French word

explorer

Pronunciation

IPA/ɛksploʁe/

Meaning

  • verbexplore

Example

Nous allons explorer la vieille ville ce week-end.

We are going to explore the old town this weekend.

Illustration for explorer (explore)

More examples

Je vais explorer le site web pour trouver des informations.

I'm going to explore the website to find information.

Core concept

Moving through unfamiliar territory or ideas while uncovering what lies there.

Common phrases

  • explorer un sentier

    explore a trail

  • explorer un site web

    explore a website

  • explorer la nature

    explore nature

Similar words

visiter: To visit a building or place for sightseeing or an informative tour.
découvrir: To find a fact or thing that was previously unknown.
parcourir: To move through a place or area to see and examine it fully.
fouiller: To search thoroughly inside things or places for an item or clue.

Definition in French

Aller à la découverte d'un lieu ou d'un sujet pour en recueillir des informations nouvelles ou souvent inattendues.

Word origin

The French verb explorer continues the investigative sense of Latin explorare, which entered French as a learned borrowing.

Usage tips

  • Explorer applies to both places and subjects, so explorer une idée can mean to examine an idea rather than physically travel.

Other meanings

  • investigateverb

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