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• Received-Pronunciation: ĭksplôʹ
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsplɔː/
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• General-American: ĭksplôrʹ
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• General-American: /ɪkˈsploɹ/
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• ĭksplōrʹ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ɪkˈsplo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /ɪkˈsploə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S P L AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin plōrō Latin explōrōder. Middle French explorerder. English explore From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)). Displaced native Old English rāsian.

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِسْتَكْشَفَ (istakšafa) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Armenian: հետազոտել (hetazotel) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Armenian: ուսումնասիրել (usumnasirel) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Asturian: esplorar — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Belarusian: дасле́даваць (dasljédavacʹ) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Belarusian: дасле́дваць (dasljédvacʹ) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Bulgarian: изсле́двам (izslédvam) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Catalan: explorar — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Chinese Mandarin: 探索 (tànsuǒ) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Chinese Mandarin: 探險 /探险 (tànxiǎn) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Czech: zkoumat — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Czech: prozkoumat — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Czech: bádat — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Czech: probádat — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Danish: udforske — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Danish: undersøge — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Dutch: onderzoeken — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Dutch: bestuderen — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Dutch: navorsen — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Dutch: exploreren — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Dutch: napluizen — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Dutch: uitpluizen — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Dutch: uitzoeken — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Dutch: aftasten — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Esperanto: esplori — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Finnish: tutkia — to examine or investigate something systematically
• French: explorer — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Galician: explorar — to examine or investigate something systematically
• German: erforschen — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (andhruskan) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Greek: εξερευνώ (exerevnó) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Hebrew: חיפש (khipés) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Hebrew: חיפש לברר (khipés l'varér) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Hebrew: חקר (khakár) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Hebrew: בדק (badák) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Hebrew: התעמק (hit'amék) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Hebrew: התעסק (hit'asék) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Hindi: अन्वेषण करना (anveṣaṇ karnā) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Hungarian: megvizsgál — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Hungarian: kutat — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Indonesian: eksplorasi — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Italian: esplorare — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Italian: investigare — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Italian: indagare — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Italian: analizzare — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Italian: sondare — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Japanese: 探検する (tanken suru) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Khmer: រុករក (ruk rɔɔk) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Khmer: ស៊ើប (səəp) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Khmer: ក្រវែល (krɑɑvael) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Korean: 탐험하다 (tamheomhada) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Lao: ສແວງ (sa wǣng) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Lao: ສະແວງ (sa wǣng) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Latin: speculor — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Macedonian: истражува (istražuva) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Māori: whakatōmene — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Māori: hōpara — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Māori: tōmene — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Mauritian Creole: explore — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Mongolian: судлах (sudlax) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Norwegian Bokmål: utforske — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Occitan: explorar — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Persian: کاوش کردن (kâvoš kardan) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Persian: اکتشاف کردن (ektešâf kardan) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Polish: badać — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Polish: zbadać — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Portuguese: explorar — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Romanian: a explora — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Russian: иссле́довать (isslédovatʹ) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Serbo-Croatian: истражи́вати — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Serbo-Croatian: истра́жити — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Serbo-Croatian: istražívati — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Serbo-Croatian: istrážiti — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Slovak: skúmať — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Slovak: preskúmať — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Slovak: bádať — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Slovak: prebádať — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Slovene: poizvedovati — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Slovene: poizvedeti — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Slovene: raziskovati — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Slovene: raziskati — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Spanish: explorar — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Swedish: utforska — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Thai: สํารวจ (sǎm-rùuat) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Turkish: araştırmak — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Ukrainian: дослі́джувати (doslídžuvaty) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Ukrainian: досліди́ти (doslidýty) — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Vietnamese: thám hiểm — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Zazaki: palıknayen — to examine or investigate something systematically
• Armenian: հետազոտել (hetazotel) — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Armenian: հետախուզել (hetaxuzel) — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Asturian: esplorar — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Bulgarian: изследвам (izsledvam) — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Catalan: explorar — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Danish: udforske — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Danish: tage på opdagelsesrejse — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Dutch: verkennen — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Dutch: exploreren — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Dutch: op/een ontdekkingsreis gaan naar/maken in — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Finnish: tutkia — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• French: explorer — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Galician: explorar — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• German: erforschen — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Hebrew: חקר (khakár) — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Hebrew: תר (tar) — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Hungarian: felfedez — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Hungarian: kalandozik — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Italian: esplorare — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Japanese: 探る (saguru) — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Latin: explōrō — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Malay: teroka — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Māori: hōpara — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Māori: whakatōmene — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Māori: torohē — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Occitan: explorar — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Old English: rāsian — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Portuguese: explorar — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Russian: иссле́довать (isslédovatʹ) — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Spanish: explorar — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Swedish: utforska — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Turkish: keşfetmek — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Vietnamese: khám phá — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Zazaki: keşf kerden — to travel somewhere in search of discovery
• Bulgarian: изуча́вам (izučávam) — to (seek) experience first hand
• Catalan: explorar — to (seek) experience first hand
• Danish: udforske — to (seek) experience first hand
• Dutch: verkennen — to (seek) experience first hand
• Dutch: exploreren — to (seek) experience first hand
• Finnish: kokeilla — to (seek) experience first hand
• Finnish: tutkia — to (seek) experience first hand
• French: explorer — to (seek) experience first hand
• German: erforschen — to (seek) experience first hand
• Hebrew: התנסה (hitnasá) — to (seek) experience first hand
• Hungarian: felfedez — to (seek) experience first hand
• Italian: esplorare — to (seek) experience first hand
• Portuguese: explorar — to (seek) experience first hand
• Russian: изуча́ть (izučátʹ) — to (seek) experience first hand
• Russian: изучи́ть (izučítʹ) — to (seek) experience first hand
• Turkish: incelemek — to (seek) experience first hand
• Turkish: tetkik etmek — to (seek) experience first hand
• Zazaki: barıyayış — to (seek) experience first hand
• Bulgarian: прегле́ждам (pregléždam) — to examine diagnostically
• Catalan: explorar — to examine diagnostically
• Danish: undersøge — to examine diagnostically
• Danish: eksplorere — to examine diagnostically
• Dutch: diagnosticeren — to examine diagnostically
• Finnish: tutkia — to examine diagnostically
• German: untersuchen — to examine diagnostically
• Hungarian: megvizsgál — to examine diagnostically
• Italian: esplorare — to examine diagnostically
• Italian: investigare — to examine diagnostically
• Italian: indagare — to examine diagnostically
• Portuguese: examinar — to examine diagnostically
• Russian: осма́тривать (osmátrivatʹ) — to examine diagnostically
• Russian: осмотре́ть (osmotrétʹ) — to examine diagnostically
• Turkish: muayene etmek — to examine diagnostically
• Catalan: explorar — to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses
• Dutch: op verkenning zijn — to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses
• Dutch: exploreren — to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses
• Dutch: (aan) exploratie doen — to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses
• Finnish: tutkia — to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses
• Finnish: kokeilla — to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses
• Italian: esplorare — to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses
• Italian: vagare — to be engaged exploring in any of the above senses