Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2024/June

This is the June archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2024.

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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
decomisar verb (transitive) to confiscate; to seize
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
त्योरस • (tyoras) noun the third year past or to come the year before last the year after next
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Foreign word of the day  in Welsh
draenogrwydd noun acrimonious nature, peevish spirit, prickliness, hedgehogginess
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
خام • (xâm) adjective raw; crude; uncooked; unrefined (figurative) fresh; green; inexperienced, untrained (figurative) vain; idle (of thoughts, etc.) (figurative) bungled, unfinished, poor in quality
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
sincericídio noun (colloquial) the act of not omitting what one sincerely thinks, causing great harm in the relationship with others
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
สะเทือนขวัญ • (sà-tʉʉan-kwǎn) adjective (of news, crime, etc) shocking; appalling
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
królik noun rabbit, cony (any mammal of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short, fluffy tail) rabbit meat rabbit fur (derogatory, diminutive); kinglet, petty king
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Sommerloch noun (journalism) silly season; slow news day (time during the summer break when the media resort to reporting largely inconsequential stories) (literally, “summer hole”)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
cramer verb (transitive, intransitive) to burn (slang) to smoke (a cigarette) (slang) to have one's identity found out or discovered
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Foreign word of the day  in Kashubian
zãbnik noun stomatologist (literally, “toothist”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
miệng nam mô, bụng một bồ dao găm adjective hypocritical, being a wolf in sheep's clothing, speaking virtuously but hiding selfish intentions
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
gabhal noun fork (of a road) branch split crotch udder, bag (of a cow) (cycling) bicycle fork (chess) fork
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 • (grōba) noun foxhole (burrow of a fox)
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
esizio noun (literary, rare) destruction, ruin (literary, rare) slaughter, carnage
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
松鼠 (sōngshǔ) noun squirrel (literally, “pine rat”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
ôsiara noun offering; donation (that which is given, especially money to help someone or support a noble cause, especially to a church) (religion) offering; sacrifice (gift given to God in return for mercy) (religion) pilgrimage (journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey; group of people making such a journey) sacrifice; abnegation
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Foreign word of the day  in Romanian
degrabă adverb forthwith, without delay (uncommon) soon, after little time
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Foreign word of the day  in Pela
ŋ⁵⁵ verb to say to think (that), to consider (that) to be (thus)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ᾰ̓ρετή • (aretḗ) noun goodness, excellence manliness, courage, prowess, rank, valour, steadfastness virtue character, reputation, glory, fame, dignity, distinction miracle, wonder
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
stupeō verb (intransitive) to be stunned, stiffened or benumbed, stop, hesitate (intransitive) to be dazed, speechless or silenced; to be astounded, confounded, aghast or amazed (transitive) to be astonished or amazed at, wonder at
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Polish
skoczeń noun salmon (Salmo salar) (literally “jumper”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Uyghur
lynxw’ (lénxua) noun lotus, water lily
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Armenian
Արեգ քաղաք • (Areg kʻałakʻ) proper noun Heliopolis (an ancient city in Lower Egypt, near modern Cairo)
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
paniekvoetbal noun (soccer) thoughtless, panicked football play (by extension) any thoughtless, panicked behaviour
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