detail

See also Detail, and détail

English

Etymology

French détail, from Old French detail, from detaillier, from de- + taillier (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • (UK, US) IPA: [ˈdi(ː)teɪɫ]; X-SAMPA: /"di:teIl/
• Verb:
  • (UK, US) IPA: [ˈdi(ː)teɪɫ]; X-SAMPA: /"di:teIl/
  • (US) IPA: /dɪˈteɪl/; X-SAMPA: /dI"teIl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

detail (countable and uncountable; plural details)

1. (countable) Something small enough to escape casual notice.

   Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.

   We missed several important details in the contract.

2. (uncountable) A profusion of details.

   This etching is full of fine detail.

3. Something considered trivial enough to ignore.

   I don't concern myself with the details of accounting.

4. (countable) A person's name, address and other personal information.

   The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details.

5. (military) A temporary unit or assignment.

Synonyms

• (something considered trivial enough to ignore): technicality, trifle, triviality
• (personal information): particulars
• (military: temporary unit): contingent, detachment

Derived terms

• in detail
• detail-oriented

Translations

something small enough to escape casual notice

• Arabic: تفصيل (ar) (tafSiil) m, تفاصيل (ar) (tafaaSiil) pl
• Armenian: մանրամաս (hy) (manramas)
• Bulgarian: детайл (bg) (detajl) m, подробност (bg) (podrobnost) f
• Catalan: detall (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 细节 (cmn) (xi4 jie2)

• Czech: podrobnost (cs) f, detail (cs) m
• Danish: detalje (da) c
• Dutch: detail (nl) n, kleinigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: detalo (eo)
• Finnish: yksityiskohta (fi), detalji (fi)
• French: détail (fr) m
• Georgian: დეტალი (ka) (detali), წვრილმანი (ka) (cvrilmani)

• German: Detail (de) n, Einzelheit (de) f pl
• Hebrew: פרט (prat') m
• Hungarian: részlet (hu)
• Icelandic: smáatriði (is) n
• Italian: dettaglio (it) m, particolare (it) m
• Lithuanian: smulkmena (lt) f, detalė (lt) f
• Malay: perincian (ms), butiran (ms)
• Portuguese: detalhe ((m))
• Russian: деталь (detál’) f
• Spanish: detalle (es) m
• Swedish: detalj (sv) c, enskildhet (sv) c
• Telugu: వివరం (vivaram)
• Ukrainian: деталь (uk) (detál’) f

uncountable: a profusion of details

• Bulgarian: детайлност (bg) (detajlnost) f
• Danish: detaljer (da) c pl
• Dutch: detail (nl) n, kleinigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: detalaro (eo)
• Finnish: detalji (usually in plural)
• French: détails (fr) m pl

• German: Detail (de) n
• Malay: perincian (ms), butiran (ms)
• Portuguese: detalhe ((m))
• Russian: деталь (detál’) f
• Spanish: detalle (es) m
• Swedish: detaljer (sv)
• Ukrainian: деталь (uk) (detál’) f

something considered trivial enough to ignore

• Armenian: մանրուք (hy) (manruk’)
• Bulgarian: детайл (bg) (detajl) m
• Czech: detail (cs) m
• Danish: detalje (da) c
• Dutch: detail (nl) n, kleinigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: yksityiskohta, epäolennaisuus
• French: détail (fr) m
• German: Detail (de) n

• Hebrew: ; פרט (prat') m
• Italian: minuzia (it) f
• Lithuanian: smulkmena (lt) f, detalė (lt) f
• Portuguese: detalhe ((m)), minúcias (pt) f pl
• Russian: деталь (detál’) f, подробность (podróbnost’) f, тонкость (tónkost’) f
• Spanish: detalle (es) m
• Swedish: oväsentlighet (sv), oväsentlig (sv) sak (sv)
• Telugu: వివరం (vivaram)
• Ukrainian: деталь (uk) (detál’) f

plural: personal information

• Armenian: մանրամասներ (hy) (manramasner) pl
• Dutch: persoonsgegevens (nl) n pl
• Esperanto: informoj (eo) pl
• Finnish: henkilötiedot (fi) pl

• French: coordonnées (fr) f pl
• Hebrew: פרטים (he) (prat'ym) m pl
• Portuguese: identificação (pt) f

military: temporary unit

• Dutch: detachement (nl) n
• French: détachement (fr)
• Russian: наряд (ru) (narjád) m, расчёт (ru) (rasčót) m

• Spanish: destacamento (es)
• Swedish: detachement (sv), kommendering (sv), utkommendering (sv)
• Ukrainian: наряд (uk) (narjád)

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• Spanish: detalle m (1,2,3)

See also

• overview
• bird's-eye view
• big picture

Verb

detail (third-person singular simple present details, present participle detailing, simple past and past participle detailed)

1. (transitive) to explain in detail

   I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.

2. (transitive) (US (?)) to clean carefully (particularly a car)

   We need to have the minivan detailed.

3. (transitive)(military) to assign to a particular task

Derived terms

• detailing

Synonyms

• (to explain in detail): specify
• (military: to assign to a particular task): detach

Translations

to explain in detail

• Bulgarian: излагам подробно (bg) (izlagam podrobno)
• Dutch: gedetailleerd uitleggen, detailleren, gedetailleerd beschrijven
• Estonian: täpselt selgitama (et)
• Finnish: selittää tarkasti/yksityiskohtaisesti/huolellisesti, tarkentaa
• French: détailler (fr)
• German: detaillisieren

• Hungarian: részletez (hu)
• Italian: dettagliare (it)
• Swedish: beskriva (sv) detaljerat (sv), gå in på detaljer (sv), räkna upp (sv), specificera (sv)
• Telugu: విశదీకరించు (viSadeekariMchu)

US (?): to clean carefully (particularly a car)

• Dutch: uitgebreid schoonmaken

military: to assign to a particular task

• Hungarian: kirendel (hu)

• Swedish: avdela (sv), detachera (sv), kommendera (sv), ta ut (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Portuguese: detalhar

Anagrams

• dilate
• tailed

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

detail m

1. detail

Synonyms

• podrobnost f

Related terms

• detailní

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

detail n (plural details, diminutive detailtje)

1. detail

Derived terms

• detailhandel