elaborate

English

Etymology

1575, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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. 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.

   • Template:RQ:Chmbrs YngrSt

     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)
• Chinese: 详尽的, 复杂的
• Danish: detaljeret
• Dutch: gedetailleerd (nl), diepgaand (nl)
• Estonian: üksikasjalik, detailne
• Finnish: yksityiskohtainen (fi), perusteellinen (fi)
• Galician: detallado m
• German: ausführlich (de), durchdacht (de)
• Hungarian: mélyreható (hu), alaposan kidolgozott
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• 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)
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• Italian: intricato (it)
• Portuguese: elaborado (pt)
• Russian: замыслова́тый (ru) (zamyslovátyj), иску́сный (ru) (iskúsnyj)

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Translations to be checked

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

1. (transitive) to develop in detail or complexity
   • 1871, All the Year Round (volume 5, page 129)

     […] by the time of the subsequent coronation, when the Prussian king put the crown on his own head in child-like belief of the obsolete doctrine called divine right, the untiring statesman had elaborated his scheme of reform.

2. (intransitive) (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand in detail

   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 (cs), rozpracovat
• Dutch: uitweiden (nl)
• Estonian: välja töötama, viimistlema
• Finnish: täsmentää (fi), kehitellä (fi), käsitellä yksityiskohtaisemmin, selittää tarkemmin
• French: approfondir (fr)
• German: ausführen (de)
• Greek: εμβαθύνω (el) (emvathýno)
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• Hungarian: kifejt (hu)
• Italian: approfondire (it), dettagliare
• Persian: شرح دادن (fa)
• 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

(deprecated template usage) ēlabōrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēlabōrō