inspection
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- inspexion (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French, 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”).
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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).