discovery

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkʌvəɹi/

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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. (countable, archaic) An act of uncovering or revealing something; a revelation.
   • 1822, Alain René Le Sage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

     Don Huberto actually fell in love with his kinswoman, and had presumption enough to declare his passion […] The lady being a woman of discretion, instead of making a discovery, which might have been attended with melancholy consequences, reprimanded her relation with gentleness […]

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

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

5. (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: اِكْتِشَاف (ar) m (iktišāf)
• Asturian: descubrimientu m
• Belarusian: адкры́ццё n (adkrýccjo)
• Bulgarian: откри́тие (bg) n (otkrítie)
• Catalan: descobriment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發現／发现 (faat³ jin⁶)

  Mandarin: 發現／发现 (zh) (fāxiàn), 发现 (zh) (fāxiàn)

• Czech: objev (cs) m
• Danish: opdagelse c
• Dutch: ontdekking (nl) f, vinding (nl) f
• Esperanto: malkovro
• Finnish: löytö (fi), löydös (fi)
• French: découverte (fr) f
• Galician: descubrimento (gl) m
• Georgian: აღმოჩენა (aɣmočena)
• German: Entdeckung (de) f
• Greek: ανακάλυψη (el) f (anakálypsi)

  Ancient: εὕρημα n (heúrēma)

• Haitian Creole: dekouvèt
• Hebrew: תגלית f (taglyt)
• Hindi: खोज (hi) (khoj)
• Hungarian: felfedezés (hu)
• Interlingua: discoperta
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: scoperta (it) f
• Japanese: 発見 (ja) (はっけん, hakken)
• Korean: 발견 (ko) (balgyeon) (發見 (ko))
• Latin: inventio (la) f, repertum n
• Latvian: atklāšana, atklājums m
• Lithuanian: atradimas m, atskleidimas m
• Macedonian: откри́тие 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
• Romanian: descoperire (ro) f
• Russian: откры́тие (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: відкри́ття n (vidkrýttja)

the discovering of new things

• Arabic: اِكْتِشَاف (ar) m (iktišāf)
• Asturian: descubrimientu m
• Bulgarian: откри́тие (bg) n (otkrítie)
• Catalan: descobriment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發現／发现 (zh) (fāxiàn), 发现 (zh) (fāxiàn)

• Czech: objevování n, průzkum (cs) m
• Danish: opdagelse c
• Dutch: ontdekking (nl) f
• Finnish: löytäminen (fi)
• French: découverte (fr) f
• Galician: descubrimento (gl) m
• Georgian: აღმოჩენა (aɣmočena)
• German: Entdeckung (de) f
• Greek: ανακάλυψη (el) f (anakálypsi)

  Ancient: εὕρημα f (heúrēma)

• Hebrew: גילוי m (gilui)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: felfedezés (hu)
• Interlingua: discoperta
• Italian: scoperta (it) f
• Japanese: 発見 (ja) (はっけん, hakken)
• Korean: 발견 (ko) (balgyeon) (發見 (ko))
• Latin: inventio (la) f
• Latvian: atklāšana f
• Lithuanian: atradimas m
• Maori: tūhuratanga
• Occitan: descobèrta f
• Persian: کشف (fa) (kašf), اکتشاف (fa) (ektešâf)
• Polish: odkrywanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: descobrimento (pt) m, descoberta (pt) f
• Russian: откры́тие (ru) n (otkrýtije), открыва́ние (ru) n (otkryvánije)
• Slovak: hľadanie
• Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m, hallazgo (es) m
• Swedish: upptäckt (sv) c, fynd (sv) n

legal: pre-trial phase in which evidence is gathered

• Czech: vyšetřování n
• Finnish: tutkinta (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: descubrimiento (es) m

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

• Finnish: näyttö (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} découverte (fr) f
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} גלוי (he) m (gilû)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} scoperta (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: (?) ^{(please verify)} atradinys m (1), (2) ^{(please verify)} atradimas m
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 發現／发现 (fāxiàn), ^{(please verify)} 发现 (zh) (fāxiàn)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} descoperire (ro)
• Slovene: (1) ^{(please verify)} odkritje (sl) n