treasure trove

See also: treasure-trove

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman tresor trové (“found treasure”), calque of Latin thesaurus inventus, where the past participle trové was interpreted in English as a noun.

Noun

treasure trove (plural treasure troves or treasures trove)

A hidden treasure, subsequently discovered.
A valuable discovery.
(law) Precious metal objects that were buried or concealed by an unknown owner.

Synonyms

(treasure subsequently discovered): hoard

Related terms

Translations

hidden treasure, subsequently discovered

Bashkir: хазина (xazina)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 寶庫 (zh), 宝库 (zh) (bǎokù)
Czech: poklad (cs) m
Finnish: aarre (fi), aarrelöytö (fi)
French: trésor (fr) m
German: Schatz (de) m
Greek: κρυμμένος θησαυρός m (krymménos thisavrós), εύρημα (el) n (évrima)
Hungarian: kincslelet (hu), lelet (hu)

Italian: ritrovamento (it) m, reperimento m, rintracciamento m, scoperta (it) f
Japanese: 埋蔵 (ja) (まいぞう, maizō), 堀り出し物 (ほりだしもの, horidashimono)
Maori: kurapae
Persian: نیان‎ (niyân)
Portuguese: tesouro escondido m
Russian: клад (ru) m (klad), сокро́вища (ru) n pl (sokróvišča), драгоце́нности (ru) f pl (dragocénnosti), сокро́вищница (ru) f (sokróviščnica)
Slovak: poklad m
Turkish: hazine (tr)

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