inspection

English Online Dictionary. What means inspection‎? What does inspection mean?

English

Alternative forms

• inspexion (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French inspeccion, from Latin īnspectiō (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspiciō (“I inspect”), from speciō (“I look at”). By surface analysis, inspect +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

inspection (countable and uncountable, plural inspections)

1. The act of examining something, often closely.

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

Synonyms

• examination
• scrutiny

Derived terms

Related terms

• inspect
• inspector

Translations

Anagrams

• cispontine, inceptions

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French inspeccion, borrowed from Latin īnspectiōnem (“examination, inspection”), from the verb īnspectō (“to inspect”), from spectō (“to observe, to watch”), frequentative of speciō (“to look at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃/

Noun

inspection f (plural inspections)

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

Further reading

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