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trouvaille

lucky find

noun troo-VAY Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Also means

windfall

Usage Note

Trouvaille carries a sense of pleasant surprise — a bargain at a flea market or a brilliant idea that seems to arrive from nowhere. It derives from trouver (to find) and the suffix -aille implying something stumbled upon. In English, 'trouvaille' is occasionally borrowed as a literary term for a lucky discovery.

Examples

"Ce livre d'occasion est une vraie trouvaille."

Natural Translation

This second-hand book is a real find.

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