🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

retrouver

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rə.tʁu.ve

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Refind/riːˈfaɪnd/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Après des heures de recherche, j'ai enfin pu retrouver mes clés perdues."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To find something again that was previously found or discovered.

    "After searching for hours, I was finally able to refind my lost keys."
  2. 2

    To rediscover or recover something that was once known or understood.

    "She managed to refind her passion for painting after many years."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'refind' is a combination of the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the verb 'find', which comes from Old English 'findan', meaning 'to discover or locate'. The term has evolved to imply the act of finding something again after it has been lost or misplaced.

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🇫🇷French → English

retrouver

Transliteration: rə.tʁu.ve

"Après des heures de recherche, j'ai enfin pu retrouver mes clés perdues."

🇩🇪German → English

wiederfinden

Transliteration: ˈviːdɐˌfɪndən

"Nach stundenlangem Suchen konnte ich endlich meine verlorenen Schlüssel wiederfinden."

🇮🇹Italian → English

ritrovare

Transliteration: ri.troˈva.re

"Dopo ore di ricerca, sono finalmente riuscito a ritrovare le mie chiavi perse."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

reencontrar

Transliteration: re.en.konˈtɾaɾ

"Después de horas de búsqueda, finalmente pude reencontrar mis llaves perdidas."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

reencontrar

Transliteration: ʁe.ẽ.kõˈtɾaʁ

"Depois de horas de procura, finalmente consegui reencontrar as minhas chaves perdidas."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

फिर से खोजना

Transliteration: phir se khojna

"घंटों की खोज के बाद, मैं अंततः अपनी खोई हुई चाबियाँ फिर से खोजने में सफल रहा।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

重新找到

Transliteration: chóngxīn zhǎodào

"经过几个小时的搜索,我终于找到了我丢失的钥匙。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

다시 찾다

Transliteration: dasi chajda

"몇 시간의 검색 끝에 나는 결국 잃어버린 열쇠를 다시 찾았다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

再発見する

Transliteration: saihakken suru

"数時間の捜索の後、私はついに失くした鍵を再発見することができた。"

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