invention

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) Something invented.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of inventing.
3. (countable, uncountable) The capacity to invent.
4. (countable, uncountable) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.
5. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The act of discovering or finding; the act of finding out; discovery.

Concepts

invention

innovation

idée

💡

néologisme

plan

conception

stratagème

découverte

Synonymes

innovation

creation

fiction

contrivance

fabrication

discovery

device

inventiveness

fantasy

falsehood

conception

concoction

fable

figment

plan

excogitation

ingenuity

originality

origination

prevarication

untruth

design

coining

coinage

find

🔍

finding

forgery

gadget

idea

💡

illusion

imagination

make new

innovations

inventing

cock-and-bull story

lash-up

lie

makeup

mintage

neologism

breakthrough

brain-child

appliance

artifice

production

study

tale

undertaking

devisal

diversification

Traductions

Erfindung

invenzione

invención

invenção

uitvinding

εφεύρεση

invento

invenció

icat

inovação

vinding

اختراع

innovación

اِبْتِكار

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: invencion

In summary

From Middle English invencion, invencioun, from Latin inventiō either directly or via Middle French invencion, from Latin invenīre (“to discover, find, invent”), from in- (“in-: in, into”) + venīre (“to come”). Doublet of inventio. By surface analysis, invent + -ion.
Displaced native Old English orþanc.

Phrases

He credited the invention to Doctor James Anderson of Edinburgh .

Il a crédité l'invention au docteur James Anderson d'Édimbourg.

The invention of the seed drill dramatically improved germination .

L'invention de la perceuse de graines a considérablement amélioré la germination.

Transistors have replaced relays in many scopes of application since their invention .

Les transistors ont remplacé les relais dans de nombreuses portées d'application depuis leur invention.