English

Etymology
From Latin thesaurus, treasure.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-treasure.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-���(r)|-���(r)

Noun
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1. uncountable: A collection of valuable things.

#:buried treasure.

1. countable: Any single thing one values greatly.
2. countable: A term of endearment.

Translations

trans-top|collection of valuable things
Arabic: ARchar|ثر�ة unicode|(θárwa) f
Basque: altxor
Chinese: �寶, �� (zh�nb�o); 寶�, �� (b�ozàng)
Dutch: schat f
Estonian: aare
Finnish: aarre
French: trésor m
German: Schatz m
Greek: θη�α���� (thisavrós) m
Hindi: ��ाना (khaj�n�)
Hungarian: kincs
Italian: tesoro m
Japanese: � (���, takara), �� (takara monó)
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Korean: 보물 (bomul), 보배 (bobae)
Latin: thesaurus m
Maori: taonga
Old English: sceat#Old English|sceat
Persian: FAchar|گ�ج��� (ganjineh)
Portuguese: tesouro m
Russian: �ок�ови�е (sokróviš�e) n
Slovak: poklad m
Spanish: tesoro m
Swedish: skatt c, rikedom
Thai: THchar|สม�ั�ิ (s�m-bàt)
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trans-top|any single thing one values greatly
French: trésor m
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trans-top|term of endearment
French: trésor m
German: Schatz m
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Italian: tesoro m
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Verb
en-verb|treasur|ing

1. To consider something or someone to be precious.

#:Oh, this ring is beautiful! I�ll treasure it forever.

Translations

trans-top|consider something or someone to be precious
French: garder précieusement, priser
Italian: apprezzare
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Slovak: vážiť si
Spanish: atesorar
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Derived terms
treasure chest
treasure island
treasury

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