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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFound Item
/faʊnd ˈaɪtəm/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An object that has been discovered after being lost or misplaced.
"The lost and found department had a variety of found items, including wallets and keys." - 2
A specific category of belongings that are returned to their rightful owner.
"She checked the box of found items to see if her phone was there."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'found item' combines the past participle 'found' from Old English 'funden', meaning to discover or locate, and 'item', derived from Latin 'item', meaning 'also' or 'likewise', which evolved to refer to an individual article or object. The phrase reflects the act of discovering something that was lost or misplaced.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Found Item" is said worldwide
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objet trouvé
Transliteration: obje trouvé
"Le bureau des objets trouvés a plusieurs objets trouvés."
gefundenes Objekt
Transliteration: gefundenes Objekt
"Das Fundbüro hat viele gefundene Objekte."
oggetto trovato
Transliteration: oggetto trovato
"L'ufficio oggetti smarriti ha molti oggetti trovati."
objeto encontrado
Transliteration: objeto encontrado
"La oficina de objetos perdidos tiene varios objetos encontrados."
item encontrado
Transliteration: item encontrado
"O escritório de achados e perdidos tem vários itens encontrados."
मिला हुआ सामान
Transliteration: mila hua samaan
"खोई हुई वस्तुओं के कार्यालय में कई मिला हुआ सामान है।"
找到的物品
Transliteration: zhǎodào de wùpǐn
"失物招领处有许多找到的物品。"
발견된 물건
Transliteration: balgyeondin mulgeon
"분실물 센터에는 여러 발견된 물건이 있습니다."
見つかったアイテム
Transliteration: mitsukatta aitemu
"遺失物センターには多くの見つかったアイテムがあります。"
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