Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2023/September

This is the September archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2023.

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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
bluszczowaty adjective ivylike dependent, reliant
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ปอกลอก • (bpɔ̀ɔk-lɔ̂ɔk) verb (idiomatic) to fleece: to con out of money or other benefit (literally “to peel and pare”)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Gegengeschenk noun reciprocal present (gift)
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Foreign word of the day  in Haryanvi
नेज्जा (nejjā) noun reed used for making traditional ink-pen
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Foreign word of the day  in Albanian
kallëzore noun accusative case (dialectal) gleaner
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
xung phong verb (obsolete) to charge ahead to assault to volunteer for a task or mission
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
pendenciero adjective, noun (adjective) quarrelsome (looking for a fight) (noun) troublemaker, quarreler, bully
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Bokmål
stedfortrederkrig noun a proxy war; a war where third parties are used as substitutes to direct warfare
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
懐抱 • (kaihō) noun hug, embrace a thought borne in one's mind bosom, chest
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Foreign word of the day  in Silesian
chwŏlidło noun (Cieszyn Silesia, marketing) advertisement, commercial (something used to try and sell a product or service)
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Foreign word of the day  in Romanian
a da peste nas verb to chastise, especially by bringing up someone’s fault or mistake (literally, “hit over the nose”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
περῐσπᾰσμός • (perispasmós) noun wheeling around, spinning (chiefly in the plural) distraction, distracting circumstances (grammar) circumflex accent
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
كَالُون • (kālūn) noun lock installed onto something; padlock
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Foreign word of the day  in Seri
xaḻaa noun cactus wren featherless hatchling (of any bird species)
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
عنبرنسارا • (ambarnesârâ) noun donkey dung (used in traditional medicine)
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
enxexar verb (transitive) to skulk, to lurk, to spy, to stalk
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
motormuis noun (Netherlands) A police officer on a motorcycle. A biker. (literally, “motorbike mouse”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
乘機 / 乘机 (chéngjī) verb to seize the opportunity to to take a plane
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Foreign word of the day  in French
bête de scène noun showman (literally, “beast of the stage”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
мана́га • (manága) noun (slang) hemp stock from milk
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
blåbär noun bilberry, Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus (the berry or the plant) blueberry, Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus (the berry or the plant) (colloquial) an inexperienced, unsuccessful or incompetent person; beginner, newbie
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
temmelkenttä noun (archaic) battlefield
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
कम्प • (kampa) noun trembling motion, tremor, shaking an earthquake tremulous or thrilling pronunciation (potential modification of the falling (svarita) accent if followed by a high-pitched (udātta) syllable) (music) a kind of time
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
trololó noun light music; easy listening (by extension, Brazil) small talk
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Foreign word of the day  in Malay
kayangan noun paradise, heaven (the abode of the gods) (figurative, often pejorative) the elite, the high and mighty (a wealthy upper class disconnected from the living reality of the masses)
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
somnīculōsus adjective sleepy, drowsy sluggish, slothful (active notion) making sleepy, drowsy or sluggish deadly
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
तोताचश्म • (totācaśma) adjective of someone who shuns others in need; treacherous, disloyal of an opportunist who acts without consideration for the good that has been done to one; ungrateful inconsiderate of a turncoat (literally, “parrot-eyed”)
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