Terroir

Meaning: The unique character that a place — its soil, climate and tradition — gives to a wine or food.

Language: French

Literally: soil / land

Category: Nature

Origin: French; the soul of a region in a glass or plate.

More untranslatable words — Nature

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Waldeinsamkeit — The serene, faintly mystical feeling of being alone in the woods, at peace with nature.
Meriggiare — To take a quiet midday rest in a cool, shaded spot, escaping the fierce afternoon sun.
Komorebi — The dappled light that filters through leaves and scatters across the ground.

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Spleen — A deep, existential ennui — a heavy, formless sadness and disgust with the world and ones…
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