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🇨🇦 Canadian Word of the Day: Serviette

While used in other English-speaking countries, 'serviette' is far more common in Canada than 'napkin.' The word comes directly from French, reflecting Canada's bilingual heritage. So next time you're setting the table or cleaning up a spill, you're using a word that subtly highlights Canada's unique linguistic landscape. Pass the serviettes, eh? #Canada #CanadianSlang #WordOfTheDay #Serviette

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/serviette

Smartphone Photographer 9h ago

My Word of the Day today is CATOPTRIC. Read the definition at 👉 https://www.pocket-ireland.com/words

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Abie 10h ago

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Word of the day: Penny-wise but pound-foolish, qui regarde aux petites dépenses mais pas assez aux grosses. Connaissez-vous un équivalent français ? (économies de bouts de chandelles ?)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penny-wise%20and%2Fbut%20pound-foolish #motdujour #wordoftheday
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Wordplay 14h ago

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alluvial: terrestrial, carnal, sedimentary, tellurian, terrene
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Word of the Day 15h ago

📕 Word of the Day: fiscal

fiscal • \FISS-kul\ • adjective

Fiscal is used to describe things relating to money and especially to the money a government, business, or organization earns, spends, and owes.

// The recent change in leadership was essential for addressing the fiscal health of the university.

📝 Examples:
“The Town of Java [New York] ... has received exemplary audits from the State Comptroller’s Office, while continuing to streamline government and demonstrate fiscal responsibility.” — The Daily News (Batavia, New York), 13 Feb. 2026

📜 Did you know?
Fiscal comes from the Latin noun fiscus, meaning “basket” or “treasury.” In ancient Rome, fiscus was the term for the treasury controlled by the emperor, where the money was literally stored in baskets and was collected primarily in the form of revenue from the provinces. Fiscus also gave English confiscate, which is most familiar as a verb meaning “to seize by or as if by authority,” but can additionally refer to the forfeiting of private property to public use. Today, we often encounter fiscal in “fiscal year,” a 12-month accounting period not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

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DailyEnglish 15h ago

🇬🇧 **Word of the Day:** music

⬇️ Example sentences in the image below!

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Word of the Day 15h ago

#WordOfTheDay #MerriamWebster 28 March 2026

fiscal

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/fiscal-2026-03-28

Word of the Day: Fiscal

Fiscal comes from the Latin noun fiscus, meaning “basket” or “treasury.” In ancient Rome, fiscus was the term for the treasury controlled by the emperor, where the money was literally stored in

Word of the Day 20h ago

Paramount _(adjective)_

Definition: More important than anything else; supreme.

Used in a sentence: _"In matters of safety, clear communication is paramount."_

From Old French paramont (“above, beyond”), paramount literally suggests something that rises higher than all others.
It stands at the top, outranking everything else in priority and/or significance.

The word carries a sense of urgency and authority. When something is described as paramount, it frames a hierarchy. Other concerns may exist, but this one takes precedence.

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