Feminine

inspection

Meaning

inspection (act of examining something, often closely)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃/
Etymology

In summary

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”).

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