Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2023/January

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

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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
na Małysza adverb
  1. (slang, jocular, chiefly of a person in the bathroom) squatting, so as to avoid touching the toilet
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Happy New Year's Day, we hope you have been able to keep your toilet clean within reason.

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Foreign word of the day  in Persian
کباب • (kabâb) noun
  1. kebab (roast meat dish)
  2. (figurative) heart burning with emotion; heart being "roasted" with yearning or grief
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
uve noun
  1. A hole in the ice of a lake or other body of water, created by water flowing from below the ice.
  2. (dialectal, poetic) A stallion.
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
kruikenmoeder noun
  1. A machine and storage cabinet designed for heating multiple standardised hot water bottles simultaneously (literally, “crock mother, hot-water-bottle mother”).
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
大丈夫 • (daijōbu) noun, adjective
  1. (noun, archaic) a man of class; a great man
  2. (adjective, of a person) all right; okay; in good health; uninjured
  3. (adjective, of an object) all right, unbroken, still working
  4. (adjective) certain, correct, certifiable
  5. (adjective, after the te form of a verb) indifferent, unconcerned
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
rámae noun
  1. oar
  2. spade (tool)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
esquirla noun
  1. (piece of) shrapnel
  2. fragment; shard
  3. (figurative) fragment; glimmer; chink
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
αλευρόγαια • (alevrógaia) noun
  1. (obsolete, inorganic compound) magnesium oxide, magnesia, a white powder (MgO) which is an ore of magnesium
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
loico noun
  1. (archaic) intelligent, logical person; sharp thinker
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Foreign word of the day  in Indonesian
terlunta-lunta adjective
  1. often in a state of misfortune or suffering from hardship
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
रसना • (rasnā) verb
  1. to drip; to flow slowly
  2. (obsolete, or, dialectal) to relish, to savour, to enjoy
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Foreign word of the day  in Middle English
drem noun
  1. music (either sung or instrumental)
  2. voice, conversing
  3. joy, mirthfulness
  4. dream (especially a prophetic one)
  5. (waking) vision, premonition
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Foreign word of the day  in Andalusian Arabic
بِشْط (bišṭ, pišṭ) noun
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
περιφέρεια • (periphéreia) noun
  1. a periphery; outer bounds
  2. (mathematics, geometry) circumference; the line round a circular body
  3. (mathematics, geometry) arc of a circle; circular arc
  4. rounded surface; curve; curved or spherical shape
  5. curvature; roundness
  6. (figurative, Biblical) wandering; error; madness
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Foreign word of the day  in German
High Snobiety noun
  1. (sometimes derogatory) High society, posh people, especially those with snobbish attitudes.
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
壓歲 / 压岁 (yāsuì) verb
  1. to give children money or auspicious items during the Chinese New Year, originally intended to help dispel evil spirits (as children are most likely to be affected by such spirits)
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
tabefe noun
  1. (cooking) dessert made with milk, eggs and sugar
  2. whey (liquid remaining after milk has been curdled)
  3. (informal) slap, smack
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Foreign word of the day  in French
toison noun
  1. fleece
  2. mop (of hair); mane
  3. (slang) muff, pubes (especially of a woman)
  4. (slang) the hair of a man's torso
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
лю́лька • (ljúlʹka) noun
  1. cradle (oscillating bed for a baby)
  2. (construction) suspended scaffold, cradle (lifting device)
  3. (colloquial) sidecar (of a motorcycle)
  4. (colloquial) tobacco pipe
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
hoả xa noun
  1. (dated) train
  2. (Buddhism) a fiery chariot that brings sinners to hell
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