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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.

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Today’s Foreign Word of the Day

Foreign word of the day in Chinese
月餅 / 月饼 noun Cantonese: mooncake (a Chinese pastry traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival) Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Today, October 6, is the Mid-Autumn Festival, a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture.
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Tomorrow’s Foreign Word of the Day

Foreign word of the day in Dutch
erflatersserie noun (Netherlands, historical, numismatics) one of two series of Dutch banknotes issued in the 1950s–70s, designed by Eppo Doeve and Ootje Oxenaar, respectively, featuring portraits of prominent characters from Dutch history Ootje Oxenaar, one of the designers of these banknotes, was born on this day in 1929.
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