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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌekspləˈnæɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 K S P L AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin explanatio (“an explanation, interpretation”), from explanare (“explain”); see explain. Morphologically explain + -ation. Displaced native Old English racu.

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verduideliking — the act or process of explaining
• Albanian: shpjegim — the act or process of explaining
• Albanian: sqarim — the act or process of explaining
• Albanian: ftillim — the act or process of explaining
• Arabic: تَفْسِير (tafsīr) — the act or process of explaining
• Arabic: شَرْح (šarḥ) — the act or process of explaining
• Arabic: تَوْضِيح (tawḍīḥ) — the act or process of explaining
• Arabic: تَعْلِيل (taʕlīl) — the act or process of explaining
• Arabic: نِقَاش (niqāš) — the act or process of explaining
• Arabic: إِيضَاح (ʔīḍāḥ) — the act or process of explaining
• Armenian: բացատրություն (bacʻatrutʻyun) — the act or process of explaining
• Armenian: մեկնաբանություն (meknabanutʻyun) — the act or process of explaining
• Assamese: ব্যাখ্যা (byakhya) — the act or process of explaining
• Asturian: esplicación — the act or process of explaining
• Aymara: qhananchawi — the act or process of explaining
• Azerbaijani: izah etmə — the act or process of explaining
• Basque: azalpen — the act or process of explaining
• Belarusian: аб'ясьне́нне (abʺjasʹnjénnje) — the act or process of explaining
• Belarusian: аб'ясьне́ньне (abʺjasʹnjénʹnje) — the act or process of explaining
• Belarusian: тлумачэ́нне (tlumačénnje) — the act or process of explaining
• Belarusian: тлумачэ́ньне (tlumačénʹnje) — the act or process of explaining
• Bengali: ব্যাখ্যা (bêkkha) — the act or process of explaining
• Bulgarian: обясне́ние (objasnénie) — the act or process of explaining
• Catalan: explicació — the act or process of explaining
• Cherokee: ꮧꭺꮟꮜꮕ — the act or process of explaining
• Chinese Cantonese: 解釋 /解释 (gaai2 sik1) — the act or process of explaining
• Chinese Cantonese: 說明 /说明 (syut3 ming4) — the act or process of explaining
• Chinese Mandarin: 解釋 /解释 (jiěshì) — the act or process of explaining
• Chinese Mandarin: 說明 /说明 (shuōmíng) — the act or process of explaining
• Czech: vysvětlení — the act or process of explaining
• Czech: objasnění — the act or process of explaining
• Danish: forklaring — the act or process of explaining
• Dutch: verklaring — the act or process of explaining
• Dutch: toelichting — the act or process of explaining
• Dutch: uitleg — the act or process of explaining
• Esperanto: klarigo — the act or process of explaining
• Estonian: selgitus — the act or process of explaining
• Finnish: selittäminen — the act or process of explaining
• French: explication — the act or process of explaining
• West-Frisian: útlis — the act or process of explaining
• Galician: explicación — the act or process of explaining
• Georgian: განმარტება (ganmarṭeba) — the act or process of explaining
• German: Erläuterung — the act or process of explaining
• German: Erklärung — the act or process of explaining
• German: Ausführung — the act or process of explaining
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (skeireins) — the act or process of explaining
• Greek: εξήγηση (exígisi) — the act or process of explaining
• Ancient Greek: ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis) — the act or process of explaining
• Hebrew: הֶסבֵּר (hesbér) — the act or process of explaining
• Hindi: स्पष्टीकरण (spaṣṭīkraṇ) — the act or process of explaining
• Hindi: समझाना (samjhānā) — the act or process of explaining
• Hindi: व्याख्या (vyākhyā) — the act or process of explaining
• Hungarian: magyarázat — the act or process of explaining
• Hungarian: indoklás — the act or process of explaining
• Hungarian: kifejtés — the act or process of explaining
• Hungarian: értelmezés — the act or process of explaining
• Icelandic: útskýring — the act or process of explaining
• Indonesian: penjelasan — the act or process of explaining
• Irish: míniú — the act or process of explaining
• Irish: mínithe — the act or process of explaining
• Italian: spiegazione — the act or process of explaining
• Italian: esplicazione — the act or process of explaining
• Italian: chiarificazione — the act or process of explaining
• Italian: esegesi — the act or process of explaining
• Japanese: 説明 (setsumei) — the act or process of explaining
• Khmer: ការពន្យល់ (kaa pɔɔpŭənyŭəl) — the act or process of explaining
• Korean: 설명 (seolmyeong) — the act or process of explaining
• Latin: explanatio — the act or process of explaining
• Latin: lux — the act or process of explaining
• Latvian: skaidrojums — the act or process of explaining
• Lithuanian: paaiškinimas — the act or process of explaining
• Macedonian: објаснување (objasnuvanje) — the act or process of explaining
• Marathi: स्पष्टीकरण (spaṣṭīkraṇ) — the act or process of explaining
• Mauritian Creole: explikasion — the act or process of explaining
• Mongolian: тайлбар (tajlbar) — the act or process of explaining
• Norwegian Bokmål: forklaring — the act or process of explaining
• Occitan: explicacion — the act or process of explaining
• Old English: racu — the act or process of explaining
• Dari: تَوْضِیح (tawzīh) — the act or process of explaining
• Dari: شَرْح (šarh) — the act or process of explaining
• Iranian Persian: تُوْضیح (towzih) — the act or process of explaining
• Iranian Persian: شَرْح (šarh) — the act or process of explaining
• Polish: objaśnienie — the act or process of explaining
• Polish: wyjaśnienie — the act or process of explaining
• Portuguese: explicação — the act or process of explaining
• Portuguese: explanação — the act or process of explaining
• Romanian: explicare — the act or process of explaining
• Russian: объясне́ние (obʺjasnénije) — the act or process of explaining
• Russian: разъясне́ние (razʺjasnénije) — the act or process of explaining
• Russian: растолко́вывание (rastolkóvyvanije) — the act or process of explaining
• Scottish Gaelic: soilleireachadh — the act or process of explaining
• Scottish Gaelic: mìneachadh — the act or process of explaining
• Serbo-Croatian: објашње́ње — the act or process of explaining
• Serbo-Croatian: objašnjénje — the act or process of explaining
• Slovak: vysvetlenie — the act or process of explaining
• Slovak: objasnenie — the act or process of explaining
• Slovene: razlaga — the act or process of explaining
• Spanish: explicación — the act or process of explaining
• Swedish: förklaring — the act or process of explaining
• Tagalog: paliwanag — the act or process of explaining
• Tajik: шарҳ (šarh) — the act or process of explaining
• Tajik: тавзеҳ (tavzeh) — the act or process of explaining
• Telugu: వివరణ (vivaraṇa) — the act or process of explaining
• Thai: การอธิบาย (gaan-à-tí-baai) — the act or process of explaining
• Turkish: açıklama — the act or process of explaining
• Ottoman Turkish: افاده (ifade) — the act or process of explaining
• Ukrainian: поя́снення (pojásnennja) — the act or process of explaining
• Ukrainian: тлума́чення (tlumáčennja) — the act or process of explaining
• Ukrainian: роз'я́снення (rozʺjásnennja) — the act or process of explaining
• Urdu: وَضاحَت (vazāhat) — the act or process of explaining
• Urdu: تَوضِیح (tauzīh) — the act or process of explaining
• Welsh: eglurhad — the act or process of explaining
• Asturian: esplicación — something that explains
• Azerbaijani: izah — something that explains
• Bulgarian: обясне́ние (objasnénie) — something that explains
• Catalan: explicació — something that explains
• Chinese Cantonese: 說明 /说明 (syut3 ming4) — something that explains
• Chinese Mandarin: 說明 /说明 (shuōmíng) — something that explains
• Czech: vysvětlení — something that explains
• Danish: forklaring — something that explains
• Dutch: verklaring — something that explains
• Dutch: uitleg — something that explains
• Esperanto: klarigo — something that explains
• Finnish: selitys — something that explains
• French: explication — something that explains
• Galician: explicación — something that explains
• German: Erklärung — something that explains
• Greek: εξήγηση (exígisi) — something that explains
• Ancient Greek: ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis) — something that explains
• Hindi: व्याख्या (vyākhyā) — something that explains
• Hindi: विवरण (vivraṇ) — something that explains
• Hungarian: magyarázat — something that explains
• Hungarian: megfejtés — something that explains
• Icelandic: útskýring — something that explains
• Old English: racu — something that explains
• Portuguese: explicação — something that explains
• Portuguese: explanação — something that explains
• Romanian: explicație — something that explains
• Russian: объясне́ние (obʺjasnénije) — something that explains
• Thai: การอธิบาย (gaan-à-tí-baai) — something that explains
• Turkish: izah — something that explains
• Ukrainian: поя́снення (pojásnennja) — something that explains
• Uzbek: izoh — something that explains
• Bulgarian: оправда́ние (opravdánie) — reconciliation
• Dutch: uitvlucht — reconciliation
• Dutch: uitleg — reconciliation
• French: explication — reconciliation
• Greek: δικαιολογία (dikaiología) — reconciliation
• Hungarian: tisztázás — reconciliation
• Russian: оправда́ние (opravdánije) — reconciliation