explicit

See also: explícit

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsɪt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled, easy”), variant of explicātus.

Adjective

explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)

1. Very specific, clear, or detailed. [from 1609]

   Synonyms: express, manifest, overt; see also Thesaurus:explicit

   Antonyms: implicit, unexplicit, vague

   I gave explicit instructions for him to stay here, but he followed me, anyway.

2. (euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic. [from 1971]

   Synonym: raunchy

   Antonym: circumspect

   The film had several scenes including explicit language and sex.

Derived terms

Terms derived from explicit

• explicitation
• explicitize

• explicitization
• explicitly

• explicitness

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to explicit

• explicate

• explication

• explicator

Translations

very specific

• Arabic: صريح (ar) m
• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: изричен (bg) (izričen)
• Catalan: explícit (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精确 (zh) (jingque)

• Czech: výslovný m, explicitní (cs)
• Danish: tydelig, bestemt (da), udstrykkelig, eksplicit (da)
• Dutch: expliciet (nl), uitdrukkelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: täsmällinen (fi), selkeä (fi), eksplisiittinen (fi)
• French: explicite (fr)
• German: eindeutig (de), ausdrücklich (de), deutlich (de), explizit (de)
• Greek: ρητός (el) m (ritós), σαφής (el) m or f (safís)
• Hungarian: explicit (hu), világos (hu), kifejezett (hu), egyértelmű (hu), nyílt (hu), határozott (hu)
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• Ido: explicita (io), parenuncita (io)
• Italian: specifico (it), proprio (it)
• Japanese: 明確 (ja) (meikaku), 明白 (ja) (meihaku), 明らか (ja) (akiraka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eksplisitt (no)

  Nynorsk: eksplisitt

• Persian: صریح (fa) (sarih), واضح (fa) (vâzeh)
• Polish: szczegółowy (pl), jasny (pl), wprost (pl)
• Portuguese: explícito (pt) m
• Romanian: explicit (ro), clar (ro)
• Russian: я́вный (ru) (jávnyj), я́сный (ru) (jásnyj), чёткий (ru) (čótkij)
• Spanish: explícito (es)
• Swedish: uttrycklig (sv), explicit (sv)
• Tagalog: lantad
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

containing material that might be deemed offensive

• Azerbaijani: açıq-saçıq
• Catalan: explícit (ca) m
• Czech: explicitní (cs), otevřený (cs) m, vulgární (cs)
• Dutch: expliciet (nl)
• Finnish: sopimaton (fi), epäsiveellinen
• Hebrew: בּוֹטֶה (he) m (boté)
• Hungarian: szókimondó (hu), nyers (hu), kendőzetlen (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: explicita (io)
• Italian: esplicito (it)
• Japanese: どぎつい (dogitsui), あからさま (ja) (akarasama)
• Romanian: vulgar (ro)
• Russian: открове́нный (ru) (otkrovénnyj)
• Spanish: vulgar (es), explícito (es)
• Swedish: explicit (sv)

Etymology 2

Abbreviated from Latin explicitus est līber (“the book is set in order, ended”).

Phrase

(deprecated template usage) explicit

1. (obsolete) Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.

Further reading

• “explicit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “explicit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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French

Alternative forms

• excipit (proscribed)

Etymology

Abbreviated from Latin explicitus est liber (“the book is set in order, ended”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

explicit m (plural explicits)

1. end (of a story)

   Antonym: incipit

Further reading

• “explicit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicit.

Noun

explicit oblique singular, m (oblique plural expliciz or explicitz, nominative singular expliciz or explicitz, nominative plural explicit)

1. end (of a story)

Synonyms

• finit

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Romanian

Etymology

From French explicite, from Latin explicitus.

Adjective

explicit m or n (feminine singular explicită, masculine plural expliciți, feminine and neuter plural explicite)

1. explicit

Declension

Declension of explicit

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	explicit		explicită	expliciți	explicite
	definite	explicitul		explicita	expliciții	explicitele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	explicit		explicite	expliciți	explicite
	definite	explicitului		explicitei	expliciților	explicitelor

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Swedish

Adjective

explicit

1. explicit

Adverb

explicit

1. explicitly