Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2023/February

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

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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
λῠ́κος • (lúkos) noun
  1. wolf
  2. curb bit
  3. a kind of jackdaw
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
炊煙 / 炊烟 (chuīyān) noun
  1. smoke from cooking; smoke from kitchen chimneys; kitchen smoke
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
morsować verb
  1. (intransitive) to go ice swimming
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
نَيْفَق • (nayfaq) noun
  1. the top middle area of a pair of trousers where a cord goes through to support the two legs, waistband or a certain part thereof
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
rón noun
  1. seal (maritime mammal)
  2. horsehair; long hair as from animal's tail
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
kardinaalimunaus noun
  1. (colloquial) An especially disastrous blunder.
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
thảo khấu noun
  1. robber who has his lair in faraway places like forests or mountains
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Foreign word of the day  in Hungarian
madárlátta adjective
  1. (of food, provisions; folksy) taken away for a trip (hike, outing, excursion, fieldwork, to school etc.) but brought home intact, as surplus/leftover
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
lleganyós adjective
  1. (of eyes) rheumy, full of sleep or crusties
  2. having eyes full of sleep or crusties
  3. full of thin clouds which allow sunshine to penetrate
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
μάτια μου • (mátia mou) noun
  1. my darling, my dear, my love (term of affection) (literally, “my eyes”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Georgian
იფქლი • (ipkli) noun
  1. wheat
  2. fruit (seed-bearing part of a plant)
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
speculārium noun
  1. a window-pane, a transparency, a piece of glass that lets through light into a building
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Foreign word of the day  in Sranan Tongo
dyodyo noun
  1. soul, guardian spirit; in the Afro-Surinamese Winti belief system, a male or female spiritual entity linked to the birthplace of an individual who, together with a counterpart of the opposite sex, acts as guardian of this or several individuals
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Foreign word of the day  in Irish
péire noun
  1. pair (two similar or identical things)
  2. milt (fish semen)
  3. pear (fruit)
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
за́яц • (zájac) noun
  1. hare
  2. (colloquial) one who uses public transportation without buying a ticket, fare dodger, stowaway
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌹 • (halbai) noun
  1. aspect (any specific feature, part, or element of something)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
pra frentex adjective
  1. (colloquial, dated) innovative, trendy
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Foreign word of the day  in Urdu
نِعْمُ البَدَل • (ni’mu lbadal) noun
  1. better alternative, substitute, good returns, change for the better (especially, but not limited to, after incurring a loss)
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
tappestere noun
  1. A tavernkeeper or tapster; a person (originally a woman) who sells ale (unhopped beer).
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Foreign word of the day  in Korean
골칫거리 • (golchitgeori) noun
  1. trouble, headache (inconvenient problem); nuisance; scourge
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ซองขาว • (sɔɔng-kǎao) noun
  1. (slang) notice of dismissal from employment (literally, “white envelope”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
patinato adjective
  1. patinated, covered with a patina (either by the passage of time or artificially to mimic such effect)
  2. glossy, glazed, slick, coated
  3. (figurative, by extension) that only has an external or apparent perfection; superficial, fake
  4. (figurative, literary) tanned (having a suntan)
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