discovery

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§English

§Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /dəsˈk͉ʌv(ə)ˌɹi/

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkʌv(ə)ɹi/, /dɪsˈkʊvɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkʌv.əˌɹi/

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§Noun

discovery (countable and uncountable, plural discoveries)

1. Something discovered.

   This latest discovery should eventually lead to much better treatments for disease.

2. (uncountable) The discovering of new things.

   The purpose of the voyage was discovery.

   automatic discovery of RSS feeds by a Web browser

3. (law, uncountable) A pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

   The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.

4. (law, uncountable) Materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered.

   The defense argued that the plaintiff's discovery was inadequate.

§Related terms

• discover verb
• discoverer noun
• e-discovery

§Translations

something discovered

• Arabic: اكتشاف m (iktišāf)
• Asturian: descubrimientu m
• Belarusian: адкрыццё n (adkrýccjo)
• Bulgarian: откритие (bg) n (otkrítie)
• Catalan: descobriment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發現, 发现 (zh) (fāxiàn)

• Czech: objev (cs) m
• Danish: opdagelse c
• Dutch: ontdekking (nl) f, vinding (nl) f
• Esperanto: malkovro
• Finnish: löytö (fi), löydös
• French: découverte (fr) f
• Galician: descubrimento (gl) m
• Georgian: აღმოჩენა (aḡmoč’ena)
• German: Entdeckung (de) f
• Greek: ανακάλυψη (el) f (anakálypsi)
• Haitian Creole: dekouvèt
• Hebrew: תגלית f (taglyt)
• Hindi: खोज (khoj)
• Hindi: खोज (khoj)
• Interlingua: discoperta
• Japanese: 発見 (ja) (はっけん, hakken)

• Korean: 발견 (ko) (balgyeon) (發現 (ko))
• Latin: inventio f
• Latvian: atklāšana, atklājums m
• Lithuanian: atradimas m, atskleidimas m
• Macedonian: откритие n (otkrítie)
• Malay: penemuan
• Occitan: descobèrta f
• Persian: کشف (fa) (kašf), اکتشاف (fa) (ektešâf), یافته (fa) (yâfte)
• Polish: odkrycie (pl) n
• Portuguese: descoberta (pt) f
• Russian: открытие (ru) n (otkrýtije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: откриће n

  Roman: otkriće (sh) n

• Slovak: objav m
• Slovene: odkritje (sl) n
• Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m, hallazgo (es) m
• Swedish: upptäckt (sv) c, fynd (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: відкриття n (vidkrýttja)

the discovering of new things

• Arabic: اكتشاف m (iktišāf)
• Asturian: descubrimientu m
• Bulgarian: откритие (bg) n (otkrítie)
• Catalan: descobriment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發現, 发现 (zh) (fāxiàn)

• Danish: opdagelse c
• Dutch: ontdekking (nl) f
• Finnish: löytäminen
• French: découverte (fr) f
• Galician: descubrimento (gl) m
• Georgian: აღმოჩენა (aḡmoč’ena)
• German: Entdeckung (de) f
• Greek: ανακάλυψη (el) f (anakálypsi)

• Hebrew: גילוי m (gilui)
• Interlingua: discoperta
• Japanese: 発見 (ja) (はっけん, hakken)
• Korean: 발견 (ko) (balgyeon) (發現 (ko))
• Latin: inventio f
• Latvian: atklāšana f
• Lithuanian: atradimas m
• Occitan: descobèrta f
• Persian: کشف (fa) (kašf), اکتشاف (fa) (ektešâf)
• Polish: odkrywanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: descobrimento (pt) m, descoberta (pt) f
• Russian: открытие (ru) n (otkrýtije), открывание (ru) n (otkryvánije)
• Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m, hallazgo (es) m
• Swedish: upptäckt (sv) c, fynd (sv) n

legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered

• Finnish: tutkinta (fi)

• Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m

legal: materials revealed to the opposing party during the pre-trial phase

• Finnish: näyttö (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 發現, ^{(please verify)} 发现 (zh)
• Czech: (2) ^{(please verify)} objevování n, (3) ^{(please verify)} vyšetřování n
• French: ^{(please verify)} découverte (fr) f
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} גלוי m (gilû)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} scoperta (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ^{(please verify)} دۆزینه‌وه‌

• Lithuanian: (?) ^{(please verify)} atradinys m (1), (2) ^{(please verify)} atradimas m
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} descoperire (ro)
• Slovene: (1) ^{(please verify)} odkritje (sl) n