What is the word you didn’t know in 2023 and haven’t stopped using in 2024? Now you can decide for yourself by participating in the vote for the neologism of the year in the Catalan language, an initiative led by the Observatori de Neologia of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) together with the Philological Section of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), the TERMCAT and the linguistic portal ésAdir of 3Cat.
Words such as fentail, DANA or ni-binari-ària are some of the candidate words for word of the year 2024 that you will be able to vote for during the next few days.
The campaign, which celebrates its eleventh edition, will be open until Sunday, December 15, and the winning word will be announced on Monday, December 16.
The 2024 candidate words
The word that receives the most votes will be studied with special attention by the IEC, with the aim of evaluating it for possible incorporation into the normative dictionary of the Catalan language. The neologisms in competition this year are:
- cancel-lar
- dana
- fentanyl
- hora tranquil-la
- miniseries
- no-binari -ària
- meaningful name
- presentism
- energy transition
- transitar
The campaign, born 11 years ago, seeks to foster interest in the Catalan language and its evolution, promoting citizen participation in the process. Since its inception, the number of voters has grown exponentially: in 2014, 200 people participated, while in 2023 it reached 14,034 voters.
To vote and learn more details, you can visit the official website neologisme.cat.