Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2015/March

This is the March archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2015.

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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
jeżozwierz m, noun porcupine (literally: hedgehog beast)
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Foreign word of the day  in Abenaki
tmakwa anim, non a beaver (literally "tree-cutter": flat-tailed aquatic mammal which gnaws down trees)
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
centzommāyeh anim, noun centipede (literally: owner of four hundred hands)
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
mac tíre m, noun wolf (literally: son of the land)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
bicho geográfico m, noun (informal) either of two species of ancylostomatids (parasitic hookworms) which cause creeping eruption (literally: geographical bug)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Meerkatze f, noun guenon (literally: sea cat)
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Foreign word of the day  in Serbo-Croatian
мѐдвјед • (mèdvjed) m, noun bear (literally: honey eater)
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Foreign word of the day  in Rapa Nui
hakapei verb to slide down a slope as a sport
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
aeruscō verb I get money by going about and exhibiting tricks; play the juggler (by extension) I go begging.
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
Surdimientu m, proper noun the rebirth of Asturian culture, especially Asturian-language literature, during the fourth quarter of the 20th century
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Foreign word of the day  in French
traluire verb (Switzerland, of ripening grapes) to become translucent
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
κορωνίς • (korōnís) f, noun something crook-beaked or curved a cow with crumpled horns anything curved or bent a wreath or garland
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
chacmol m, noun (archaeology) A stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.
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Foreign word of the day  in Quechua
soqso noun the manner in which a duck swallows food
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Foreign word of the day  in Aragonese
amallatar verb (of cattle) to rest in the shade when it is too hot (by extension) to have a siesta
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
paretone m, noun (archaeology) The remains of ancient dry-stone walls found around Salento a large rock face
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
krzywoprzysięstwo n, noun oathbreach, perjury
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
損蕩 (sńg-tn̄g) verb (Southern Min) to make a havoc of; to devastate; to ravage
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
puñaltontli inan, noun Diminutive of puñal; a small dagger.
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Geschmäckle n, noun (slang) A hint of impropriety; fishiness.
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
palmō verb (transitive) I make the print or mark of the palm of the hand. (transitive) I tie up a vine.
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
duviachu m, noun (agriculture, Palacios del Sil) an irrigation canal
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Foreign word of the day  in Rapa Nui
muía verb (of flies) to swarm over something
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Foreign word of the day  in Quechua
tumi noun (historical) tumi (a ceremonial golden axe used by the pre-Columbian peoples of Peru) scalpel (small knife used in surgical procedures) (neologism) a small instrument used by bakers to scrape and collect flour
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Foreign word of the day  in Aragonese
casalizo m, noun a farm animal that is unable to undergo transhumance to the lowlands
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
Μάγος • (Mágos) m, noun (common, nonspecific) magician, and derogatorily sorcerer, trickster, conjurer, charlatan (common, specific) a Zoroastrian priest. (hapax) name of one of the tribes of the Medes.
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