Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/July

This is the July archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2016.

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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Syriac
ܘܠܝܬܐ‎ • (wālīṯā) f, noun
  1. that which is due or right; what must be done
  2. appropriateness, decorum
  3. honor/honour, integrity, dignity
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
剩女 (shèngnǚ) noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
zero à esquerda m, noun
  1. good-for-nothing, person of low worth or usefulness (literally, "zero on the left")
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Foreign word of the day  in Samoan
veve noun
  1. leaves placed over an oven as insulation
  2. (in the presence of a chief) a pig's liver
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Foreign word of the day  in Armenian
պտղաբեր • (ptłaber) adjective
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Foreign word of the day  in French
pet-de-nonne m, noun
  1. a small choux pastry eaten especially during carnival season in France and Belgium (literally, "nun's fart")
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
mozkomor m anim, noun
  1. dementor (soulless creature which originally appeared in the Harry Potter books)
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
xiuhtlahcuiloh noun
  1. the altepetl's scribe, illustrator of historical codices
  2. (colonial) a person who writes annals, a chronicler
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
злоумы́слить • (zloumýslitʹ) pf, verb
  1. to plot with evil intent, to wish someone harm
  2. to lie in wait with intent to cause harm or injury
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Foreign word of the day  in Moksha
куд • (kud) noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Ugaritic
𐎍𐎛𐎋 • (lỉk) verb
  1. to send
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
Ἑλληνίζω • (Hellēnízō) verb
  1. speak or write Greek, especially correct Greek
  2. make Greek, Hellenize
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Foreign word of the day  in Lao
ບຸນບັ້ງໄຟ • (bun bang-fai) noun
  1. rocket festival, celebrated at the beginning of the rainy season in Laos
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
pagliaccio m, noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Egyptian
r
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(r) m, noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
seanchas m, noun
  1. the body of historical and genealogical information handed down by tradition
  2. storytelling, gossiping, chatting
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
szajré noun
  1. (slang) stolen goods
  2. (slang, sometimes humorous) stuff (miscellaneous items)
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
خرما‎ • (xormâ) noun
  1. date (fruit)
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Foreign word of the day  in Maori
pītau noun
  1. frond, shoot
  2. spiral carving
  3. figurehead on a canoe with such a carving, or a canoe with such a figurehead
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
sociofraudus m, noun
  1. deceiver of one's friends
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
unikeko noun
  1. dormouse
  2. someone who sleeps later than others; a sleepyhead
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Foreign word of the day  in Mycenaean Greek
𐀕𐀼𐀙 (me-za-na) f, noun
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Wembley-Tor n, noun
  1. (soccer) a ghost goal, in which it is not clear whether the ball crossed the line
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Foreign word of the day  in Burmese
ကျဉ်း • (kyany:) adjective / verb
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