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Word of the Day: water [2026-07-07]

Indo-European Italic Latina aqua, -ae (f.)
Português água (f.)
Español/Castellano agua (f.)
Català aigua (f.)
Français eau (f.)
Italiano acqua (f.)
Română apă (f.)
Celtic Gaeilge uisce (m.)
Cymraeg dŵr (m.)
Germanic Ænglisċ wæter (n.), g.s. wæt(e)res, d.s. wæt(e)re; n.pl. wæt(e)ru, g. pl. wæt(e)ra, d. pl. wæt(e)rum
English water
Deutsch Wasser (n.); pl. Wasser / Wässer
Nederlands water (n.); plural waters / wateren
Svenska vatten (n.); pl. vatten
Íslensk vatn (n.); d.s. vatni, g.s. vatns; n.pl. vötn, d.pl. vötnum, g.pl. vatna
Hellenic Ἑλληνική ὕδωρ, ὕδατος (n.),
Ελληνικά νερό (n.), g.s. νερού; n.pl. νερά, g.pl. νερών
Indo-Iranian فارسی آب [ʔɒːb̥]
संस्कृतम् अप् (f.), ज॒ल (n.) , पानीय (n.)
हिन्दी/اردو पानी (m.), जल (m.), पाणी (m.)
Slavic Русский вода [vɐˈda] (f.)
Čeština voda (f.)
Polski woda (f.)
Other Shqip ujë (m.)
Հայերեն ջուր
Afro-Asiatic Semitic 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑 𒀀, 𒈬𒌑, 𒈬𒌓, 𒀀𒎌, 𒀀𒄭𒀀 (mû) (m pl)
العربية مَاء (māʔ) (m.)
አማርኛ ውሃ (wəha)
Chadic Harshen Hausa ruwā (m.)
Egyptian 𓂋𓏺𓈖𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 𓈗 (mw) (m.)
ⲧⲙⲛ̄ⲧⲣⲙ̄ⲛ̄ⲕⲏⲙⲉ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou) (m.); pol. ⲙⲟⲩⲉⲓⲏ (moueiē)
Cushitic 𐒖𐒍 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘 biyó (m. pl.)
Niger-Congo Yoruboid Èdè Yorùbá omi
Bantu Kiswahili maji (pl., cl. VI)
isiZulu amanzi (pl., cl. 6)
Finno-Ugric Finnic Suomi vesi
Ugric Magyar víz
Dravidian తెలుగు నీరు (nīru), జలము (jalamu)
Sino-Tibetan Sinitic 中文 (shuǐ)
Tibeto-Burman ལྷ་སའི་སྐད་ ཆུ (chu)
Austroasiatic Tiếng Việt nước
Kra–Dai ภาษาไทย น้ำ (náam)
Austronesian Malayic Bahasa Indonesia air
Polynesian ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi wai
Barito Malagasy rano, ranu
Siouan Lakȟótiyapi mní
Uto-Aztecan Nāhuatlāhtōlli ātl (inan,)
Eskimo–Aleut ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᒪᖅ (imaq)
Tupian Abanheenga ‘y
Japonic 日本語 (mìzú)
Koreanic 한국어 (mul)
Mongolic ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡ ус, ᠤᠰᠤ /us/
Mayan Qʼeqchiʼ ha’
Kartvelian ქართული წყალი (c̣q̇ali)
Turkic Türkçe su
Other Asia 𒅴𒂠 𒀀 (a)
Americas Runasimi yaku, unu
Libras
Europe Euskara ur
Artificial  
Esperanto akvo
 

curious (sv): nyfiken – Word of the Day – 2014-09-18

 

  • Hon är nyfiken på att få reda på vem det var som skickade blommorna. “She’s curious to find out who sent the flowers.”
  • Var inte så nyfiken! “Don’t be so curious!”
  • Sluta vara så nyfiken. “Stop being so curious.”
  • -Vad är det som händer i grottan? Jag är nyfiken. -Jag har ingen aning. “-What’s going on in the cave? I’m curious. -I have no idea.”

 

curious (中文): 好奇 [hào.qí] – Word of the Day – 2014-09-18

A few sentences using the word 好奇 [háo.qí]:

我很好奇。[listen] Wǒ hěn hàoqí.
ㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄣˇ ㄏㄠˋㄑㄧˊ
I’m very curious
好奇會吃苦頭的。 / 好奇会吃苦头的。 hàoqí huì chīkǔtóu de
ㄏㄠˋㄑㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄎㄨˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄜ˙
Curiosity killed the cat; lit.: The curious meets suffering.
他對甚麼都感好奇。 / 他对什么都感好奇。 tā duì shénme dōu gǎn hàoqí 。
ㄊㄚ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄣˊㄇㄜ˙ ㄉㄡ ㄍㄢˇ ㄏㄠˋㄑㄧˊ
He is curious about everything. Lit.: He feels curiosity towards everything.
她太過好奇,以至於打開了盒子。 / 她太过好奇,以至于打开了盒子。 tā tài guò hàoqí , yǐzhìyú dǎkāi le hézi 。
ㄊㄚ ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄠˋㄑㄧˊ , ㄧˇㄓˋㄩˊ ㄉㄚˇㄎㄞ ㄌㄜ˙ ㄏㄜˊㄗ˙ 。
She was so curious that she opened the box. Lit.: She was excessively curious, to such an extent as to open the box.
她非常好奇是誰送了她鮮花。 / 她非常好奇是谁送了她鲜花。 tā fēicháng hàoqí shì shéi sòng le tā xiānhuā 。
ㄊㄚ ㄈㄟㄔㄤˊ ㄏㄠˋㄑㄧˊ ㄕˋ ㄕㄟˊ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄜ˙ ㄊㄚ ㄒㄧㄢㄏㄨㄚ 。
She is very curious about who sent the flowers. Lit.: Her extreme curiosity is who sent her the flowers.

 

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