Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Volta | During certain hours of the early evening, around dusk, everyone in the town who might feel like going for a walk takes a saunter or stroll up and down the main street | Greek | time physical nature | |
Werifesteria | To wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery | English | nature explore | |
Badkruka | Someone who refuses to enter a body of water. Eg. Get in the lake you badkruka, or am I going to have to pull you in by your beard? | Swedish | funny nature explore | |
Cynefin | A place where a person or an animal feels it ought to live and belong; it is where nature around you feels right and welcoming | Welsh | nature feeling | |
Volya (Воля) | "Freedom" and "will", but also vast natural landscape | Russian | nature beauty | |
Uitwaaien | To take a refreshing break outdoors in windy weather | Dutch | nature life beauty | |
Offing | The deep, distant stretch of the ocean that is still visible from the land; the foreseeable future | English | nature beauty | |
Celístia | Brighness from the stars | Catalan | nature physical | |
Yakamoz | The reflection of moonlight or other lights on water | Turkish | nature beauty | |
Komorebi (木漏れ日) | Lit. wood is ‘leaking’ sunlight; dappled sunlight filtering through leaves. | Japanese | nature beauty | |
Petrichor | The smell of earth after rain | English | nature beauty | |
Gongoozler | A person who enjoys watching activity on the canals of the United Kingdom. The term is also used more generally to describe those who harbour an interest in canals and canal life, but do not actively participate. | English | action nature | |
Kertek | The sound of dry leaves or twigs being trodden underfoot | Malay | sound nature | |
Shinrin-yoku (森林浴) | bathing' in the forest (literally and/or metaphorically). | Japanese | nature event | |
cāral (சாரல்) | A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain | Tamil | nature | |
Friluftsliv | “Free air life,” signifying a fundamental understanding of the positive impact of being in nature | Norwegian | nature health | |
Nakhur | A camel that won't give milk until her nostrils have been tickled | Persian | nature | |
Gökotta | To rise at dawn in order to go out and listen to the birds sing | Swedish | nature beauty | |
Chandamama (చందమామ) | Literally "uncle moon"; referring to the moon when admiring it | Telugu | nature beauty | |
Frischluftfanatiker | literal translation: fresh air fanatic; referring to a person who tends to keep the windows open to get fresh air, even in winter or someone who always tries to be outside in the open air | German | nature | |
Skare | A thin layer of ice on top of snow | Swedish | physical nature | |
Rabharta | A spring tide | Irish | nature | |
Solvegg | Literally means sun wall; to find a sunny spot during winter time where you can sit down and enjoy the warmth of the sun | Norwegian | feeling nature | |
Yuputka | A word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin | Ulwa | nature adverse | |
Xiao xiao | The whistling and pattering of rain or wind | Chinese | nature beauty sound |
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