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feminine

/ɛks.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/

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Translation

explanation

Word origin

From Latin explicatio, from explicare ('to unfold, to unroll'), from ex- ('out') and plicare ('to fold'). The idea is of spreading something out so that it can be seen properly.

Origin: Latin
Root: explicatio
English cognates: explication, explain, complicate

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralexplications

Examples

' .

Your explanation is not very clear.

He owes us an explanation.

, .

After a long explanation, everybody understood.

phénomène.

I am looking for an explanation for this phenomenon.

They had a rather heated exchange in the corridor.

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This word is part of lesson 35.