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necessity is the mother of invention en · X

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. The primary driving force for most new inventions is a need.

Forms

Relateds

make a virtue of necessity · the wish is father to the thought

Translations (28)

pt a necessidade é a mãe de toda invenção (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · nl noodzaak is de moeder van uitvinding (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · pt a necessidade aguça o engenho (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · no nød lærer naken kvinne å spinne (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · hu a szükség találékonnyá tesz (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · izh kel on jano, sil on jalat (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · da nød lærer nøgen kvinde at spinde (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · hi आवश्यकता आविष्कार की जननी है (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · cs nouze naučila Dalibora housti (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · de Notwendigkeit ist die Mutter der Erfindung (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · cmn 需要是發明之母 /需要是发明之母 (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · de Not macht erfinderisch (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · he הצורך הוא אבי ההמצאה (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · bn কাজ আটকালে বুদ্ধি জোগায় (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · fi hätä keinot keksii (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · sv nöden är uppfinningarnas moder (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · gd nì airc innleachd (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · ja 必要は発明の母 (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · nl nood breekt wet (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · it il bisogno aguzza l'ingegno (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · es la necesidad agudiza el ingenio (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · ar اَلْحَاجَة أَمّ اَلاِخْتِرَاع (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · is neyðin kennir naktri konu að spinna (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · he הכורח הוא אבי ההמצאה (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · fr nécessité fait loi (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · fr la nécessité est la mère de l'invention (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · de Not bricht Eisen (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need) · pl potrzeba jest matką wynalazków (the primary driving force for most new inventions is a need)