Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2022/September

This is the September archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2022.

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Foreign word of the day  in German
Tagedieb noun (derogatory, dated) layabout (literally, “day thief”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
przekornik noun (dated) contrarian, maverick (disagreeable, cheeky or spiteful person)
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
拘る • (kodawaru) verb to get hung up on something, to not proceed smoothly to be concerned over something that is not worth attention: to be overly fastidious or particular to nitpick about something to take special care over something, to be particular (in a positive way)
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
auceps syllabārum noun (derogatory, humorous, hapax) a person who quibbles over words, argues over semantics or other technicalities; a pettifogger
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Foreign word of the day  in Ye'kwana
ayawa noun a tree, Protium heptaphyllum, from which a sticky transparent liquid is extracted and used to make torches and bodypaint a torch, a light, typically made from this liquid wrapped in Oenocarpus bataua leaves the bodypaint made from this liquid bodypaint in general
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Foreign word of the day  in Akkadian
𒃲𒉌 • (šandanakkum) noun administrator of date orchards
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
jeitinho brasileiro noun the Brazilian cultural practice of finding quick-and-dirty, pragmatic or opportunistic solutions to problems, with little or no regard for formalities, bureaucratic procedures, ethical implications or long-term effects
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
जलशर्करा • (jalaśarkarā) noun hail, hailstone (“water-gravel”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
pajongwaaier noun (Suriname, derogatory) sycophant, flunkey, kowtower
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
välikuolema noun (colloquial) A pause to rest from partying or substance abuse (literally, “inter-death”).
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
sponda noun bank of a river shore side bedstead
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
โลกสวย • (lôok-sǔai) adjective (derogatory, sarcastic) positive or optimistic, especially in a fanciful or unreasonable manner (literally, “world-beautiful”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
muirear noun charge, burden a family that one must provide for; dependents
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
χτικιό • (chtikió) noun (colloquial, dated) consumption (pulmonary tuberculosis) (colloquial, figuratively) hardship, suffering, trial, tribulation (difficulty or trouble)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
剎 / 刹 (chà) noun (Buddhism) land; world; place; area (Buddhism) place of pilgrimage; kshetra; Buddhist temple; Buddhist monastery; pagoda (Buddhism) instant; moment; impermanence (by extension) brief moment; short moment
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
benigne adjective kind, gentle, mild friendly-looking humane, fair (of laws or actions)
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
قُرْصَان • (qurṣān) noun pirate, corsair (computing) pirate; cracker; hacker
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 • (gasiggqan) verb to be swallowed (to be taken in, be consumed) to set (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon)
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
burilla noun butt, fag-end (slang) booger
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
реди́ска • (redíska) noun radish (plant or vegetable) (slang, humorous) turd, twit
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Foreign word of the day  in Hausa
gàdār̃ā̀ noun haughtiness brought on by wealth
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Foreign word of the day  in Malay
menyampah verb (intransitive) to loathe or hate upon (literary, intransitive) to feel disgusted or repelled upon (usually caused by unpleasant sight or smell) (colloquial, intransitive) to disturb (obsolete, intransitive) to resemble rubbish in appearance
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
चुल्लू भर पानी में डूब मरना • (cullū bhar pānī mẽ ḍūb marnā) verb (colloquial, idiom) to be greatly ashamed or embarrassed; to not show one's face out of shame (literally, “to die drowning in a palmful of water”)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
pêle-mêle adverb, noun (adverb) any old how, at random, chaotically, pell-mell (noun) disorder, confusion (noun) frame containing multiple photos
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Foreign word of the day  in Yoruba
àtẹ̀jíṣẹ́ noun (neologism) text message (literally “that which is sent and delivered”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Komi-Zyrian
тшӧтшыд • (tšötšyd) adjective, noun (adjective) dull, blunt (adjective) straight (of a butt end) (noun, dialectal, or, avoidance) wife
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Foreign word of the day  in Swedish
brasklapp noun a note hidden beneath a wax sigil reservation issued as a precautionary measure, sometimes secretly
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