Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2018/May

This is the May archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2018.

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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
dieronterend adjective Violating the dignity of animals; extremely degrading to animals
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
niht f, noun night day (when computing spans of time)
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
tráng miệng verb to have some fruit or dessert after the main meal
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Foreign word of the day  in French
envoûter verb to cast a spell, bewitch, charm, hex to fascinate, captivate, entrance
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Armenian
գետաձի • (getaji) noun hippopotamus
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
cuatro gatos noun (idiomatic) very few people, almost nobody; just one man and his dog
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Foreign word of the day  in Ido
binoklo noun spectacles, glasses (archaic) binoculars
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
吃相 (chīxiàng) noun the way one looks when eating; the appearance of someone having a meal; table manners
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼 • (aurahjōm) f, noun tombs (attested only in the dative plural)
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Foreign word of the day  in Burmese
ကနုတ် • (ka.nut) noun A design in traditional art depicting convoluted lotus stems, buds, blossoms, etc.
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
familia f, noun family household, particularly the domestic slave staff in an Ancient Roman home
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
a füle botját sem mozdítja verb (idiomatic) to not respond, ignore a request, give no answer, turn a deaf ear
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Novgorodian
съторове (sŭtorove) adjective healthy
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Foreign word of the day  in Danish
morgenfrisk adjective fresh (rested, untired, energetic) in the morning
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Norse
rǫkstóll m, noun council chair, judgement-seat
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Kummerspeck m, noun (uncountable) Excess weight or body fat gained due to emotional overeating.
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Foreign word of the day  in Celtiberian
kelaunikui word The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: (adjective) having a building or buildings (noun in the dative singular) matrimony a middle participle related to a Proto-Indo-European stem meaning "covered"
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
luminare m, noun (obsolete) A shining heavenly body. (figuratively) One who has achieved success in their field; leading light, luminary (archaeology) A vertical opening in a catacomb meant to let light and air inside. (obsolete, rare) illumination, luminary
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