inspection

English

Alternative forms

• inspexion(obsolete)

Etymology

FromMiddle French,fromOld Frenchinspeccion,fromLatinīnspectiō(“examination, inspection”),from the verbīnspiciō(“I inspect”),fromspeciō(“I look at”).Bysurface analysis,inspect+‎-ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɪnˈspɛkʃən/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɛkʃən

Noun

inspection(countableanduncountable,pluralinspections)

1. The act of examining something, often closely.

   Upon closerinspection,the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!

2. An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

   Theinspectionfined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

Synonyms

• examination
• scrutiny

Derived terms

• Fagan inspection
• fire inspection
• home inspection
• inspection pit
• obvious by inspection
• ticket inspection
• vehicle inspection

Related terms

• inspect
• inspector

Translations

the act of examining something, often closely

• Arabic:تَفَقُّدm(tafaqqud)
• Belarusian:інспе́кцыяf(inspjékcyja),інспэ́кцыяf(inspékcyja),праве́ркаf(pravjérka)
• Bhojpuri:निरीक्षण(nirīkṣaṇ)
• Bulgarian:пре́глед(bg)m(prégled),реви́зия(bg)f(revízija),прове́рка(bg)f(provérka)
• Catalan:inspecció(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Kiểm tra／Kiểm tra(zh)(jiǎnchá)

• Crimean Tatar:teftiş
• Czech:prohlídka(cs)f,kontrola(cs)f
• Dutch:onderzoek(nl)n,inspectie(nl)f
• Esperanto:inspekto
• Finnish:tarkastus(fi),tarkastelu(fi),tutkiminen(fi),katsastus(fi)
• French:inspection(fr)f
• German:Inspektion(de)f,Prüfung(de)f
• Gothic:𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃f(niuhseins)
• Greek:εξέταση(el)f(exétasi)
• Hindi:निरीक्षण(hi)(nirīkṣaṇ),जाँच(hi)(jā̃c)
• Hungarian:ellenőrzés(hu)
• Indonesian:pemeriksaan(id),inspeksi(id)
• Italian:ispezione(it)f,controllo(it)m,esame(it)m,analisi(it)f
• Japanese:Kiểm tra(ja)(けんさ, kensa)
• Korean:검사( kiểm tra )(ko)(geomsa)
• Malay:pemeriksaan,inspeksi
• Malayalam:പരിശോധന(ml)(pariśōdhana)
• Maori:mātaitanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:inspeksjonm

  Nynorsk:inspeksjonm

• Old English:inscēawungf,smēagungf
• Polish:badanie(pl)n,zbadanie(pl)n,kontrola(pl)f,inspekcja(pl)f
• Portuguese:inspeção(pt)f
• Romanian:inspecționaref,controlare(ro)f,inspectare(ro)f
• Russian:инспе́кция(ru)f(inspékcija),прове́рка(ru)f(provérka)
• Sanskrit:परीक्षा(sa)f(parīkṣā)
• Spanish:inspección(es)f
• Turkish:teftiş(tr)
• Ukrainian:інспе́кціяf(inspékcija),переві́рка(uk)f(perevírka)
• Urdu:مُعائِنَہm(mu'āina)
• Vietnamese:sự kiểm tra(vi)
• Welsh:arolwgm

organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed

• Belarusian:інспе́кцыяf(inspjékcyja),iнспэ́кцыяf(inspékcyja)
• Bulgarian:инспе́кция(bg)f(inspékcija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:please add this translation if you can

• Czech:inspekce(cs)f
• Dutch:inspectie(nl)f,keuring(nl)f
• Finnish:tarkastusvirasto
• French:please add this translation if you can
• Greek:επιθεώρηση(el)f(epitheórisi)
• Hungarian:please add this translation if you can
• Italian:ispezione(it)f
• Japanese:please add this translation if you can
• Polish:inspekcja(pl)f,kontrola(pl)f
• Russian:инспе́кция(ru)f(inspékcija)
• Ukrainian:інспе́кціяf(inspékcija)
• Urdu:مُعائِنَہm(mu'āina)

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• Spanish:^{(pleaseverify)}inspección(es)f

Anagrams

• cispontine,inceptions

French

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Frenchinspeccion,borrowed fromLatinīnspectiōnem(“examination, inspection”),from the verbīnspectō(“to inspect”),fromspectō(“to observe, to watch”),frequentative ofspeciō(“to look at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

inspectionf(pluralinspections)

1. inspection(act of examining something, often closely)

Further reading

• “inspection”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.