observation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃn̩/
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• General-American: /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: AA2 B Z ER0 V EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English observacion, borrowed from Middle French observacion. Also a borrowing from French observation and a learned borrowing from Latin observātiō(n-). Morphologically observe + -ation.

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: vrojtim — act of observing or being observed
• Arabic: رَصْد (raṣd) — act of observing or being observed
• Arabic: مُشَاهَدَة (mušāhada) — act of observing or being observed
• Arabic: مُرَاقَبَةٌ (murāqabatun) — act of observing or being observed
• Armenian: դիտողություն (ditoġutʻyun) — act of observing or being observed
• Azerbaijani: müşahidə — act of observing or being observed
• Belarusian: назіра́нне (naziránnje) — act of observing or being observed
• Belarusian: нагляда́нне (nahljadánnje) — act of observing or being observed
• Belarusian: нагля́д (nahljád) — act of observing or being observed
• Bulgarian: наблюде́ние (nabljudénie) — act of observing or being observed
• Burmese: အမှတ်အသား (a.hmat-a.sa:) — act of observing or being observed
• Catalan: observació — act of observing or being observed
• Cebuano: paniid — act of observing or being observed
• Chinese Mandarin: 觀察 /观察 (guānchá) — act of observing or being observed
• Czech: pozorování — act of observing or being observed
• Danish: iagttagelse — act of observing or being observed
• Danish: observation — act of observing or being observed
• Danish: bemærkning — act of observing or being observed
• Dutch: waarneming — act of observing or being observed
• Esperanto: observo — act of observing or being observed
• Estonian: vaatlus — act of observing or being observed
• Finnish: havainnointi — act of observing or being observed
• Finnish: havaitseminen — act of observing or being observed
• Finnish: havaituksi tuleminen — act of observing or being observed
• French: observation — act of observing or being observed
• Georgian: დაკვირვება (daḳvirveba) — act of observing or being observed
• German: Beobachtung — act of observing or being observed
• Gothic: 𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (atwitains) — act of observing or being observed
• Greek: παρατήρηση (paratírisi) — act of observing or being observed
• Ancient Greek: σκέψις (sképsis) — act of observing or being observed
• Hebrew: תַּצְפִּית — act of observing or being observed
• Hebrew: צְפִיָּה (tsfiyá) — act of observing or being observed
• Hindi: अवलोकन (avlokan) — act of observing or being observed
• Hindi: प्रेक्षण (prekṣaṇ) — act of observing or being observed
• Hungarian: megfigyelés — act of observing or being observed
• Italian: osservazione — act of observing or being observed
• Japanese: 観察 (kansatsu) — act of observing or being observed
• Kazakh: бақылау (baqylau) — act of observing or being observed
• Khmer: គំនន់ (kumnŭən) — act of observing or being observed
• Khmer: វិលោកនៈ (vilookaʼnaʼ) — act of observing or being observed
• Korean: 관찰 (gwanchal) — act of observing or being observed
• Kyrgyz: байкоо (baykoo) — act of observing or being observed
• Latin: observātiō — act of observing or being observed
• Latin: animadversiō — act of observing or being observed
• Latin: notātiō — act of observing or being observed
• Latvian: novērošana — act of observing or being observed
• Lithuanian: stebėjimas — act of observing or being observed
• Macedonian: набљудување (nabljuduvanje) — act of observing or being observed
• Malay: pemerhatian — act of observing or being observed
• Malay: pencerapan — act of observing or being observed
• Malayalam: നിരീക്ഷണം (nirīkṣaṇaṁ) — act of observing or being observed
• Mongolian: ажиглалт (ažiglalt) — act of observing or being observed
• Mongolian: ᠠᠵᠢᠭᠯᠠᠯᠲᠠ (aǰiɣlalta) — act of observing or being observed
• Norwegian Bokmål: observasjon — act of observing or being observed
• Persian: مشاهده (mošâhade) — act of observing or being observed
• Persian: ارصاد (ersâd) — act of observing or being observed
• Persian: نپاهش (nepâheš) — act of observing or being observed
• Polish: obserwacja — act of observing or being observed
• Polish: spostrzeżenie — act of observing or being observed
• Polish: ogląd — act of observing or being observed
• Portuguese: observação — act of observing or being observed
• Romanian: observare — act of observing or being observed
• Romanian: observație — act of observing or being observed
• Russian: наблюде́ние (nabljudénije) — act of observing or being observed
• Serbo-Croatian: опа́жа̄ње — act of observing or being observed
• Serbo-Croatian: посматрање — act of observing or being observed
• Serbo-Croatian: opážānje — act of observing or being observed
• Serbo-Croatian: posmatranje — act of observing or being observed
• Slovak: pozorovanie — act of observing or being observed
• Slovene: opazovanje — act of observing or being observed
• Spanish: observación — act of observing or being observed
• Spanish: vigilancia — act of observing or being observed
• Spanish: observancia — act of observing or being observed
• Swedish: observation — act of observing or being observed
• Swedish: iakttagelse — act of observing or being observed
• Tajik: мушоҳида (mušohida) — act of observing or being observed
• Telugu: పరిశీలన (pariśīlana) — act of observing or being observed
• Thai: การสังเกต (gaan-sǎng-gèet) — act of observing or being observed
• Turkish: gözlem — act of observing or being observed
• Ukrainian: спостере́ження (sposteréžennja) — act of observing or being observed
• Ukrainian: нагляда́ння (nahljadánnja) — act of observing or being observed
• Ukrainian: на́гляд (náhljad) — act of observing or being observed
• Ukrainian: назира́ння (nazyránnja) — act of observing or being observed
• Urdu: مشاہده (maśāhada, muśāhida) — act of observing or being observed
• Uzbek: nazorat — act of observing or being observed
• Vietnamese: sự quan sát — act of observing or being observed
• Yiddish: אָבסערוואַציע (observatsye) — act of observing or being observed
• Bulgarian: наблюдение (nabljudenie) — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Catalan: registre — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Catalan: anotació — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Dutch: waarneming — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Dutch: waarnemen — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Esperanto: observo — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Finnish: havainto — recording an event; the record of such noting
• French: observation — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Hebrew: תַּצְפִּית (tatspit) — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Italian: osservazione — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Japanese: 観察 (kansatsu) — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Malayalam: നിരീക്ഷണം (nirīkṣaṇaṁ) — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Portuguese: registro — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Portuguese: observação — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Romanian: observație — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Romanian: observare — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Russian: наблюде́ние (nabljudénije) — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Spanish: anotación — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Spanish: registro — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Spanish: observación — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Swedish: observation — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Swedish: uppsikt — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Swedish: tillsyn — recording an event; the record of such noting
• Armenian: դիտողություն (ditoġutʻyun) — remark or comment
• Breton: evezhiadenn — remark or comment
• Bulgarian: забележка (zabeležka) — remark or comment
• Catalan: observació — remark or comment
• Catalan: comentari — remark or comment
• Czech: postřeh — remark or comment
• Dutch: opmerking — remark or comment
• Dutch: waarneming — remark or comment
• Esperanto: rimarko — remark or comment
• Finnish: huomio — remark or comment
• Finnish: huomautus — remark or comment
• Finnish: kommentti — remark or comment
• French: remarque — remark or comment
• German: Bemerkung — remark or comment
• Hungarian: megjegyzés — remark or comment
• Japanese: 論評 (ronpyō) — remark or comment
• Japanese: 所見 (shoken) — remark or comment
• Lithuanian: pastaba — remark or comment
• Polish: spostrzeżenie — remark or comment
• Polish: komentarz — remark or comment
• Polish: uwaga — remark or comment
• Portuguese: observação — remark or comment
• Portuguese: comentário — remark or comment
• Romanian: observație — remark or comment
• Russian: замеча́ние (zamečánije) — remark or comment
• Spanish: observación — remark or comment
• Spanish: comentario — remark or comment
• Swedish: anmärkning — remark or comment
• Ukrainian: спостере́ження (sposteréžennja) — remark or comment
• Esperanto: observa juĝo — judgement
• Finnish: päätelmä — judgement
• Finnish: päätös — judgement
• Japanese: 観察結果 (kansatsukekka) — judgement
• Lithuanian: tirti — judgement
• Portuguese: parecer — judgement
• Spanish: juicio — judgement
• Spanish: parecer — judgement