explication
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Middle French explication, from Latin explicatio, explicationem.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun[edit]
explication (countable and uncountable, plural explications)
- The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
- The sense given by an expositor.
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Translations[edit]
the act of opening, unfolding, or explaining
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin explicatio, explicationem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
explication f (plural explications)
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Further reading[edit]
- “explication” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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