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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
走馬灯 • (sōmatō) noun
  1. lantern adorned with paper horses which revolve in a circle
  2. (metaphorical) various images flashing before one's eyes
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Filmriss noun
  1. (colloquial) blackout (temporary loss of consciousness or memory, typically drug-related)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
todólogo noun
  1. (colloquial) jack of all trades
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) know-it-all
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Foreign word of the day  in Egyptian
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(ḫnp) verb
  1. (transitive) to snatch, to steal
  2. (transitive) to catch (a ball)
  3. (transitive) to present (an offering, especially of water)
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Foreign word of the day  in Danish
offergørelse noun
  1. (pejorative) the act of (possibly disingenuously) presenting someone as a victim
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈 (zhǐ xǔ zhōuguān fànghuǒ, bùxǔ bǎixìng diǎndēng) idiom
  1. (figurative) tyrants can do what they like, but the common people are not allowed the slightest bit of freedom (literally, “to only allow the prefectural official to set fires, but not allow the common citizens to light their lamps”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Armenian
մեղրապոպ • (mełrapop) noun
  1. a variety of melon (Cucumis melo), namely perhaps the շամամ (šamam), apple melon (Cucumis melo var. dudaim)
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Today is Melon Day in Turkmenistan.

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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
gyertya noun
  1. candle
  2. shoulder stand (gymnastic pose in which the legs are pointed upwards with the body supported by the shoulders)
  3. spark plug
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Foreign word of the day  in Czech
kačenka noun
  1. duckling
  2. rubber duck
  3. Verpa (genus of fungi in the family Morchellaceae)
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Foreign word of the day  in Tokelauan
apogālevelevea verb
  1. (stative) to be full of spiders
  2. (stative) to have a spiderweb on one's face
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
тащи́ть • (taščítʹ) verb
  1. to pull, to drag, to haul
  2. (colloquial) to carry (unwillingly or something heavy)
  3. (colloquial) to steal, to pinch
  4. (slang) to please, to cause to revel
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
अल्पप्राण • (alpaprāṇa) noun, adjective
  1. (noun) slight breathing or weak aspiration
  2. (adjective, literally) having shortness of breath
  3. (adjective) tired; out of breath
  4. (adjective, phonetics) unaspirated
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
tekenaap noun
  1. A pantograph designed as a drawing aid (literally, “drawing monkey”).
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Foreign word of the day  in Hausa
dabṑ noun
  1. a magic trick, a sleight of hand
  2. a child's first attempts at standing up
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
krztyna noun
  1. hint, modicum (very small amount)
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
cancellus noun
  1. one of the bars which, in the form of a grid, collectively constitute a door that lets daylight through; the bars were covered by vēla if it was desired to keep the light out
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
إِغْلِيق • (ʾiḡlīq) noun
  1. (obsolete) key
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Nynorsk
jarnnatt noun
  1. frosty night towards the end of August
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
lacca noun
  1. varnish, lacquer
  2. (archaic) hole, pit
  3. (archaic or regional, rare) poplite muscle
  4. (archaic or regional, rare) thigh (of a four-legged animal)
  5. (archaic or regional, rare, by extension) (human) buttock
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Foreign word of the day  in Kashmiri
त्रठ / ترَٛٹھ • (traṭh) noun, interjection
  1. (noun) cloudburst
  2. (noun) lightning, thunderbolt
  3. (noun, dated) meteorite
  4. (interjection, with dative) curse on
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Foreign word of the day  in Jeju
전상 (jeonsang) noun
  1. fortune; destiny; said to be governed by the goddess Samgong
  2. human activity; livelihood; said to be governed by the goddess Samgong
  3. attitude
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Foreign word of the day  in Azerbaijani
görməmiş noun, participle
  1. one who has not seen
  2. (colloquial) greedyguts (a person who is greedy for wealth or food beyond any measure)
  3. (colloquial) someone who does something as if there were no tomorrow
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