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treasure^¹

/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/
/ˈt͡ʃɹɛʒəɹ/
[ˈtɹɛʒɚ] US
[ˈt͡ʃɹɛʒɚ] US

Rhymes with -ɛʒə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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.

noun treasures · threasure

countable, literally, uncountable A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc. It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.
countable, figuratively Anything greatly valued. Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.
countable, figuratively, uncountable A term of endearment. "Hello, Treasure," he said without turning round. For a second she hesitated, standing in the soft light of the lamp, the deep blue of the rug making a background for her, the black fur collar of her coat framing the vivid beauty of her face.
countable, euphemistic, figuratively, in plural, literary, uncountable The female genitals; pudenda.

verb treasures · treasuring · treasured · threasure

transitive, of a person or thing To consider to be precious; to value highly. Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.
Similar: cherish, prize, appreciate, bedear, esteem, hold dear, think much of, treasure, value · Opposite: despise, contemn, despect, disrespect, disdain, disesteem, look down on, misrespect, scorn, spurn
transitive To store or stow in a safe place. The rose-buds, withered as they were, were still treasured under his cuirass, and nearest to his heart.
transitive To amass or collect together as though a treasure. He seems to have carefully treasured up all the tales he heard, and he wrote and published them, under the feigned name of Gian Alesio Abbatutis, in his native dialect, not long before his death.
obsolete, transitive To enrich.

Treasure^²

proper noun Treasures

A surname.
A female given name.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: care for, value, prize, appreciate, hold dear, cherish, gem, hoarded wealth, trove, hoard, treasury, wealth, stash, richness, consolidated, affluence

Translations

Every language

noun any single thing one values greatly

Español	tesoro
中文	瑰寶 /瑰宝 guībǎo, 財富 /财富 cáifù
Português	tesouro
Français	trésor
Deutsch	Schatz
Italiano	tesoro
Română	comoară
Русский	драгоце́нность dragocénnostʹ
Tiếng Việt	của quý, vật quý, người yêu quý, người được việc
עברית	אוֹצָר otsár

noun collection of valuable things

Español	tesoro
한국어	보물 bomul, 보배 bobae
日本語	宝 takara, 宝物 takaramono
中文	珍寶 /珍宝 zhēnbǎo, 寶藏 /宝藏 bǎozàng, 金銀財寶 /金银财宝 jīnyíncáibǎo, 財富 /财富 cáifù
हिन्दी	ख़ज़ाना xazānā, कोश koś, निधि nidhi
Português	tesouro
Français	trésor
Deutsch	Schatz
Italiano	tesoro
Ελληνικά	θησαυρός thisavrós
Română	comoară, tezaur
Русский	сокро́вище sokróvišče, драгоце́нность dragocénnostʹ, клад klad
Tiếng Việt	kho báu, châu báu
العربية	كَنْز kanz
עברית	אוֹצָר otsár

noun term of endearment

Español	tesoro
Français	trésor
Deutsch	Schatz
Italiano	tesoro
Русский	сокро́вище sokróvišče

verb consider to be precious

Español	atesorar
日本語	重宝する chōhō suru, 珍重する chinchō suru
中文	珍重 zhēnzhòng, 珍視 /珍视 zhēnshì
Deutsch	schätzen
Italiano	apprezzare
Română	prețui
Русский	цени́ть cenítʹ
Tiếng Việt	trân trọng, yêu quý

verb to store, to amass

Español	atesorar

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BibTeX

@misc{treasure_2026,
  title = {treasure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/treasure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}