Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2020/September

This is the September archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2020.

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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
หลังคาแดง • (lǎng-kaa-dɛɛng) noun (slang and dated) lunatic asylum; mental asylum; mental institution; psychiatric hospital.
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Foreign word of the day  in Armenian
զերե • (zere) conjunction (dialectal) since, because
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
حِصْرِم • (ḥiṣrim) m, noun unripe grapes, sour grapes, grapes green and acid due to lacking maturity
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
chaf noun Chaff; the parts of harvested grain not usable as food, especially straw or husks. (figurative) Something of little to no value or importance. (figurative) An evil or immoral act or person; a sin or a practitioner of one. (rare) Waste from food other than grains; rubbish or refuse.
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
صَاج • (ṣāj) m, noun hotplate, stovetop; frying-pan, griddle
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Foreign word of the day  in Manchu
ᡩᠠ • (da) noun, adjective, adverb root, foot, source, origin head, chief, ringleader original originally
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Vitamin B m, noun (biochemistry) the Vitamin B complex (collectively), or a particular member of it (as totum pro parte) (colloquial) personal connections (that can be used for advancing in business, politics etc.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
碰瓷 (pèngcí) verb (originally Mainland China, colloquial) to stage a fake accident to claim for compensation, typically of a pedestrian to voluntarily throw themselves at a travelling vehicle and blackmail the driver for “injury” compensation
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Foreign word of the day  in Swahili
haramia class ma, noun criminal, bandit, pirate
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Foreign word of the day  in French
charivari m, noun (historical) charivari, shivaree (mock serenade of discordant noise, notably to heckle a publicly reviled figure) (by extension) racket, banging in general, rumpus
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
βοῶπις • (boôpis) adjective (Homeric epithet of Hera and women) ox-eyed; having large, full eyes
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
ainimm f, noun soul, as opposed to corporeal body life living creature, animal
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
bức verb, adjective force, coerce disturbed, upset, unsettled (weather) unbearably hot
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
cicisbeo m, noun (historical, 18th century) cicisbeo (knightly servant of a high-born lady) (by extension) A dandy, a vain young man who is concerned about his appearance, especially in order to attract women. (historical, 18th century, figurative) A kind of ribbon.
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
kielhalen verb (transitive) to keelhaul (transitive, nautical, of ships) to haul above water (so that the keel is above the waterline) (transitive, figurative) to torment, to torture
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Foreign word of the day  in Tlamacazapa Nahuatl
chikajki adjective, noun hard ripe luchador (professional wrestler)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
zahorí m or f, noun soothsayer; sagacious person dowser
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Foreign word of the day  in Azerbaijani
gəzmək verb (intransitive) to walk to walk (to move on the feet, as opposed to i.e. by car) (transitive) to travel, visit (places, countries, etc.) (intransitive) to hang out with someone (intransitive, colloquial) to go out with someone, to date someone (intransitive, colloquial) to have sex with someone, to be with someone
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
干満 • (kanman) noun ebb and flow (flowing out and in of the tide)
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌶𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 • (barizeins) adjective made of barley
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Foreign word of the day  in Kikuyu
gatumia class 12, noun certain varieties of banana that bear bunches on a short tree Dwarf Cavendish banana Bandé banana (common) purslane (Portulaca oleracea)
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Foreign word of the day  in Danish
højredrejning noun (politics) a shift to the right in some populace
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Foreign word of the day  in Ottoman Turkish
كلب • (kelep) noun clew, ball of yarn weasel, reel rabies, hydrophobia ferocity, virulence
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
бая́н • (baján) m inan, noun bayan, button accordion (Internet slang) an old joke (slang) syringe
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