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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesscrutin
Pronunciation / Transliteration: scrutin
"Le projet de loi est soumis à un examen minutieux."
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Critical observation or examination.
"His financial records came under close scrutiny."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin scrutinium, from scrutari 'to search, examine' (originally relating to rummaging through trash), from scruta 'broken stuff, trash'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "scrutiny" is said worldwide
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scrutin
Transliteration: scrutin
"Le projet de loi est soumis à un examen minutieux."
Prüfung
Transliteration: Prüfung
"Die Unterlagen wurden genauer Prüfung unterzogen."
vaglio
Transliteration: vaglio
"Il bilancio è sotto stretto vaglio."
escrutinio
Transliteration: escrutinio
"Las políticas de la empresa están bajo escrutinio público."
escrutínio
Transliteration: escrutínio
"O contrato foi submetido a rigoroso escrutínio."
छानबीन
Transliteration: chhaanbeen
"उसके बयानों की कड़ी छानबीन की गई।"
审视
Transliteration: shěnshì
"这项决定受到了公众的密切审视。"
정밀 조사
Transliteration: jeongmil josa
"그의 행동은 철저한 조사를 받고 있다."
精査
Transliteration: seisa
"その契約書には厳しい精査が必要です。"
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