🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

objeto perdido

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ob-he-to pair-dee-do

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lost Item/lɔst ˈaɪtəm/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Reporté mi objeto perdido en la oficina de objetos encontrados."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An object that has been misplaced or cannot be found.

    "I reported my lost item to the lost and found department."
  2. 2

    A term used in various contexts to refer to belongings that are no longer in the possession of their owner.

    "The airport has a dedicated area for lost items where travelers can check for their belongings."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'lost item' combines the past participle 'lost', derived from Old English 'forloren', meaning 'to lose', and 'item', which comes from Latin 'item', meaning 'also' or 'likewise'. Over time, 'lost item' has evolved to refer specifically to objects that have been misplaced or cannot be found.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Lost Item"?

10 Global Lexicons: How "Lost Item" is said worldwide

Click any language below to open its dedicated Language to English dictionary page with native script & transliteration

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Lost Item"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Lost Item" Synonym Map