recovery

English

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Alternative forms

• recovre (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

recovery (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.
4. Renewed growth after a slump (economy).

Derived terms

• recovery CD
• recovery position

Related terms

• recover

Translations

act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost

• Catalan: recuperació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恢復, 恢复 (zh) (huīfù)

• Dutch: terugwinning f
• French: récupération (fr) f, rétablissement (fr) m, recouvrement (fr)
• Georgian: მორჩენა (morč’ena)
• German: Wiedererlangung f, Wiedergewinnung f, Zurückgewinnung f

• Hungarian: visszaszerzés (hu)
• Interlingua: recuperation
• Irish: aisghabháil f
• Italian: recupero m
• Japanese: 回収 (ja) (かいしゅう, kaishū)
• Portuguese: recuperação (pt) f
• Romanian: recuperare (ro) f
• Russian: возврат (ru) m (vozvrát), получение вновь n (polučénije vnovʹ), получение обратно n (polučénije obrátno)
• Spanish: recuperación (es) f

return to normal health

• Catalan: recuperació (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

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

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

  Sorani: چاکبوونه‌وه‌

• Maori: mātūtūtanga
• Portuguese: recuperação (pt) f
• Russian: выздоровление (ru) n (vyzdorovlénije), поправка (ru) f (poprávka)
• Serbo-Croatian: oporav m, oporava f, oporavak m, ozdravljenje n
• Spanish: recuperación (es) f
• Swedish: återhämtning (sv) c

return to former status

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

• Portuguese: recuperação (pt) f
• Russian: восстановление (ru) n (vosstanovlénije), оздоровление (ru) n (ozdorovlénije)
• Spanish: recuperación (es) f

renewed growth after a slump

• German: Erholung (de) f
• Portuguese: recuperação (pt) f
• Russian: оживление (ru) n (oživlénije), восстановление (ru) n (vosstanovlénije), рекуперация (ru) f (rekuperácija)

• Serbo-Croatian: oporavak m
• Spanish: recuperación (es) f
• Swedish: återhämtning (sv) c

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