invent

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from , perfect passive participle of , from + ; see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.

Displaced native.

Verb

 * 1) To design a new process or mechanism.
 * 2) To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
 * 3)  To come upon; to find; to discover.
 * 1) To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
 * 2)  To come upon; to find; to discover.
 * 1)  To come upon; to find; to discover.
 * 1)  To come upon; to find; to discover.
 * 1)  To come upon; to find; to discover.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: اِخْتَرَعَ
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: вынахо́дзіць, вы́найсці
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: devisya
 * Czech: vynalézt
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: inventi
 * Faroese: finna upp, hugsa upp
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: finna upp
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 発明する
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:, reperiō
 * Macedonian: пронаоѓа, изумува, измислува
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: oppfinne
 * Old English: āþenċan
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: изумети, изумјети
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: vynájsť
 * Slovene: izumljati, izumiti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: винахо́дити, ви́найти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:


 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: измислува
 * Ngazidja Comorian: trunga
 * Old English: āþenċan
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * French:
 * Irish: cum
 * Malayalam: കണ്ടുപിടിയ്ക്കുക
 * Serbo-Croatian: изумети (1), измислити (1,2)
 * Slovene: izumiti, iznajti
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) invention