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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
gillende keukenmeid noun
  1. a type of skyrocket firework that produces a loudly shrieking whistle and now often a (very) loud bang
  2. someone who is easily scared, screams often or has a loud voice
    Literally, “screaming kitchen maid”.
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
nhenhenhém interjection, noun
  1. (interjection) indicates whining and wailing
  2. (noun, Brazil, informal, derogatory) a repetitive and/or annoying speech, especially of complaints; whining, wailing
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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
สักขีพยาน • (sàk-kǐi-pá-yaan) noun
  1. eyewitness
  2. (obsolete) evidence; proof
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
sus noun
  1. caper, jump, leap (long, quick jump)
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
冬瓜豆腐 (dōngguā dòufu / dung1 gwaa1 dau6 fu6) idiom
  1. (chiefly Cantonese) unexpected misfortune (literally, “winter melon and tofu”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Kashubian
dzecołapka noun
  1. accoucheuse, midwife (literally, “child-catcher”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
cicatero adjective, noun
  1. (adjective) miserly, mean, stingy
  2. (adjective) punctilious, concerned with worthless small things or details
  3. (noun) miser
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Foreign word of the day  in Estonian
vaim noun
  1. spirit, soul
  2. mind, spirit, psyche
  3. (chiefly in the inessive case) imagination, mind's eye
  4. person, soul
  5. (historical) a corvee labourer at a manor
  6. ghost, spirit
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Foreign word of the day  in Greek
αλκυονίδες ημέρες • (alkyonídes iméres) noun
  1. halcyon days (warm, sunny periods in winter)
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Foreign word of the day  in Basque
mara-mara ideophone
  1. flowing or falling gently but copiously (said of snow, sweat, tears...)
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
طَعَام • (ṭaʕām) noun
  1. (countable, uncountable) food
    1. prepared meal
  2. (verbal noun) feeding
  3. (countable, uncountable, formerly Ḥijāz, Al-Andalus, now South Tunisia) wheat
  4. (countable, uncountable, Ḥaḍramawt) grain, cereal
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Foreign word of the day  in Latin
cabella noun
  1. (Medieval Latin) a duty tax (on imported goods, particularly salt and wine)
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Church Slavonic
градъ • (gradŭ) noun
  1. town, city
  2. city walls
  3. garden, park
  4. (meteorology) hail (balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation)
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
मृगतृष्णा • (mṛgatṛṣṇā) noun
  1. mirage (literally, “deer's thirst”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Nheengatu
mituú noun, verb
  2. (noun) Sunday
  3. (noun, archaic) rest (any relief from exertion)
  4. (verb, archaic) to rest, to cease
  5. (verb, archaic) to mate, to copulate
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Foreign word of the day  in German
Backpfeifengesicht noun
  1. (colloquial) a punchable face; a face "in need of a smack"
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
abituro noun
  1. (literary) abode, dwelling
  2. (literary) hovel
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
sál noun
  1. salt water, brine, seawater
  2. (poetic, by extension) sea, ocean
  3. heel
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Foreign word of the day  in French
librophage noun
  1. (rare) bookworm
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
πτερόω • (pteróō) verb
  1. to feather, to wing; to furnish or depict with feathers, wings
  2. (figurative) to spread oars like wings
  3. (figurative) to excite
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Foreign word of the day  in Silesian
abszlag noun
  1. denial, refusal
  2. (mining) output (amount mined)
  3. (finance) advance, down payment
  4. discount, rebate (reduction in price)
  5. (photography) print (photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative)
  6. trim, decoration, finish
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