inspection
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- inspexion (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin īnspectiō (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspiciō (“I inspect”), from speciō (“I look at”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
inspection (countable and uncountable, plural inspections)
- The act of examining something, often closely.
- Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!
- An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.
- The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.
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TranslationsEdit
the act of examining something, often closely
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organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French inspeccion, from Latin inspectiō (“examination, inspection”), from the verb inspectō (“I inspect”), from spectō (“I observe, I watch”), frequentative of speciō (“I look at”).
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NounEdit
inspection f (plural inspections)
- inspection (act of examining something, often closely)
Further readingEdit
- “inspection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).