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Pronunciation / Transliteration: fouilles
"Les fouilles archéologiques ont duré tout l'été."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site.
"The archaeological excavation revealed ancient Roman ruins."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: from Latin excavat- 'hollowed out', from the verb excavare, from ex- 'out' + cavare 'to make hollow' (from cavus 'hollow').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Excavation" is said worldwide
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fouilles
Transliteration: fouilles
"Les fouilles archéologiques ont duré tout l'été."
Ausgrabung
Transliteration: Ausgrabung
"Die Ausgrabung brachte antike Artefakte zutage."
scavo
Transliteration: scavo
"Lo scavo archeologico ha portato alla luce importanti reperti."
excavación
Transliteration: excavación
"La excavación en el sitio duró varios meses."
escavação
Transliteration: escavação
"A escavação revelou ruínas de uma civilização antiga."
उत्खनन
Transliteration: utkhanan
"पुरातात्विक उत्खनन से कई रहस्य सामने आए।"
发掘
Transliteration: fājué
"这次考古发掘工作发现了许多珍贵文物。"
발굴
Transliteration: balgul
"고고학적 발굴 작업이 성공적으로 끝났다."
発掘
Transliteration: hakkutsu
"遺跡の発掘調査が現在行われている。"
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