recovery

English

Alternative forms

• recovre (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman recoverie, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkʌvəɹi/

• 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.
5. (law) A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
6. (mining) The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• recover

Translations

act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost

• 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 f (anáktisi)
• Hungarian: visszaszerzés (hu)

• Interlingua: recuperation
• Irish: aisghabháil f
• Italian: recupero (it) m
• Japanese: 回収 (ja) (かいしゅう, kaishū)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: berging m, 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

• 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
• Dutch: herstel (nl) n, genezing (nl) f
• Finnish: paraneminen, elpyminen (fi)
• French: guérison (fr) f, rétablissement (fr) f
• German: Genesung (de) f, Erholung (de) f, Gesundung f
• Hungarian: gyógyulás
• Irish: biseach m

• Italian: recupero (it)
• Japanese: 回復 (ja) (かいふく, kaifuku)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: چاکبوونه‌وه‌‎‎ (çakbûnewe)

• Maori: mātūtūtanga
• 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

return to former status

• Catalan: recuperació (ca) f
• Dutch: herstel (nl) n
• Finnish: palautuminen, elpyminen (fi)
• German: Wiederherstellung (de) f, Erholung (de) f

• 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

• Finnish: elpyminen (fi)
• German: Erholung (de) f
• Greek: ανάκαμψη (el) f (anákampsi)
• 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
• Swedish: återhämtning (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Manx: ^{(please verify)} aagheddyn