Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2016/January

This is the January archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2016.

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Foreign word of the day  in French
ressasser verb (dated) to sieve again (figuratively) to think constantly about the same things (figuratively) to repeat oneself
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
grym adjective cruel (not nice), mean, heartless, sinister, grim (colloquial) cool, nice
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
ótico adjective (anatomy) otic (related to the ear) (anatomy) optical (related to the eye)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Untiefe f, noun an especially deep depth (nautical) an especially shallow depth
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
clīnicus m, noun a physician who tends to patients who are bedridden a patient who is bedridden
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Foreign word of the day  in Nahuatl
amiqui verb (intransitive) To die of thirst. (intransitive) To be thirsty; to thirst. (intransitive, Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan) To drown.
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Foreign word of the day  in Aragonese
cosa f, noun / pronoun thing (that which exists as a separate entity) nothing (not any thing)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
ainder f, noun married woman, nonvirgin virgin, maiden
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
burčák m inan, noun burčák (Czech-made partially fermented grape must) Federweisser (any partially fermented grape must)
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Foreign word of the day  in Pashto
پوهنتون • (pohantun) m, noun university
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
widzimisię n, noun (colloquial, derogatory) one's own opinion, viewpoint, subjective interpretation
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Foreign word of the day  in Burmese
နာ • (na) verb to be in pain, to be hurt to be ill (in poor health, suffering from a disease)
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Foreign word of the day  in Galician
nubeiro m, noun (Galician, Asturian and Leonese folklore) an evil creature who is able to start storms and cast lightning
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
imo adjective (literal) located in the lowest or innermost part (by extension) low, deep (figuratively, of people) of a low social status (rare, figuratively, of things) inappropriate, vulgar, uncouth
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Foreign word of the day  in Quechua
kutichi noun a ritual to remove curses from a person
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
γραμματικόν • (grammatikón) n, noun a fee paid to scribes in Egypt
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Foreign word of the day  in Kilivila
baloma noun spirits of the dead, which go to Tuma Island and dwell there
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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
کوچه پس کوچه • (kuče-pas-kuče) noun series of interconnected alleys
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
aaibaarheidsfactor m, noun The level of cuddliness
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Foreign word of the day  in Asturian
cuadonguismu m, noun the notion that the Kingdom of Asturias is the precursor of modern Spain
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian
pariserhjul n, noun a Ferris wheel, or big wheel (UK)
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
houre noun raving (wild or incoherent speech)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
懶人多屎尿 (laan5 jan4 do1 si2 niu6) proverb (Cantonese, Hakka) "the lazy have a lot of poop and piss" (used to refer to a lazy person or someone who makes a lot of excuses)
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
michhuah noun a possessor of fish
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