treasure trove

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman tresor trové (“found treasure”), calque of Latin thesaurus inventus; postnominal adjective later reinterpreted as head noun.

Noun

Wikipedia treasure trove (plural treasure troves)

1. A hidden treasure, subsequently discovered.
2. A valuable discovery.
3. (law) Precious metal objects that were buried or concealed by an unknown owner.

Synonyms

• (treasure subsequently discovered): hoard

Translations

a hidden treasure, subsequently discovered

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寶庫 (cmn), 宝库 (cmn) (bǎokù)

• Czech: poklad (cs) m
• French: trésor (fr) m
• German: Schatz (de) m

• Japanese: 埋蔵 (ja) (まいぞう, maizō), 堀り出し物 (ja) (ほりだしもの, horidashimono)
• Russian: клад (ru) (klad) m, сокровища (ru) (sokróvišča) n pl, драгоценности (ru) (dragocénnosti) f pl, сокровищница (ru) (sokróviščnica) f
• Slovak: poklad (sk) m