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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFound Items
/faʊnd ˈaɪtəmz/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Objects that have been lost by their owners and subsequently discovered or recovered.
"The lost and found department has a collection of found items waiting to be claimed." - 2
A category of belongings that are not owned by anyone currently but have been found by others.
"The found items included wallets, keys, and various personal belongings."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'found items' combines the past participle 'found' from Old English 'funden', meaning to discover or obtain, and 'items', derived from Latin 'item', meaning 'also' or 'likewise'. The phrase has evolved to refer specifically to objects that have been lost and subsequently discovered.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Found Items" is said worldwide
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Objets trouvés
Transliteration: ob-zhay troo-vay
"Le bureau des objets trouvés a une collection d'objets trouvés."
Gefundene Gegenstände
Transliteration: geh-foon-deh geh-gun-shtan-deh
"Die Fundbüro hat eine Sammlung gefundener Gegenstände."
Oggetti trovati
Transliteration: oh-jet-tee troh-vah-tee
"L'ufficio oggetti trovati ha una collezione di oggetti trovati."
Objetos encontrados
Transliteration: oh-beh-tos en-kon-trah-dos
"La oficina de objetos encontrados tiene una colección de objetos encontrados."
Objetos encontrados
Transliteration: oh-beh-tos en-kon-trah-dos
"O escritório de objetos encontrados tem uma coleção de objetos encontrados."
पाए गए सामान
Transliteration: paaye gaye samaan
"खोए हुए सामान के लिए कार्यालय में पाए गए सामान की एक सूची है।"
找到的物品
Transliteration: zhǎodào de wùpǐn
"失物招领处有一系列找到的物品。"
찾은 물건
Transliteration: chaj-eun mulgeon
"분실물 센터에는 찾은 물건이 있습니다."
見つかったアイテム
Transliteration: mitsukatta aitemu
"遺失物センターには見つかったアイテムがあります。"
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