
æfest noun jealousy, envy zeal rivalry, emulation
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
aerosanitarny adjective (relational) aerosanitary
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
κνίψ • (knī́ps) noun kind of insect that infests fig and oak trees and devours the gallfly
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
siparietto noun entr'acte amusing scene performed during a change of scene (figurative, by extension) short interval between two TV or radio segments, programs, etc.; break (figurative, by extension) funny moment, conversation, back and forth, etc.
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
دنیا و مافیها • (donyâ va mâfihâ) noun (poetic) the world and everything in it; all of material existence
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
llercia noun big fear mythological being used to scare children
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