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This is the August archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2023.

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Foreign word of the day  in French
quos ego noun
  1. (literary) words uttered by a powerful person to assert their authority; plea or threat
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Foreign word of the day  in Albanian
shtëpi noun
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Karzer noun
  1. (historical) a type of detention cell in German universities
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
lacio adjective
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
πᾱ́ξ! • (pā́x) interjection
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Foreign word of the day  in Maltese
perċimes noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
tábla noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
طَرْفَاء • (ṭarfāʔ) noun
  1. tamarisk (Tamarix spp.)
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
błam noun
  1. sewn fur of a large animal used for lining other fur
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ตอตะโก • (dtɔɔ-dtà-goo) noun
  1. ruins or remains (of something severely burnt) (literally “ebony stump”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Norwegian Bokmål
gatekjøkken noun
  1. fast food restaurant (literally, “street kitchen”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Bulgarian
гъду́лка • (gǎdúlka) noun
  1. a traditional Bulgarian wooden string instrument, widely used in Bulgarian folk music; it typically has 3 or 4 main strings and is played with a bow
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
bisonus adjective
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Foreign word of the day  in Hebrew
עָטַן • (atán, ʕɔṭan) verb
  1. to pack olives into a vat
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
chơi xỏ verb
  1. to play a nasty or dirty trick on somebody; to play a prank on (somebody)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
load (lou1) verb
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) to load (a webpage or an application)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to receive mobile data; to connect to the Internet
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively) to comprehend; to think about; to ponder; to understand
  4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively, of text or images) to appear; to display
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
afleggersvereniging noun
  1. (Suriname) An association of volunteers who ritually wash a corpse and prepare it for burial, in keeping with Afro-Surinamese traditions
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
vampa noun
  1. heat, flame
  2. (figurative) hot flush (skin sensation)
  3. (figurative) burning sentiment
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Foreign word of the day  in Punjabi
مَسِیت • (masīt) noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Ye'kwana
adekato noun
  1. dream (seen as the journey of the önu ekato (“eye spirit”) outside the body)
  2. the önu ekato (“eye spirit”) itself while dreaming
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
трущо́ба • (truščóba) noun
  1. (archaic) backwoods, dense forest, jungle
  2. (often in the plural) slum (dilapidated neighborhood)
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
ताम्यति • (tā́myati) verb
  1. to gasp for breath, to choke, to be suffocated
  2. to faint away, to be exhausted, to perish
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
banya noun
  1. (zoology) horn, antler
  2. (zoology) feeler, antenna
  3. horn (material)
  4. (technology) arcing horn
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
垂れ込める • (tarekomeru) verb
  1. (of a cloud, etc.) to drop down and cover a whole area; to hang low
  2. to lower the blinds, etc., and shut oneself in one’s home
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Foreign word of the day  in Kashubian
widzec verb
  1. (transitive) to see (to perceive with the eyes)
  2. (reflexive with sã) to please, to catch the eye (to be physically attractive or pleasing)
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Foreign word of the day  in Esperanto
zulo noun
  1. (neologism) cache, hiding place
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
미성 • (miseong) noun
  1. beautiful voice
  2. tiny sound
  3. (humble) one's own contributions
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