Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, literally, uncountable)A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.

    Schatz

    сокро́вищеsokróvišče, драгоце́нностьdragocénnostʹ, кладklad

    скарбskarb, дорогоці́нністьdorohocínnistʹ

    accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.

  2. (countable, figuratively)Anything greatly valued.

    Schatz

    драгоце́нностьdragocénnostʹ

    дорогоці́нністьdorohocínnistʹ, кошто́вністьkoštóvnistʹ

    any possession that is highly valued by its owner

  3. Anything greatly valued.

    (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A term of endearment.

    Schatz

    сокро́вищеsokróvišče

  4. (countable, euphemistic, figuratively, in the plural, literary, uncountable)The female genitals; pudenda.

Examples

293 sentences
  1. It's rumored there are treasures hidden there.

    Кажуть, що там заховано скарби. — mkazarian

    ruПо слухам, там спрятан клад. — Hellerick

    deEs geht das Gerücht um, dass dort ein Schatz verborgen liegt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. We were looking for buried treasure.

    ruМы искали клад. — afyodor

    deWir suchten nach vergrabenen Schätzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. We didn't bury the treasure here.

    ruМы не зарыли сокровище здесь. — carlosalberto

    deWir haben den Schatz nicht hier vergraben. — carlosalberto

  4. They dug here and there for treasure.

    ruОни копали тут и там в поисках сокровища. — Lenin_1917

  5. The treasure was buried on the island.

    ruСокровище было зарыто на острове. — Ooneykcall

    deDer Schatz war auf der Insel vergraben. — xtofu80

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
collection of valuable things:
any single thing one values greatly:
Русский
By meaning 1
collection of valuable things:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
collection of valuable things:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin thē

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.

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Forms

plural: treasures
Singulartreasure
Pluraltreasures

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.:hoarded wealth
  • art highly prized for its beauty or perfection:gem

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • buried the treasure
  • buried treasure
  • the treasure was

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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