potluck

n.

1. Whatever food happens to be available for a meal, especially when offered to a guest: Having arrived unannounced for supper, we had to take potluck.
2. A meal at which each guest brings food that is then shared by all. Also called potluck supper.
3. Whatever is available at a particular time: The scheduled flight was canceled and passengers had to take potluck on the other airlines.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hvad huset formår

Nederlands (Dutch)
maaltijd waarbij elke gast een gerecht meebrengt, standaard maaltijd

Français (French)
n. - fortune du pot

Deutsch (German)
n. - was es gerade gibt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ό, τι πρόχειρο φαγώσιμο υπάρχει

Italiano (Italian)
pasto alla buona

Português (Portuguese)
n. - comida caseira (f), o que houver na geladeira

Русский (Russian)
чем богаты, тем и рады

Español (Spanish)
n. - lo que haya, comida ordinaria y sin ceremonias

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - måltid bestående av vad som finns

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
家常便饭

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 家常便飯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (손님에게 내는) 있는 것으로만 장만한 요리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ありあわせの料理, その時出されたもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حواضر البيت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮האוכל הנמצא בהישג-יד, מה שבא - בא‬

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