Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2014/June

This is the June archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2014.

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Foreign word of the day  in Sãotomense
sôtchi-flima noun an old rite of passage into adulthood, during which a boy was flogged by his father’s friends
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
ragù f, noun a sauce for pasta containing meat cooked with sautéed vegetables in a liquid
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Norse
stóll m, noun a stool, chair, throne (ecclesiastic) bishop's residence, see (Christianity, in the plural) the Thrones (a class of angels) a table for eating and drinking (especially in compounds) a stock (especially of weapons and ships), host, fleet
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
wiċċa m, noun wizard, sorcerer, magician, druid, necromancer
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌸𐍃 • (manasēþs) f, noun world, mankind
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Foreign word of the day  in French
nimber verb (transitive) to surround with a halo or nimbus
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ἀορτή • (aortḗ) f, noun (in the plural) the lower extremities of the windpipe (in the singular) aorta, the artery which proceeds from the left ventricle (in the plural) the arteries a knapsack that hangs from the shoulders
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Spendierhosen f pl, noun (idiomatic) A metaphorical representation of a feeling of generosity; literally “generosity trousers”.
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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
מִסְדְּרוֹן • (misd'rón) m, noun (obsolete) A vestibule, foyer, anteroom. (modern) A corridor, hallway, hall. (by extension) A corridor: a narrow strip of land connecting a state to an area or to the sea.
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Foreign word of the day  in Creek
celokketv verb to (be able to) speak a language other than Creek
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
cihuāoquichtli anim, noun hermaphrodite
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Tupi
mimby noun a typical Brazilian indigenous flute
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
یلدا • (Yaldâ) proper noun Yalda, an ancient winter solstice celebration
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
słitaśny adjective (humorous, usually sarcastic, slang) cute, lovely; cutesy, suggesting a stereotypical teenage-girl aesthetic.
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
nahuatlato m, noun (historical) A person who spoke Nahuatl and Spanish and could serve as an interpreter. A person who speaks, studies or translates Nahuatl.
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
descortinar verb to reveal something by opening curtains (figurative) to reveal (to show what was hidden or unknown) to observe a panorama
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Foreign word of the day  in Old East Slavic
ворогъ (vorogŭ) m, noun an enemy, foe
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
vindicia f, noun (chiefly in the plural) a laying claim to (a thing, before the praetor, by both contending parties) a legal claim (made in respect to a thing, whether as one’s own property, or for its restoration to a free condition) provisional possession (for the duration of the vindicātiō, of the property so disputed)
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
cippo m, noun an engraved stone serving as a memorial or marking a boundary
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
wordfæst adjective true to one's word, keeping one's word
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Hampelmann m, noun (toy) jumping-jack (by extension) A person who is weak of will and easily influenced.
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
приказа́ть до́лго жить • (prikazátʹ dólgo žitʹ) verb (euphemistic) to die (literally, to command to live long) (figurative, of a non-living thing) to cease to exist
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Galician-Portuguese
ysopado adjective blessed with a holy water sprinkler
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
chiquiuhchīuhqui anim, noun basketmaker
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
φολίς • (pholís) f, noun (of reptiles) horny scale (opposed to λεπίς (lepís), used of fish’s scales) spot on a panther’s or leopard’s skin a bandage
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 • (waggs) m, noun a meadow, paradise
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