"provenience" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈviːni.ən(t)s/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹə(ʊ)ˈviːnjən(t)s/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹoʊˈvini.ən(t)s/ [General-American], /pɹoʊˈvinjən(t)s/ [General-American], /pɹə-/ [General-American] Forms: proveniences [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin prōveniēns, present participle of prōvenīre (“to come up”); compare provene, provenient, and provenance. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|prōveniēns}} Borrowed from Latin prōveniēns Head templates: {{en-noun}} provenience (plural proveniences)
  1. (archaeology) source; findspot; origin Translations (source, origin): alkuperä (Finnish), provenienssi (Finnish), ibatan (Kapampangan), penibatan (Kapampangan), pibatan (Kapampangan), исто́чник (istóčnik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-provenience-en-noun-O6ViHNS3 Categories (other): Archaeology, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Kapampangan translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Kapampangan translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 82 18 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'source, origin': 90 10
  2. (more loosely, outside of archaeology) provenance, history
    Sense id: en-provenience-en-noun-MHil-Bci Categories (other): Archaeology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: unprovenienced [adjective]

Inflected forms

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