Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2021/October

This is the October archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2021.

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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
extralavorativo adjective that is external to or goes beyond work or the workplace
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
paradero noun whereabouts, location (where something is situated) (Latin America) stop; bus stop (a place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off)
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
odepchnąć verb (transitive, reflexive) to push away, to shove away; to push oneself off [with od (+ genitive) ‘from something/somewhere’] (transitive, reflexive) to repel (one another), to stave off (transitive) to repulse
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Foreign word of the day  in Basque
txapeldun noun champion, winner beret wearer
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
孤独死 • (kodokushi) noun kodokushi, lonely death
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
दाँव • (dā̃v) noun turn, chance, time opportunity stake (that which is staked or hazarded) trap, scheme, play
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Foreign word of the day  in Saterland Frisian
ap n uur Fout kume verb (intransitive) to become pregnant (literally, “to come on another foot”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Azerbaijani
vətəndaş nikahı noun common-law marriage, cohabitation (literally, “civil marriage”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
δίαιτα • (díaita) noun way of living, way of life, lifestyle accommodation, residence (dwelling, retreat or room) (medicine) prescribed manner of life, health regimen state, condition, situation sustenance, food arbitration; office of arbiter discussion, investigation, enquiry, research
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Foreign word of the day  in Danish
berøringsangst adjective reluctant to occupy oneself with or deal with some contentious, complicated or otherwise difficult issue
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
چنگال • (čangâl) noun fork hook claw, talon
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
fiaĉulo noun (derogatory) thoroughly detestable person
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
नभस् • (nábhas) noun mist, fog, clouds, vapour the sky or atmosphere ether (element)
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
tjänare noun, interjection (noun) servant (interjection, colloquial) An informal greeting; hi, hello
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
ruột để ngoài da adjective wearing one's heart on one's sleeve (literally, “leave one's bowels outside one's skin”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Armenian
խռպոտ • (xṙpot) adjective (of a person) rough, coarse; large (of a voice) hoarse, raucous
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
흙밥 • (heukbap) noun shovelful of soil; spadeful of soil; plow-ful of soil (Yukjin, euphemistic) corpse; food for worms
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
ша́йка • (šájka) noun (historical) saic, a kind of small boat of up to twelve cannons heavily used in the Black Sea, Tisa, Danube and Sava washtub, tub gang of rogues, band of bandits (originally: sea-raiders on saics)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Kiez noun, proper noun (East Germany, Berlin) neighbourhood, quarter (of a city) (informal, North Germany, Hamburg) Reeperbahn (entertainment district in Hamburg)
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Foreign word of the day  in Telugu
ఫసక్ • (phasak) interjection (slang) a somewhat nonsensical expression; usually used in a similar sense to finish as a euphemism for killing or destroying something
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
trāgula noun javelin or dart having a throwing-strap dragnet, trawl drag or sledge used in agriculture
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
vekotin noun (colloquial) An unspecified piece of apparatus, or one for which one does not know a real name; a gimmick, thingamajig, contraption.
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Foreign word of the day  in Qatabanian
𐩨𐩬 (bn) preposition from, coming from, starting at (spatially or causally) against, in opposition to
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
عِرْنَاس / عَرْنَاس • (ʿirnās / ʿarnās) noun distaff (obsolete) a kind of bird similar to a dove
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
búaid noun victory, triumph special quality, gift, virtue profit, advantage, benefit
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
wurgcontract noun A contract that is very exploitative to at least one party and that is difficult or costly to terminate (literally, “strangling contract”).
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
鯤 / 鲲 (kūn) noun (literary) fish roe; fry; spawn (Chinese mythology) kun, a large fish that transforms into a roc (鵬／鹏 (péng))
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