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@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 10:34 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 21 September 2026: “ゆるキャラ” (yurukyara; Japanese)—“mascot character used to promote a locality, region, entity, or event”. Literally “easygoing character”, from “緩” (yuru, “easygoing, laid-back”) + ”キャラ(クタ)” (kyara(kutā), “character”). en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A person dressed in a costume (kigurumi) as Asakura Yumemaru, a mascot representing Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Photographer unknown, from 福井市 (Fukui City) (CC-BY 2.1 Japan; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asakura_Yumemaru_01.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 10:37 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 20 September 2026: “милекъ” (milek; Solombala English)—“milk” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A plastic bottle of milk from Russia. By Retired electrician (CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Declaration; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vkusvill,_private-label_milk_02.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 10:19 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 19 September 2026: “Landratte” (German)—“(originally nautical, now chiefly humorous) landlubber, landrat (someone unfamiliar with seamanship); [...] (obsolete) land rat (rat living on land, as opposed to water rats)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Two black rats (Rattus rattus) in the Hagenbeck Zoo, Hamburg, Germany. By Kilessan (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roofrat_Hagenbeck_02.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 10:12 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 17 September 2026: “fauntekyn” (Middle English)—“a young child; a baby or toddler” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A 5th-century C.E. Byzantine mosaic of a boy holding a two-handled basket, and a donkey. From the Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Byzantinischer_Mosaizist_des_5._Jahrhunderts_002.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 11:16 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 15 September 2026: “דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה” (demokrátya; Hebrew)—“(uncountable) democracy: rule by the people, as a form of government; (countable) a democracy: a state, or similar entity, [...]” Today is the #InternationalDayofDemocracy. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A woman putting a ballot into a ballot box during the 2015 legislative elections in Israel. By DGtal (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%94%D7%91%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99_2015.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 11:10 PM

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@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 11:19 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 15 September 2026: “сюлэм” (śulem; Udmurt)—“(anatomy) heart”. Today is the #InternationalDayforInterventionalCardiology.

A graffito of a red heart with blue wings in Simferopol, Ukraine. By Дмитрий Cкляренко (CC-BY 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graffiti_of_heart_with_wings,_Simferopol,_Ukraine.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 14, 2026, 11:04 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 14 September 2026: “माऊली / 𑘦𑘰𑘄𑘩𑘲” (māūlī; Marathi)—“(dated or obsolete) a mother; [...]; (Hinduism, honorific) an honorific title used for revered saints, especially Dnyaneshwar, and for Vithoba; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A 1910s illustration of Dnyaneshwar, the 13th-century Indian Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath and Varkari tradition. Artist unknown, from the Raja Ravi Varma Press (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jnandev.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 12, 2026, 10:30 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 13 September 2026: “бьцела” (bĭcʹela; Old Novgorodian)—“bee; (plural only) beehive” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica). By Richard Bartz (CC-BY-SA 2.5 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apis_mellifera_carnica_worker_hive_entrance_3.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 7:08 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 12 September 2026: “kororā”—“little penguin; blue penguin (Eudyptula minor); bluish grey; blue-grey”. The word is probably onomatopoeic, representing the call of the penguin. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A blue penguin, fairy penguin, or little penguin (Eudyptula minor) at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier, New Zealand. By Pseudopanax (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_blue_penguin_walking_on_pond_edge.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 11:17 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 11 September 2026: “សូដ្យូម” (soudyoum; Khmer)—“sodium”. Sodium’s atomic number is 11. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

Piles of raw salt in a salt pan in Kampot, Cambodia. By Topi Pigula (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T%C4%9B%C5%BEba_soli_ze_solisek_v_oblasti_Kampotu_v_Kambod%C5%BEi.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 9:48 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 10 September 2026: “വെട്ടുകിളി” (veṭṭukiḷi; Malayalam)—“locust (any of the various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, characterised by the presence of a swarming phase in their lifecycle)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A green milkweed locust (Phymateus leprosus). By Bob Adams (CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Milkweed_Locust_(11341914106).jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 11:11 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 9 September 2026: “cửu vạn” (Vietnamese)—“porter (literally, ‘nine of Myriads [in the Vietnamese card game tổ tôm]’)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A cửu vạn card, that is, the ninth card in the Myriads suit, used in the Vietnamese card game tổ tôm, depicting a porter. By Outlookxp (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E8%81%9A%E4%B8%89%E7%89%8C_%E4%B9%9D%E8%90%AC.png).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 8, 2026, 10:45 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 8 September 2026: “פ׳אלטאר” (faltar; Ladino)—“to lack; to want; to be absent from; to miss; to long for; to be missed by; to make a mistake (err)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

“The Dead Goldfinch (‘All that was Left to Love’)” (1878), a painting of a sad girl in shabby clothing sitting in poor surroundings holding a dead goldfinch in her hands. By George Elgar Hicks, from the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia, (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Elgar_Hicks_-_The_dead_goldfinch_(%22All_that_was_left_to_love%22)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 6, 2026, 11:08 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 7 September 2026: “дилбар” (dilbar; Tajik)—“beloved, sweetheart, love, darling (person who is the object of romantic feelings)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A man and a woman from Tajikistan in traditional attire. By Nasib27 (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_tajik.jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 9:06 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 6 September 2026: “ʾʾqyn” (Old Uyghur)—“mute, dumb (person unable to speak); (literal, figurative) flow, rush, current; creek, rivulet, stream” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...

A mountain stream in Xinjiang, China. By Caitriana Nicholson (CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mountain_stream_(8064359007).jpg).

@enwiktionary.bsky.social Sep 5, 2026, 1:39 PM

#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 5 September 2026: “พ่อแม่พี่น้อง • (pɔ̂ɔ-mɛ̂ɛ-pîi-nɔ́ɔng; Thai)—“(informal) used to address the general public (literally, ‘father, mother, elder sibling, younger sibling’)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...