Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2024/November

This is the November archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2024.

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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
arcybibosz noun (archaic) arch-reveller (a reveller more distinguished than other revellers)
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
खखारना • (khakhārnā) verb to clear the throat of phlegm, to cough up mucus to cough (as to alert someone, or to grab attention)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ingrian
syänmuna noun (anatomy) heart (organ) (literally “heart egg”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
γιατάκι • (giatáki) noun (colloquial, dated, nautical) bunk, bunk bed, berth (colloquial, dated, nautical, by extension) cabin (interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room)
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Foreign word of the day  in German
achselzuckend adjective indifferent (literally, “shoulder-shrugging”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
infundir verb (ditransitive) to instill (especially a feeling)
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Foreign word of the day  in Gujarati
રંગલો • (raṅglo) noun clown, buffoon, jester, joker (a court entertainer; someone who jests or jokes in dramas)
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Foreign word of the day  in Silesian
ferflejgōng noun sustenance, alimentation, board
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
linh tinh adjective miscellaneous; without overarching theme or guiding principle haphazard; disorderly; without plan without thought or regard for consequences not how it should be, inappropriate
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
incubō verb to lie, to sit, or to settle in, on or upon; to recline to sit upon to brood or hatch to abide in; to inhabit (figuratively) to brood over (figuratively) to weigh upon; to be a burden to to settle on; to attach to
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
svellari noun (music) swell, a crescendo followed by a diminuendo
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Foreign word of the day  in Urdu
چِہ جائے کِہ • (ci jāe ki) conjunction let alone
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
quày quả verb to turn around and leave with an attitude as if one has better things to do
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Foreign word of the day  in Welsh
ffroenuchel adjective haughty (literally, “high nostril”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
δάϊος • (dā́ïos) adjective hostile, destructive burning, consuming unhappy, wretched
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
fiinsekto noun vermin, pestilent insect
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
beemd noun low-lying pasture near water, e.g. a flood plain or a grassy polder
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
中有 (zhōngyǒu) noun (Buddhism) bardo (intermediate state between death and subsequent reincarnation)
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
дублёнка • (dubljónka) noun sheepskin coat (with the skin outside)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
teufeur noun (slang) raver (person who attends rave parties)
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Foreign word of the day  in Swahili
katakata verb, adverb (verb) to mince, to dice (to chop finely) (adverb, of refusals) flatly, resolutely, firmly
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
ordóg noun thumb; big toe claw, pincers (of a crustacean) bit, piece, fragment
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
रङ्गल • (raṅgala) noun joker, clown, jester (someone who tells jokes or jests)
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