Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2018/May

This is the May archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2018.

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Foreign word of the day in Ido
laboristaro noun working class
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Foreign word of the day in Thai
หิ่งห้อย • (hìng-hɔ̂i) noun firefly
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Foreign word of the day in Dutch
dieronterend adjective Violating the dignity of animals; extremely degrading to animals
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Foreign word of the day in Old English
niht f, noun night day (when computing spans of time)
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Foreign word of the day in Vietnamese
tráng miệng verb to have some fruit or dessert after the main meal
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Foreign word of the day in French
envoûter verb to cast a spell, bewitch, charm, hex to fascinate, captivate, entrance
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Foreign word of the day in Old Armenian
գետաձի • (getaji) noun hippopotamus
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Foreign word of the day in Pashto
اينو‎ • (ino) f, noun honeyguide
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Foreign word of the day in Spanish
cuatro gatos noun (idiomatic) very few people, almost nobody; just one man and his dog
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Foreign word of the day in Ido
binoklo noun spectacles, glasses (archaic) binoculars
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Foreign word of the day in Chinese
吃相 (chīxiàng) noun the way one looks when eating; the appearance of someone having a meal; table manners
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Foreign word of the day in Serbo-Croatian
računalo / рачунало n, noun (Croatia) computer calculator slide rule
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Foreign word of the day in Gothic
𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼 • (aurahjōm) f, noun tombs (attested only in the dative plural)
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Foreign word of the day in Burmese
ကနုတ် • (ka.nut) noun A design in traditional art depicting convoluted lotus stems, buds, blossoms, etc.
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Foreign word of the day in Latin
familia f, noun family household, particularly the domestic slave staff in an Ancient Roman home
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Foreign word of the day in Hungarian
a füle botját sem mozdítja verb (idiomatic) to not respond, ignore a request, give no answer, turn a deaf ear
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Foreign word of the day in Kokborok
kwthar adjective holy, sacred, pure
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Foreign word of the day in Old Novgorodian
сторовъ (storovŭ) adjective healthy
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Foreign word of the day in Danish
morgenfrisk adjective fresh (rested, untired, energetic) in the morning
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Foreign word of the day in Chichewa
mzime class 1, noun last-born child
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Foreign word of the day in Old Norse
rǫkstóll m, noun council chair, judgement-seat
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Foreign word of the day in German
Kummerspeck m, noun (uncountable) Excess weight or body fat gained due to emotional overeating.
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Foreign word of the day in Ciguayo
tuob noun gold (the only attested word in Ciguayo)
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Foreign word of the day in Primitive Irish
ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena) f, noun daughter
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Foreign word of the day in Celtiberian
kelaunikui word The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: (adjective) having a building or buildings (noun in the dative singular) matrimony a middle participle related to a Proto-Indo-European stem meaning "covered"
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Foreign word of the day in Macoris
baeza particle no (the only attested word in Macoris)
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Foreign word of the day in Vandalic
drincan verb to drink
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Foreign word of the day in Cazcan
cazcan verb there is not any; we do not have any
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Foreign word of the day in Proto-Norse
ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaz) m, noun stone
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Foreign word of the day in Italian
luminare m, noun (obsolete) A shining heavenly body. (figuratively) One who has achieved success in their field; leading light, luminary (archaeology) A vertical opening in a catacomb meant to let light and air inside. (obsolete, rare) illumination, luminary
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Foreign word of the day in Wolof
ñuul verb to be black
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