"aspection" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /æˈspɛk.ʃən/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /a-/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, also], /-ˈspek-/ [Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /æˈspek.ʃən/ [Australia], /ɛˈspek.ʃən/ [New-Zealand], /aˈspɛk.ʃən/ [Scotland], /aˈspɛk.ʃʌn/ [Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aspection.wav [Southern-England] Forms: aspections [plural]
enPR: ă-spĕk′shən Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin aspectiōnem, from aspicere (“to look at”), whence aspect. First attested in 1646. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|la:aspectiō<id:aspection><alt:aspectiōnem>|etydate=1646}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "aspectiōnem", "id" : "aspection", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "aspectiō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "aspection", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="aspection">, {{lbor|en|la|aspectiō|aspectiōnem}} Learned borrowing from Latin aspectiōnem, {{etydate|1646}} First attested in 1646 Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} aspection (countable and uncountable, plural aspections)
  1. (obsolete) The act of viewing; a look. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Inflected forms

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