Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2020/March

This is the March archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2020.

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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
emprestar verb
  2. (transitive or ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a or para or an indirect objective pronoun) to lend; to loan (to give temporarily)
  4. (Brazil, transitive) to borrow (to obtain temporarily)
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Foreign word of the day  in Mecayapan Nahuatl
jo̱nchoꞌ noun
  1. a legendary animal resembling a gorilla
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
tuanis adjective
  1. (El Salvador, Honduras, colloquial) Of excellent quality; of a nice nature (said of a thing).
  2. (El Salvador, obsolete, colloquial) Of a good, kind personality (said of a person).
  3. (Honduras, Nicaragua, colloquial) Cool (fashionable).
  4. (Costa Rica, colloquial) Nice, agreeable, giving a general sense of well-being, cool.
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
gracht f or m, noun
  1. (Netherlands) canal (in a city, with houses on each side)
  2. (Belgium) ditch, trench (in the countryside, referring to both those that contain water and those that are dry)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ἀκμάζω • (akmázō) verb
  1. (intransitive) to be at or to reach the highest point (often figuratively)
  2. (intransitive) to be in one's prime, be ripe
  3. to have plenty of [+dative]
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
hlíva ústřičná f, noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ลวงโลก • (luuang-lôok) adjective
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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
תיקונצ׳יק‎ • (tikúnchik) m, noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Zulu
kahlé adverb, interjection
  1. nicely, well, properly
  2. carefully, slowly, gently
  3. wait a moment, hold on
  4. don't [+infinitive]
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Imme f, noun
  1. (archaic or poetic) bee
  2. (obsolete) a swarm of bees
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
萬維網 (Wànwéiwǎng) proper noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Armenian
զուգաձայն • (zugajayn) noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
midithir verb
  1. to weigh, to judge, to estimate
  2. to pass judgment (+ for (“on”))
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Foreign word of the day  in Egyptian
biAt
N42		 A2
 (bjꜣt) f, noun
  1. character, disposition [since the Middle Kingdom]
  2. mood
  3. a good attribute of a person for which he or she is well-liked
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
तत्त्वमसि • (tattvamasi) phrase
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
مَدْفَع‎ • (madfaʿ) m, noun
  1. watercourse, the lowest part of a valley where the torrent pours forth
  2. (rare) verbal noun of دَفَعَ‎ (dafaʿa) (form I)
  3. means of defense, pleading in court etc.
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Foreign word of the day  in Scots
deave verb
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Foreign word of the day  in Mongolian
залуу • (zaluu) noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
kemben verb
  1. To comb or brush one's hair; to use a comb.
  2. (rare) To prettify or nicen.
  3. (rare) To untangle fibres; to card.
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Foreign word of the day  in Swahili
ua class u, noun
  1. yard, court (an enclosure typically attached to the back of a house)
  2. fence (of sticks or grass, of the type used for such an enclosure)
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Foreign word of the day  in Luxembourgish
wann conjunction
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Foreign word of the day  in Tatar
шәмәхә • (şämäxä) adjective, noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Azerbaijani
uzaq adjective, adverb
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Foreign word of the day  in Akkadian
𒄈𒉻𒁺 • (GÌR.PAD.DU /eṣemtu/) f, noun
  1. bone
  2. frame of the body
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
سمد‎ • (semed) noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Iraqi Arabic
بنزينخانة‎ (banzīnḵāna) f, noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Yiddish
צדיק אין פּעלץ‎ • (tsadek in pelts) m, noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Amharic
ስልክ • (səlk) m or f, noun
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