invention

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From Middle English invencion, invencioun, from Latin inventiō either directly or via Middle French invencion, from Latin invenīre (“to discover, find, invent”), from in- (“in-: in, into”) + venīre (“to come”). Doublet of inventio. By surface analysis, invent + -ion. Displaced native Old English orþanc.

141 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: uitvinding — something invented
• Albanian: shpikje — something invented
• Arabic: اِخْتِرَاع (iḵtirāʕ) — something invented
• Armenian: գյուտ (gyut) — something invented
• Asturian: invención — something invented
• Asturian: inventu — something invented
• Azerbaijani: ixtira — something invented
• Belarusian: вынахо́дства (vynaxódstva) — something invented
• Bengali: আবিষ্কার (abiśkar) — something invented
• Bulgarian: изобрете́ние (izobreténie) — something invented
• Bulgarian: откри́тие (otkrítie) — something invented
• Burmese: တီထွင်မှု (tihtwanghmu.) — something invented
• Catalan: invenció — something invented
• Catalan: invent — something invented
• Chinese Cantonese: 發明 /发明 (faat3 ming4) — something invented
• Chinese Mandarin: 發明 /发明 (fāmíng) — something invented
• Czech: vynález — something invented
• Danish: opfindelse — something invented
• Dutch: uitvinding — something invented
• Esperanto: invento — something invented
• Estonian: leiutis — something invented
• Finnish: keksintö — something invented
• French: invention — something invented
• Galician: invención — something invented
• Galician: invento — something invented
• Georgian: გამოგონებისა (gamogonebisa) — something invented
• German: Erfindung — something invented
• German: Erfindig — something invented
• Greek: εφεύρεση (efévresi) — something invented
• Ancient Greek: εὕρημα (heúrēma) — something invented
• Hebrew: הַמְצָאָה (hamtsa'á) — something invented
• Hindi: आविष्कार (āviṣkār) — something invented
• Hungarian: találmány — something invented
• Icelandic: uppfinning — something invented
• Ido: inventuro — something invented
• Indonesian: temuan — something invented
• Indonesian: penemuan baru — something invented
• Indonesian: invensi — something invented
• Indonesian: reka cipta — something invented
• Irish: aireagán — something invented
• Italian: invenzione — something invented
• Japanese: 発明 (hatsumei) — something invented
• Kazakh: өнертабыс (önertabys) — something invented
• Kazakh: ойлап табу (oilap tabu) — something invented
• Khmer: ប្រឌិត (prɑɑdɨt) — something invented
• Khmer: ការប្រឌិត (kaa prɑɑdɨt) — something invented
• Khmer: តក្កកម្ម (takkaʼkam) — something invented
• Korean: 발명 (balmyeong) — something invented
• Northern Kurdish: îcad — something invented
• Kyrgyz: ойлоп табуу (oylop tabuu) — something invented
• Latvian: izgudrojums — something invented
• Lithuanian: išradimas — something invented
• Luxembourgish: Erfindung — something invented
• Macedonian: пронајдок (pronajdok) — something invented
• Macedonian: изум (izum) — something invented
• Maltese: invenzjoni — something invented
• Norwegian Bokmål: oppfinnelse — something invented
• Old English: orþanc — something invented
• Pashto: اختراع (exterā') — something invented
• Iranian Persian: اِخْتِراع (exterâ') — something invented
• Polish: wynalazek — something invented
• Portuguese: invenção — something invented
• Romanian: invenție — something invented
• Russian: изобрете́ние (izobreténije) — something invented
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝзум — something invented
• Serbo-Croatian: ìzum — something invented
• Slovak: vynález — something invented
• Slovene: izum — something invented
• Spanish: invención — something invented
• Spanish: invento — something invented
• Swedish: uppfinning — something invented
• Tagalog: imbensiyon — something invented
• Tajik: ихтироъ (ixtiro') — something invented
• Tamil: கண்டுபிடிப்பு (kaṇṭupiṭippu) — something invented
• Telugu: కల్పన (kalpana) — something invented
• Thai: สิ่งประดิษฐ์ (sìng-bprà-dìt) — something invented
• Tibetan: གསར་བཟོ (gsar bzo) — something invented
• Turkish: buluş — something invented
• Turkish: icat — something invented
• Ukrainian: ви́нахід (výnaxid) — something invented
• Urdu: اِیجاد (ījād) — something invented
• Urdu: اِیجادات (ījādāt) — something invented
• Urdu: اِخْتِراع (ixtirā') — something invented
• Uyghur: كەشپ (keshp) — something invented
• Uyghur: كەشپىيات (keshpiyat) — something invented
• Uzbek: ixtiro — something invented
• Vietnamese: phát minh — something invented
• Vietnamese: sáng chế — something invented
• Volapük: datuvot — something invented
• Welsh: dyfais — something invented
• Asturian: invención — act of inventing
• Bulgarian: откри́ване (otkrívane) — act of inventing
• Bulgarian: изобретя́ване (izobretjávane) — act of inventing
• Catalan: invenció — act of inventing
• Finnish: keksiminen — act of inventing
• Galician: invención — act of inventing
• Georgian: გამოგონება (gamogoneba) — act of inventing
• German: Erfinden — act of inventing
• Greek: εφεύρεση (efévresi) — act of inventing
• Ancient Greek: εὕρεσις (heúresis) — act of inventing
• Hungarian: feltalálás — act of inventing
• Ido: invento — act of inventing
• Indonesian: penemuan — act of inventing
• Indonesian: penemuan baru — act of inventing
• Indonesian: invensi — act of inventing
• Indonesian: reka cipta — act of inventing
• Irish: fionnachtain — act of inventing
• Latvian: izgudrošana — act of inventing
• Old English: orþanc — act of inventing
• Polish: wynalezienie — act of inventing
• Portuguese: invenção — act of inventing
• Russian: изобрете́ние (izobreténije) — act of inventing
• Russian: созда́ние (sozdánije) — act of inventing
• Tamil: கண்டுபிடிப்பு (kaṇṭupiṭippu) — act of inventing
• Ukrainian: ви́найдення (výnajdennja) — act of inventing
• Ukrainian: винахо́дження (vynaxódžennja) — act of inventing
• Bulgarian: изобрета́телност (izobretátelnost) — capacity to invent
• Catalan: inventiva — capacity to invent
• Finnish: kekseliäisyys — capacity to invent
• Georgian: გამომგონებლობა (gamomgonebloba) — capacity to invent
• German: Einfallsreichtum — capacity to invent
• Irish: aireag — capacity to invent
• Portuguese: invenção — capacity to invent
• Portuguese: inventividade — capacity to invent
• Russian: изобрета́тельность (izobretátelʹnostʹ) — capacity to invent
• Russian: нахо́дчивость (naxódčivostʹ) — capacity to invent
• Spanish: invención — capacity to invent
• Swedish: uppfinningsförmåga — capacity to invent
• Swedish: uppfinningsrikedom — capacity to invent
• Ukrainian: винахі́дливість (vynaxídlyvistʹ) — capacity to invent
• Catalan: invenció — small self-contained musical composition
• Finnish: inventio — small self-contained musical composition
• German: Invention — small self-contained musical composition
• Hungarian: invenció — small self-contained musical composition
• Italian: inventione — small self-contained musical composition
• Italian: invenzione — small self-contained musical composition
• Japanese: インベンション (inbenshon) — small self-contained musical composition
• Portuguese: invenção — small self-contained musical composition
• Russian: инве́нция (invéncija) — small self-contained musical composition
• Swedish: invention — small self-contained musical composition
• Ukrainian: інве́нція (invéncija) — small self-contained musical composition