Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day

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Wiktionary’s Foreign Word of the Day features interesting foreign words, terms, and phrases. It is meant as a foreign analog to the English Word of the Day.

You can nominate a word as a future Foreign Word of the Day at: Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/Nominations.

Today’s Foreign Word of the Day

Foreign word of the day in Vietnamese
nuôi ong tay áo phrase to end up betrayed by the very people one gave help and shelter to (literally, “to keep bees [in one's] sleeve”)
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Tomorrow’s Foreign Word of the Day

Foreign word of the day in Swahili
udongo ulaya noun cement (literally, “European soil”)
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