Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2017/September

This is the September archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2017.

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Foreign word of the day  in French
rentrée f, noun return the return to school or work after a vacation (usually summer break)
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
กลับตาลปัตร • (glàp-dtaa-lá-bpàt) adjective topsy-turvy, turned upside down; changed, inverted, or reversed, especially in an unexpected or surprising manner
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Foreign word of the day  in Luxembourgish
Schreifweis f, noun spelling, orthography
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
edochiano m, adjective and noun (chiefly literary) Of or from Tokyo, Japan (ancient Edo); a Tokyoite.
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Foreign word of the day  in Classical Nahuatl
tlīlātl noun an abyss or chasm; deep waters ritual healing water stored in large, lidded containers in the temple of Ixtlilton, god of medicine
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
hamelen verb To maim, to mutilate. To cut short, truncate.
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
malandrar verb to get by or survive by taking advantage of other people to idle (to spend time not doing anything productive)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
微胖界 (wēipàngjiè, wéipàngjiè) noun (neologism, humorous) the community of people who are slightly fat
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
entuziasmigi verb (transitive) to enthuse, to inspire
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
ἔτλην • (étlēn) verb (poetic) To suffer, undergo; endure, be patient, submit. (poetic) To bring oneself to do something contrary to one's inclination or feelings.
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
op die fiets phrase (colloquial, Netherlands) Affirms that the speaker has understood an explanation. (literally, "on that bike")
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
mōs Teutonicus m, noun the medieval custom of dismembering the body of a dead person, boiling the parts in water or wine to separate the flesh from the bones, and transporting the bones back to the person's homeland (literally, "German custom")
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
ummikko noun A person who only speaks their mother tongue; a monolingual.
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
अक्षरारंभ • (akṣarārambh) m, noun the ritual of the beginning of schooling, initiation into literacy
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Foreign word of the day  in Old French
fillolage m, noun the relationship between a godparent and a godson
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
crisma m or f, noun chrism (mixture of oil and balm used for anointing) (colloquial) noggin, block, nut (slang for "head")
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Foreign word of the day  in Yiddish
אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר • (a gut gebentsht yor) interjection a good blessed year (a greeting used around Rosh Hashanah)
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
νάζι • (názi) n, noun (colloquial, often in the plural) affectation, airs and graces, coquetry (unnatural, cutesy, or put-on behavior) (colloquial, by extension, in the plural) acting up, carrying on (stubborn behavior in order to get something one desires)
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
孫の手 • (mago no te) noun backscratcher (literally, "grandchild's hand")
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
طَقْس • (ṭaqs) m, noun weather, climate, weather forecast (usually in the plural) ritual, rite, religious practice
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Erbfeind m, noun historical enemy, inherited enemy
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Foreign word of the day  in Old English
ǣfensteorra m, noun The evening star; Venus as seen in the early evening.
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Foreign word of the day  in Burmese
မီးပွား • (mi:pwa:) noun spark incident or event which is seemingly meaningless but has a potential to flare up
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Nynorsk
springar m, noun (chess) a knight a type of Norwegian folk dance, or the music that accompanies it one of various small whales known for leaping out of the water a runner
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle Low German
vorsûpen verb to lose one's wealth or belongings by trading for alcohol to drown
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