invention

Senso (Inglese)

  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.

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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.

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