elaborate

English

Etymology

1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.

Pronunciation

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• Adjective: ĭlă'bərət, IPA^(key): /ɪˈlæbəɹət/
• Verb: ĭlă'bərāt, IPA^(key): /ɪˈlæbəɹeɪt/

Adjective

elaborate (comparative more elaborate, superlative most elaborate)

1. Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated.

   After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser.

2. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.

   I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.

   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

Translations

detailed

• Bulgarian: сложен (bg) (složen), подробен (bg) (podroben)
• Danish: detaljeret
• Dutch: gedetailleerd (nl), diepgaand (nl)
• Estonian: üksikasjalik, detailne
• Finnish: yksityiskohtainen (fi), perusteellinen (fi)
• German: ausführlich (de), durchdacht (de)
• Hungarian: mélyreható (hu), alaposan kidolgozott
• Icelandic: ítarlegur (is)

• Italian: elaborato (it), dettagliato (it)
• Manx: yl-chast
• Polish: drobiazgowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: detalhado (pt)
• Russian: доскона́льный (ru) (doskonálʹnyj), тща́тельно сде́ланный (tščátelʹno sdélannyj), скрупулёзный (ru) (skrupuljóznyj), проду́манный (ru) (prodúmannyj), подро́бный (ru) (podróbnyj)
• Swedish: detaljerad (sv)
• Turkish: ayrıntılı (tr), teferruatlı (tr), tafsilatlı (tr), detaylı (tr), mufassal (tr)

flashy or fancy

• Bulgarian: изкусен (bg) (izkusen)
• Dutch: intrigerend (nl)
• Estonian: rikkalik (et)
• Finnish: huoliteltu (fi), taidokas (fi)

• Italian: intricato (it)
• Portuguese: elaborado (pt)
• Russian: замыслова́тый (ru) (zamyslovátyj), иску́сный (ru) (iskúsnyj)

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} elaborato m, ^{(please verify)} elaborata f

Verb

elaborate (third-person singular simple present elaborates, present participle elaborating, simple past and past participle elaborated)

1. (intransitive) (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).

   What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?

   Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?

Translations

to give further detail or explanation

• Armenian: մանրամասնել (hy) (manramasnel)
• Bulgarian: изпипвам (bg) (izpipvam), доразвивам (bg) (dorazvivam)
• Catalan: aprofundir (ca)
• Czech: rozvést, rozpracovat
• Estonian: välja töötama, viimistlema
• Finnish: täsmentää (fi), kehitellä (fi), käsitellä yksityiskohtaisemmin, selittää tarkemmin
• French: approfondir (fr)

• Hungarian: kifejt (hu)
• Italian: approfondire (it), dettagliare
• Polish: rozwinąć (pl)
• Portuguese: argumentar (pt)
• Russian: разраба́тывать (ru) impf (razrabátyvatʹ), развива́ть (ru) impf (razvivátʹ), конкретизи́ровать (ru) impf (konkretizírovatʹ), вдава́ться в подро́бности impf (vdavátʹsja v podróbnosti), уточня́ть (ru) impf (utočnjátʹ)
• Spanish: profundizar (es)
• Swedish: elaborera (sv)

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Italian

Verb

elaborate

1. second-person plural present indicative of elaborare
2. second-person plural imperative of elaborare
3. feminine plural of elaborato

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Latin

Verb

ēlabōrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēlabōrō