Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2013/July

This is the July archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2013.

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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
skämskudde c., noun (humorous) a real or imagined pillow used to cope with the awkward feeling caused by witnessing something embarrassing; literally "embarrassment pillow".
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
cachotaría f., noun dry-stone (stones interlocked without mortar, as a building method)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
nuée f., noun (chiefly formal or literary) thick cloud cloud (of arrows, insects) horde, host, swarm (of people, birds, enemies etc.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
szökőár noun spring tide, tidal wave, tsunami
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
curiosare verb (intransitive) to look around (intransitive) to poke about (intransitive) to be nosey or inquisitive
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
балаболка • (balabólka) m., f., noun (colloquial) chatterbox, windbag
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Foreign word of the day  in Serbo-Croatian
bàcati or ба̀цати verb (transitive) to throw, cast (also figuratively) (transitive) to throw out, discard (reflexive) to throw oneself (sports) to put the shot, throw (spear, discus etc.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
horreō verb I stand erect, stand on end. I tremble, shiver. I dread, am afraid of. I am frightful.
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Foreign word of the day  in Welsh
cyfiawnder m., noun justice righteousness (legal) equity fairness
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Foreign word of the day  in Latvian
skūpsts m., noun kiss (a touch with the lips, used to express love, friendship, respect, devotion)
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
emō verb (transitive) I buy, purchase. (figuratively) I acquire, procure.
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Foreign word of the day  in French
pain m., noun bread food bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner (informal) punch (a hit with the fist)
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Foreign word of the day  in Aragonese
bomber m., noun firefighter (person whose job is to put out fires)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Ausschlusskategorie f., noun category of people or things that are excluded
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
sinniht f., noun (poetic) everlasting night, eternal night
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Foreign word of the day  in Serbo-Croatian
bèlāj or бѐла̄ј m., noun misfortune, calamity, trouble (in phrases) devil
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Foreign word of the day  in Karipúna Creole French
ago interjection may I come in?
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Foreign word of the day  in Kaingang
vánvan verb to knock a fruit down from a tree
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
puertu m., noun a port, harbour a mountain pass a pasture located in high ground
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
kavicsos adjective gravelly, gravel, shingle, shingly, pebbly
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