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Etymology
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From Latin explanatio (“an explanation, interpretation”), from explanare (“explain”); see explain. Morphologically explain + -ation. Displaced native Old English racu.
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explanation (countable and uncountable, plural explanations)
- The act or process of explaining.
- The explanation was long and drawn-out.
- Something that explains, makes understandable.
- An explanation for the UFO sightings was easily found.
- A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.
1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 3:This little explanation with Mr. Knightley gave Emma considerable pleasure.
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the act or process of explaining
- Afrikaans: verduideliking (af)
- Albanian: shpjegim (sq) m, sqarim (sq) m
- Arabic: تَفْسِير m (tafsīr), شَرْح m (šarḥ), توضيح m, تعليل m, نقاش m
- Armenian: բացատրություն (hy) (bacʻatrutʻyun), մեկնաբանություն (hy) (meknabanutʻyun)
- Assamese: ব্যাখ্যা (byakhya)
- Asturian: esplicación f
- Aymara: qhananchawi
- Azerbaijani: izah etmə
- Basque: azalpen
- Belarusian: аб'ясьне́нне n (abʺjasʹnjénnje)
- Bulgarian: обясне́ние (bg) n (objasnénie)
- Catalan: explicació (ca) f
- Cherokee: ꮧꭺꮟꮜꮕ (digosisanv)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 解釋/解释 (gaai2 sik1), 說明/说明 (syut3 ming4)
- Mandarin: 解釋/解释 (zh) (jiěshì), 說明/说明 (zh) (shuōmíng)
- Czech: vysvětlení (cs) n, objasnění n
- Danish: forklaring c
- Dutch: verklaring (nl) f, toelichting (nl) f, uitleg (nl) m
- Esperanto: klarigo
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: selittäminen (fi)
- French: explication (fr) f
- Galician: explicación (gl) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Erläuterung (de) f, Erklärung (de) f, Ausführung (de) f
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (skeireins)
- Greek: εξήγηση (el) f (exígisi)
- Ancient: ἐξήγησις f (exḗgēsis)
- Hebrew: הֶסבֵּר (he) (hesbér)
- Hungarian: magyarázat (hu), indoklás (hu), kifejtés (hu), értelmezés (hu)
- Icelandic: útskýring f
- Indonesian: penjelasan (id)
- Irish: míniú m, mínithe m pl
- Italian: spiegazione (it) f, esplicazione (it) f, chiarificazione (it) f, esegesi (it) f
- Japanese: 説明 (ja) (せつめい, setsumei)
- Khmer: ការពន្យល់ (kaa pŭənyŭəl)
- Korean: 설명(說明) (ko) (seolmyeong)
- Latin: explanatio f, lux (la) f
- Latvian: skaidrojums m
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: објаснување n (objasnuvanje)
- Marathi: स्पष्टीकरण n (spaṣṭīkraṇ)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: тайлбар (mn) (tajlbar)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: forklaring (no) m or f
- Occitan: explicacion (oc) f
- Old English: racu f
- Ottoman Turkish: افاده (ifade)
- Persian: تُوضیح (fa) (towzih), شَرح (fa) (šarh)
- Polish: objaśnienie (pl) n, wyjaśnienie (pl) n
- Portuguese: explicação (pt) f, explanação (pt) f
- Romanian: explicare (ro) f
- Russian: объясне́ние (ru) n (obʺjasnénije)
- Scottish Gaelic: soilleireachadh m, mìneachadh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: објашње́ње n
- Roman: objašnjénje (sh) n
- Slovak: vysvetlenie n, objasnenie n
- Slovene: razlaga f
- Spanish: explicación (es) f
- Swedish: förklaring (sv)
- Tagalog: paliwanag
- Tajik: шарҳ (tg) (šarh), тавзеҳ (tavzeh)
- Telugu: వివరణ (te) (vivaraṇa)
- Thai: การอธิบาย (th) (gaan-à-tí-baai)
- Turkish: açıklama (tr)
- Ukrainian: поя́снення n (pojásnennja)
- Welsh: eglurhad
- West Frisian: útlis c
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Further reading
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- “explanation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “explanation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.