Phrase guide

lost and found

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Well, if you can't find your glasses, then go to lost and found and ask if anyone turned them in.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lost articles, lost property

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: oficina d'objectes trobats — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Catalan: oficina d'objectes perduts — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失物招領 /失物招领 (shīwù zhāolǐng) — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Dutch: gevonden voorwerpen — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Estonian: leiubüroo — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Finnish: löytötavaratoimisto — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • French: objets trouvés — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Galician: obxectos perdidos — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • German: Fundbüro — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • German: Fundamt — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Greek: γραφείο απολεσθέντων αντικειμένων (grafeío apolesthénton antikeiménon) — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Greek: απολεσθέντα (apolesthénta) — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Hebrew: הֲשָׁבַת אֲבֵדָה (hashavát avedá) — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Irish: oifig na n-earraí caillte — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Italian: oggetti smarriti — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Japanese: 遺失物取扱所 (ishitsubutsu toriatsukaijo) — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Japanese: 落とし物センター (otoshimono sentā) — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Persian: قسمت اشیای گمشده — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Polish: biuro rzeczy znalezionych — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Portuguese: perdido e achado — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Portuguese: perdidos e achados — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Romanian: obiecte pierdute — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Russian: бюро́ нахо́док (bjuró naxódok) — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Spanish: objetos perdidos y encontrados — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Spanish: objetos perdidos — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Swedish: upphittat — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Swedish: hittegods — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Turkish: kayıp eşya bürosu — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Ukrainian: б'юро знахідок (bʺjuro znaxidok) — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners
  • Welsh: swyddfa eiddo coll/colledig — department, service or location where items that are found can be claimed by their owners