English Explanatory Dictionary

treasure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
  2. Anything greatly valued.
  3. A term of endearment.
  4. The female genitals; pudenda.
verb
  1. To consider to be precious; to value highly.
  2. To store or stow in a safe place.
  3. To enrich.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɛʒə/ /ˈtɹɛʒɚ/ [ˈt͡ʃɹɛʒɚ] En-us-treasure.ogg

Word forms

treasure treasures threasure treasuring treasured

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Mostly displaced native Old English goldhord (See goldhoard) and Old English ġestrēon. Doublet of thesaurus.

Synonyms

cherish prize appreciate bedear esteem hold dear think much of treasure value

Antonyms

despise contemn despect disrespect disdain disesteem look down on misrespect scorn spurn

Related words

treasury

Derived words

blood and treasure eight-treasure non-treasure one man's trash is another man's treasure one woman's trash is another woman's treasure the real treasure is the friends we made along the way treasure chest treasure city treasure flower treasure house treasure hunt treasure-hunter treasurelike treasure map treasure ship treasure trail treasure trove treasure-trove buried treasure intreasure national treasure treasurable Treasure County treasureless treasurer treasuress treasury untreasure

Translations

Bulgarian: драгоце́нност Catalan: tresor Chinese Mandarin: 瑰寶 /瑰宝 Chinese Mandarin: 財富 /财富 Finnish: aarre French: trésor Georgian: ძვირფასეულობა Georgian: განძი German: Schatz Ancient Greek: θησαυρός Hebrew: אוֹצָר Hungarian: kincs Ido: trezoro Irish: stór Italian: tesoro Macedonian: драгоценост Māori: ohooho Māori: māpihi Māori: mounga Māori: puiaki Māori: puipuiaki Middle English: tresour Norwegian Bokmål: skatt Old English: māþm Portuguese: tesouro Romanian: comoară Russian: драгоце́нность Slovene: zaklad Spanish: tesoro Turkish: hazine Turkish: define Ottoman Turkish: خزینه Ukrainian: дорогоці́нність Ukrainian: кошто́вність Vietnamese: của quý Vietnamese: vật quý Vietnamese: người yêu quý Vietnamese: người được việc Walloon: trezôr Welsh: trysori
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