exploration

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

NounEdit

Wikipedia

exploration ‎(plural explorations)

1. The act of exploring
2. Notably penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery

   The exploration of 'unknown' areas often was the precursor to colonization.

3. A physical examination.

Related termsEdit

• exploratative
• exploratory
• explorer

TranslationsEdit

act of exploring

• Arabic: اِسْتِكْشَاف m ‎(istikšāf)
• Bulgarian: изследване (bg) n ‎(izsledvane)
• Catalan: exploració f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勘探 (zh) ‎(kāntàn), 勘察 (zh) ‎(kānchá)

• Czech: průzkum m
• Dutch: verkenning (nl) f, exploratie (nl)
• Esperanto: esplorado
• Finnish: tutkiminen (fi), tutkimus (fi), tutkimusmatka (fi)
• French: exploration (fr) f
• German: Erkundung (de) f

• Hungarian: felfedezés (hu)
• Italian: esplorazione (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utforskning m, f

• Portuguese: exploração (pt) f
• Russian: иссле́дование (ru) n ‎(isslédovanije), изуче́ние (ru) n ‎(izučénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: rannsachadh m
• Spanish: exploración f
• Swedish: utforskning c
• Turkish: keşif (tr)

penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery

• Bulgarian: проучване (bg) n ‎(proučvane)
• Dutch: exploratie (nl), ontdekkingsreis (nl), ontdekkingstocht

• Swedish: upptäcktsresa (sv) c

physical examination — see physical examination

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• French: ^{(please verify)} exploration (fr) f

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} exploración f

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

NounEdit

exploration f ‎(plural explorations)

1. An exploration

Related termsEdit

• explorateur m
• exploratif

External linksEdit

• “exploration” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).