explosio

See also: explosió

Latin

Etymology

explōdō +‎ -tio.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsploː.si.oː/, [ɛkˈs̠pɫ̪oːs̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈsplo.si.o/, [ekˈsplɔːs̬io]

Noun

explōsiō f (genitive explōsiōnis); third declension

1. (Classical Latin) a driving off by clapping
2. (New Latin) explosion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	explōsiō	explōsiōnēs
Genitive	explōsiōnis	explōsiōnum
Dative	explōsiōnī	explōsiōnibus
Accusative	explōsiōnem	explōsiōnēs
Ablative	explōsiōne	explōsiōnibus
Vocative	explōsiō	explōsiōnēs

Synonyms

• displōsio

Descendants

• Catalan: explosió
• French: explosion
• Friulian: esplosion
• Galician: explosión
• → German: Explosion
• Italian: esplosione
• Piedmontese: esplosion
• Romanian: exploziune, explozie
• Spanish: explosión
• → Swedish: explosion

References

• “explosio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• explosio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.