inspection

English

Alternative forms

• inspexion (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

inspection (countable and uncountable, plural inspections)

1. The act of examining something, often closely.

   Upon closer inspection, the animal turned out to be a dolphin, not a shark!

2. An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

   The inspection fined the restaurant's owner because the kitchen was dirty.

Synonyms

• examination
• scrutiny

Derived terms

• Fagan inspection
• fire inspection
• home inspection
• inspection pit
• obvious by inspection
• ticket inspection
• vehicle inspection

 

Related terms

• inspect
• inspector

Translations

the act of examining something, often closely

• Arabic: تَفَقُّد m (tafaqqud)
• Belarusian: інспе́кцыя f (inspjékcyja), інспэ́кцыя f (inspékcyja), праве́рка f (pravjérka)
• Bulgarian: пре́глед (bg) m (prégled), реви́зия (bg) f (revízija), прове́рка (bg) f (provérka)
• Catalan: inspecció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檢查／检查 (zh) (jiǎnchá)

• Crimean Tatar: teftiş
• Czech: prohlídka (cs) f, kontrola (cs) f
• Dutch: onderzoek (nl) n, inspectie (nl) f
• Esperanto: inspekto
• Finnish: tarkastus (fi), tarkastelu (fi), tutkiminen (fi), katsastus (fi)
• French: inspection (fr) f
• German: Inspektion (de) f, Prüfung (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (niuhseins)
• Greek: εξέταση (el) f (exétasi)
• Hungarian: ellenőrzés (hu)
• Indonesian: pemeriksaan (id), inspeksi (id)
• Italian: ispezione (it) f, controllo (it) m, esame (it) m, analisi (it) f
• Japanese: 検査 (ja) (けんさ, kensa)
• Korean: 검사(檢査) (ko) (geomsa)
• Malay: pemeriksaan, inspeksi
• Malayalam: പരിശോധന (ml) (pariśōdhana)
• Maori: mātaitanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: inspeksjon m

  Nynorsk: inspeksjon m

• Old English: inscēawung f, smēagung f
• Polish: badanie (pl) n, zbadanie (pl) n, kontrola (pl) f, inspekcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: inspeção (pt) f
• Romanian: inspecționare f, controlare (ro) f, inspectare (ro) f
• Russian: инспе́кция (ru) f (inspékcija), прове́рка (ru) f (provérka)
• Sanskrit: परीक्षा (sa) f (parīkṣā)
• Spanish: inspección (es) f
• Turkish: teftiş (tr)
• Ukrainian: інспе́кція f (inspékcija), переві́рка (uk) f (perevírka)
• Vietnamese: sự kiểm tra (vi)
• Welsh: arolwg m

organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed

• Belarusian: інспе́кцыя f (inspjékcyja), iнспэ́кцыя f (inspékcyja)
• Bulgarian: инспе́кция (bg) f (inspékcija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: inspekce (cs) f
• Dutch: inspectie (nl) f, keuring (nl) f
• Finnish: tarkastusvirasto
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: επιθεώρηση (el) f (epitheórisi)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: ispezione (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: inspekcja (pl) f, kontrola (pl) f
• Russian: инспе́кция (ru) f (inspékcija)
• Ukrainian: інспе́кція f (inspékcija)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} inspección (es) f

Anagrams

• cispontine, inceptions

French

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.pɛk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

inspection f (plural inspections)

1. inspection (act of examining something, often closely)

Further reading

• “inspection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.