explosio

See also: explosió

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-?

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-h₂-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-d-

Latin plaudō

Latin explōdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tio

Latin explōsiō

From explōdō + -tio.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈspɫoː.si.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈsplɔː.s̬i.o]

Noun

explōsiō f (genitive explōsiōnis); third declension

1. (Classical Latin) a driving off by clapping
2. (New Latin) explosion

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	explōsiō	explōsiōnēs
genitive	explōsiōnis	explōsiōnum
dative	explōsiōnī	explōsiōnibus
accusative	explōsiōnem	explōsiōnēs
ablative	explōsiōne	explōsiōnibus
vocative	explōsiō	explōsiōnēs

Synonyms

• displōsio

Descendants

• Catalan: explosió
• French: explosion
• Friulian: esplosion
• Galician: explosión
• → German: Explosion
• Italian: esplosione
• Piedmontese: esplosion
• Romanian: exploziune, explozie
• Spanish: explosión
• → Swedish: explosion

References

• “explosio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “explosio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.