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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescrotte de nez
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kʁɔt də ne
"Il a enlevé une crotte de nez de son doigt."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A piece of mucus from the nose, especially when dried.
"Children often wipe their bogies on the underside of school desks." - 2
An unidentified or hostile aircraft, especially in military radar tracking.
"The radar operator reported an incoming bogy on a northward trajectory."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from dialectal English terms such as bogie or ballybogy, tracing back to Middle English and potentially related to terms like bugbear or bogey meaning a goblin or specter. Over time, the term evolved from mythological monsters to denote military aircraft targets and nasal secretions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bogy" is said worldwide
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cuspe
Transliteration: ˈkuʒpi
"Ele tirou uma meleca do nariz."
crotte de nez
Transliteration: kʁɔt də ne
"Il a enlevé une crotte de nez de son doigt."
Popel
Transliteration: ˈpoːpl̩
"Das Kind hat einen Popel an die Wand geklebt."
caccole
Transliteration: ˈkakkole
"Il bambino si puliva il naso e trovava delle caccole."
moco
Transliteration: ˈmoko
"Se sacó un moco disimuladamente en el coche."
नाक की मैल
Transliteration: nak ki mail
"बच्चे की नाक में मैल जमा हो गई थी।"
鼻屎
Transliteration: bí shǐ
"小男孩正在偷偷挖鼻屎。"
코딱지
Transliteration: kot-tak-ji
"아이가 손가락으로 코딱지를 파고 있다."
鼻くそ
Transliteration: hanakuso
"子どもがこっそり鼻くそを丸めていた。"
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