Mot du jour, etc.

[Portia]

That's similar to Spanish, Katya, but I think far more widespread. Tons of verbs' infinitive forms you can truncate to get a noun.

Yeah, I suppose it's also pretty widespread in French (danser/la danse), it's just that something feels a bit different about the "-oyer" ending that I can't quite put my finger on. (It's like when I learned that the "-ir" verb ending generally indicates a change of state, so "blanchir" is "to whiten" and "rougir" is "to redden," etc.) I'll have to think more about it.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-oyer

Looks like -ize is a good match.

[C is for]

I learned the verb for "to melt" in Spanish today. (Already forgot it.)

papelerio is the word for paperwork, though.

/not using convention

[yayfulness]

Derretirse?

[C is for]

ah, yes, it was derritir.

[Portia]

I'm partial to fundir, since it's cognate with fondre.

[Katya]

VTT (n) - mountain bike

etymology - initialism for vélo tout-terrain

[Giovanni Schwartz]

QQ -- Chinese for firm in your mouth as you chew it.

They say it just like you would read the letters in English. I assume it comes from Taiwanese, because Chinese doesn't have this sound.

[Zedability]

VTT (n) - mountain bike

etymology - initialism for vélo tout-terrain

Am I the only one who feels illogically proud whenever Katya posts a word I already knew?

[Giovanni Schwartz]

Yes. The rest of us find it quite logical to be proud of knowing something Katya doesn't.

[Portia]

pudeur - modesty, reserve

[Katya]

VTT (n) - mountain bike

etymology - initialism for vélo tout-terrain

Am I the only one who feels illogically proud whenever Katya posts a word I already knew?

Yes. The rest of us find it quite logical to be proud of knowing something Katya doesn't.

'Tis a joy I shall never know (by definition).

[Marduk]

Sure you will. Every time you learn something new, you've known something that Katya doesn't.

[Katya]

Sure you will. Every time you learn something new, you've known something that Katya doesn't.

Oh. Well. By that logic, my life is FULL of illogical pride!

[Digit]

Tovarishch
comrade, friend, colleague, or ally
Russian: това́рищ; IPA: [tɐˈvarʲɪɕː], from Old Turkic tavar ishchi, "merchant"

Interesting that the etymology for this word associated with communism (in my Western ear) traces back to "merchant," a capitalistic thing.

[Squirrel]

Gift
English- a present
German- poison
Norwegian- marry

[Marduk]

Squirrel, that's why I always wanted to open a store for French fish and bread.

It would be the pain and poison store.

[Squirrel]

that's awesome!

[Whistler]

流行 (りゅうこう; ryuukou): trend

the two kanji mean "river go," which is an fun image

本流 is similar (the kanji are root stream; means mainstream).

[Giovanni Schwartz]

I'll have you know that the first is also the word in Chinese for "Fashionable," literally "flowing appearance."

[Portia]

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9bergeur_web

Found the word hébergeur, which means "host." Related to auberge, which is an inn. I was excited. Hébergement is "lodging."