inspection

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

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَفَقُّد (tafaqqud) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Belarusian: інспе́кцыя (inspjékcyja) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Belarusian: інспэ́кцыя (inspékcyja) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Belarusian: праве́рка (pravjérka) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Bhojpuri: निरीक्षण (nirīkṣaṇ) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Bulgarian: пре́глед (prégled) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Bulgarian: реви́зия (revízija) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Bulgarian: прове́рка (provérka) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Catalan: inspecció — the act of examining something, often closely
• Chinese Mandarin: 檢查 /检查 (jiǎnchá) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Crimean Tatar: teftiş — the act of examining something, often closely
• Czech: prohlídka — the act of examining something, often closely
• Czech: kontrola — the act of examining something, often closely
• Dutch: onderzoek — the act of examining something, often closely
• Dutch: inspectie — the act of examining something, often closely
• Esperanto: inspekto — the act of examining something, often closely
• Esperanto: pririgardo — the act of examining something, often closely
• Finnish: tarkastus — the act of examining something, often closely
• Finnish: tarkastelu — the act of examining something, often closely
• Finnish: tutkiminen — the act of examining something, often closely
• Finnish: katsastus — the act of examining something, often closely
• French: inspection — the act of examining something, often closely
• German: Inspektion — the act of examining something, often closely
• German: Prüfung — the act of examining something, often closely
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (niuhseins) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Greek: εξέταση (exétasi) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Hindi: निरीक्षण (nirīkṣaṇ) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Hindi: जाँच (jā̃c) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Hungarian: ellenőrzés — the act of examining something, often closely
• Indonesian: pemeriksaan — the act of examining something, often closely
• Indonesian: inspeksi — the act of examining something, often closely
• Italian: ispezione — the act of examining something, often closely
• Italian: controllo — the act of examining something, often closely
• Italian: esame — the act of examining something, often closely
• Italian: analisi — the act of examining something, often closely
• Japanese: 検査 (kensa) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Korean: 검사 (geomsa) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Malay: pemeriksaan — the act of examining something, often closely
• Malay: inspeksi — the act of examining something, often closely
• Malayalam: പരിശോധന (pariśōdhana) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Māori: mātaitanga — the act of examining something, often closely
• Norwegian Bokmål: inspeksjon — the act of examining something, often closely
• Norwegian Nynorsk: inspeksjon — the act of examining something, often closely
• Old English: inscēawung — the act of examining something, often closely
• Old English: smēagung — the act of examining something, often closely
• Polish: badanie — the act of examining something, often closely
• Polish: zbadanie — the act of examining something, often closely
• Polish: kontrola — the act of examining something, often closely
• Polish: inspekcja — the act of examining something, often closely
• Portuguese: inspeção — the act of examining something, often closely
• Romanian: inspecționare — the act of examining something, often closely
• Romanian: controlare — the act of examining something, often closely
• Romanian: inspectare — the act of examining something, often closely
• Russian: инспе́кция (inspékcija) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Russian: прове́рка (provérka) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Sanskrit: परीक्षा (parīkṣā) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Spanish: inspección — the act of examining something, often closely
• Turkish: teftiş — the act of examining something, often closely
• Ukrainian: інспе́кція (inspékcija) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Ukrainian: переві́рка (perevírka) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Urdu: مُعائِنَہ (mu'āina) — the act of examining something, often closely
• Vietnamese: sự kiểm tra — the act of examining something, often closely
• Welsh: arolwg — the act of examining something, often closely
• Belarusian: інспе́кцыя (inspjékcyja) — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Belarusian: iнспэ́кцыя (inspékcyja) — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Bulgarian: инспе́кция (inspékcija) — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Czech: inspekce — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Dutch: inspectie — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Dutch: keuring — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Finnish: tarkastusvirasto — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Greek: επιθεώρηση (epitheórisi) — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Italian: ispezione — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Polish: inspekcja — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Polish: kontrola — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Russian: инспе́кция (inspékcija) — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Ukrainian: інспе́кція (inspékcija) — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed
• Urdu: مُعائِنَہ (mu'āina) — organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed