recovery

English

Alternative forms

• recovre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkʌvəɹi/, /ɹɪˈkʌvɹi/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈkʌvəɹi/, /ɹəˈkʌvɹi/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

recovery (countable and uncountable, plural recoveries)

1. The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
2. A return to normal health.
3. A return to former status or position.
   1. The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
   2. The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
4. (economics) Renewed growth after a slump.
   • 2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8:

     Byford said: "There is no UK recovery from the pandemic without a London recovery, and there is no London recovery without a properly funded transport network.

5. (finance) The recovery of debt.
6. (law) A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
7. (mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
8. (gaming) The ability to recover or regain health.

Derived terms

• recovery CD
• recovery position
• recovery time
• recovery truck
• recovery vehicle

Related terms

• recover

Translations

act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost

• Bulgarian: възстановяване (bg) n (vǎzstanovjavane), възвръщане n (vǎzvrǎštane)
• Catalan: recuperació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恢復 (zh), 恢复 (zh) (huīfù)

• Dutch: terugwinning f
• Finnish: talteenotto
• French: récupération (fr) f, rétablissement (fr) m, recouvrement (fr)
• Galician: recuperación (gl) f
• Georgian: მორჩენა (morčena)
• German: Wiedererlangung f, Wiedergewinnung f, Zurückgewinnung f
• Greek: ανάκτηση (el) f (anáktisi)
• Hungarian: visszaszerzés (hu), visszanyerés
• Interlingua: recuperation
• Irish: aisghabháil f
• Italian: recupero (it) m
• Japanese: 回収 (ja) (かいしゅう, kaishū)
• Latin: sanatio f
• Middle English: recoveraunce, recoveryng, recoverer, recovere
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: berging m or f

  Nynorsk: berging f

• Portuguese: recuperação (pt) f
• Romanian: recuperare (ro) f
• Russian: возвра́т (ru) m (vozvrát), получе́ние вновь n (polučénije vnovʹ), получе́ние обра́тно n (polučénije obrátno)
• Spanish: recuperación (es) f

return to normal health

• Arabic: شِفَاء‎ m (šifāʾ)
• Azerbaijani: şəfa, sağalma
• Belarusian: ачу́ньванне n (ačúnʹvannje), по́праўка f (pópraŭka), папра́ўка f (papráŭka), паздараве́нне n (pazdaravjénnje)
• Bengali: শাফা (bn) (śafa)
• Bulgarian: оздравяване (bg) n (ozdravjavane)
• Catalan: recuperació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 復原 (zh), 复原 (zh) (fùyuán), 復甦 (zh), 复苏 (zh) (fùsū), 回復 (zh), 回复 (zh) (huífù)

• Czech: zotavení n
• Danish: bedring c, restitution (da) c
• Dutch: herstel (nl) n, genezing (nl) f
• Esperanto: resanigo
• Finnish: paraneminen, elpyminen (fi)
• French: guérison (fr) f, rétablissement (fr) f
• German: Genesung (de) f, Erholung (de) f, Gesundung (de) f, Heilung (de) f
• Greek: ανάρρωση (el) f (anárrosi)

  Ancient: ἀνάρρωσις f (anárrhōsis)

• Hungarian: gyógyulás, felgyógyulás (hu), felépülés (hu)
• Irish: biseach m
• Italian: recupero (it)
• Japanese: 回復 (ja) (かいふく, kaifuku)
• Korean: 회복 (ko) (hoebok)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: چاکبوونەوە‎ (çakbûnewe)

• Kyrgyz: шыпаа (ky) (şıpaa)
• Maori: mātūtūtanga
• Middle English: recoveraunce, recoveryng, recoverer, recovere
• Occitan: garison (oc) f
• Polish: zdrowienie (pl) n, poprawa (pl) f, rekonwalescencja (pl) f, powrót do zdrowia m
• Portuguese: recuperação (pt) f
• Russian: выздоровле́ние (ru) n (vyzdorovlénije), попра́вка (ru) f (poprávka)
• Serbo-Croatian: oporav m, oporava f, oporavak (sh) m, ozdravljenje (sh) n
• Spanish: recuperación (es) f
• Swedish: återhämtning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ви́дужання n (výdužannja), оду́жання n (odúžannja)

return to former status

• Bulgarian: възстановяване (bg) n (vǎzstanovjavane)
• Catalan: recuperació (ca) f
• Dutch: herstel (nl) n
• Finnish: palautuminen, elpyminen (fi)
• German: Wiederherstellung (de) f, Erholung (de) f
• Hungarian: talpra állás (hu), helyreállás
• Italian: ricupero (it) m
• Portuguese: recuperação (pt) f
• Russian: восстановле́ние (ru) n (vosstanovlénije), оздоровле́ние (ru) n (ozdorovlénije)
• Spanish: recuperación (es) f

economics: renewed growth after a slump

• Bulgarian: възстановяване (bg) n (vǎzstanovjavane)
• Finnish: elpyminen (fi)
• German: Erholung (de) f
• Greek: ανάκαμψη (el) f (anákampsi)
• Hungarian: fellendülés (hu)
• Portuguese: recuperação (pt) f
• Russian: оживле́ние (ru) n (oživlénije), восстановле́ние (ru) n (vosstanovlénije), рекупера́ция (ru) f (rekuperácija)
• Serbo-Croatian: oporavak (sh) m
• Spanish: recuperación (es) f, repunte (es) m
• Swedish: återhämtning (sv) c

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• Manx: ^{(please verify)} aagheddyn

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Middle English

Noun

recovery

1. Alternative form of recoveree