#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 8 October 2026: “მკჲაფუ” (mǩyapu; Laz)—“(Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala) jackal” Literally “the screamer”. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 8 October 2026: “მკჲაფუ” (mǩyapu; Laz)—“(Vitse–Arkabi, Khopa, Chkhala) jackal” Literally “the screamer”. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 7 October 2026: “scotopic”—“(physiology) denoting or relating to scotopia (‘vision of an eye under dim or low-light conditions’), believed to involve chiefly the rod cells of the retina; also, adapted to vision under low-light conditions” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 7 October 2026: “kseb” (Polish)—“(Kuyavia) used to send people to the left when dancing; to the left!; (Łowicz, Sierakowice) used to direct oxen to the left; to the left!” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
“Nothingburger” was #Wiktionary #WOTD for 6 August 2024: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion... “Word salad” has been nominated but has yet to appear!
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 6 October 2026: “simples”—“(UK, humorous, informal) used to indicate that something is easy to do or to understand; easy!, simple!” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 6 October 2026: “terianniaq” (Greenlandic)—“fox (specifically, arctic fox)” Literally “mouse hunter”. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 5 October 2026: “exegesis”—“(chiefly religion; uncountable) explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text; also, the academic study of this; (countable) an instance of this; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 5 October 2026: “tinkeyfha” (Nivalcé)—“namesake (one whose name is the same as another)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 4 October 2026: “Orwellian”—“Of or relating to the English writer George Orwell, or (especially) his ideas and writings (particularly his 1949 novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four)” [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 4 October 2026: “արքայախնձոր” (arkʻayaxnjor; Armenian)—“(rare in Armenia, puristic) pineapple”. From “արքա” (arkʻa, “king”) + “-ա-” (-a-) + “խնձոր” (xnjor, “apple”), a calque of German “Königsapfel”. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 3 October 2026: “hackney”—“(archaic or historical) a horse suitable for riding; specifically, a strong medium-sized horse with a high-stepping trot, [...]; (by extension, historical) [...] a horse-drawn carriage which is hired out; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 3 October 2026: “hyllymetri” (Finnish)—“a meter of shelf space (as a unit of measurement of storage capacity)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 2 October 2026: “trundle”—“(transitive) to cause (a round object) to roll; to bowl, to roll; [...] to cause (an object with one or more castors, wheels, etc.) to move (heavily) by pulling or pushing; to roll, to wheel; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 2 October 2026: “ગાંધી” (gāndhī; Gujarati)—“grocer; perfumer; a surname, Gandhi”. Today is the #InternationalDayofNon-Violence, and the birth anniversary of #MahatmaGandhi, who played a key role in India’s independence. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 1 October 2026: “English cadence”—“(music) a perfect cadence characteristic of English Renaissance music, involving a flattened seventh note played against the dominant chord (containing a regular raised seventh). [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 1 October 2026: “ຕາ” (tā; Lao)—“eye; maternal grandfather; seal; stamp; crest; brand; to mark; to apply a seal” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
Issue 2 (1 October 2026) of the #Wiktionary journal “The Headword” is out. This month, an opinion about tagging entries with IDs, an interview with editor Justinrleung, and a chance to ponder why Scottish Gaelic “gràineag” (“hedgehog”) is literally a “little hater”. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
Adiwenni naɣ asqerdec ɣef Uwikimawal s #teqbaylit.
Thread about kabyle #Wiktionary.
#Wiktionary #WOTD for 30 September 2026: “café au lait”—“(uncountable) coffee mixed with hot milk as a drink; white coffee; (countable) a serving of this; [...] (uncountable) a light brown colour like that of coffee with milk” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 30 September 2026: “siri” (Old Tupi)—“swimming crab (any crab of the family Portunidae)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...