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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesequipe de busca
Pronunciation / Transliteration: e-ki-pe de bus-ka
"A equipe de busca encontrou pistas na floresta."
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An organized group of people who search for a missing person, animal, or object.
"A search party of volunteers combed the dense forest for the missing hiker."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines the verb 'search' (originating from Old French 'cerchier', from Latin 'circare', meaning 'to go about, wander') and 'party' (from Old French 'partie', from Latin 'partire', meaning 'a company of persons'). Together, the compound emerged in modern English to designate an organized group of people cooperating to find a missing person or lost object.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Search party" is said worldwide
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équipe de recherche
Transliteration: é-kip də rə-shersh
"Une équipe de recherche a été envoyée pour retrouver l'enfant."
Suchtrupp
Transliteration: Zuch-trup
"Ein Suchtrupp durchsuchte das gesamte Gebiet nach dem Vermissten."
squadra di ricerca
Transliteration: skwa-dra di ri-cher-ka
"La squadra di ricerca ha setacciato la montagna."
partida de búsqueda
Transliteration: par-ti-da de bues-que-da
"Una partida de búsqueda salió al amanecer para encontrar al excursionista."
equipe de busca
Transliteration: e-ki-pe de bus-ka
"A equipe de busca encontrou pistas na floresta."
खोज दल
Transliteration: khoj dal
"लापता व्यक्ति की तलाश के लिए एक खोज दल भेजा गया है।"
搜救队
Transliteration: sōu jiù duì
"搜救队正在山区搜寻失踪的游客。"
수색대
Transliteration: su-saek-dae
"수색대가 실종자를 찾기 위해 산을 수색하고 있다."
捜索隊
Transliteration: sousaku-tai
"捜索隊が行方不明の登山者を捜している。"
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