explicit

See also: explícit

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

First attested 1609, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French explicite, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin explicitus (“disentangled", "easy”), an alternative form of the past participle of explicāre (“to unfold”), from ex- (“out”) + plicō (“to fold”). Pornographic sense is from 1971.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/ enPR: ĭk-splĭsʹĭt

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪsɪt

Adjective

explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)

1. Very specific, clear, or detailed.

   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.

   The film had several scenes including explicit language and sex.

Synonyms

• (very specific, clear): express, manifest, overt; see also Thesaurus:explicit
• (containing offensive material): raunchy

Antonyms

• (very specific, clear): implicit, unexplicit, vague
• (containing offensive material): circumspect

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
• 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)
• German: eindeutig (de), ausdrücklich (de), deutlich (de), explizit (de)
• Greek: ρητός (el) m (ritós), σαφής (el) m or f (safís)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: explicit (hu), világos (hu), kifejezett (hu), egyértelmű (hu), nyílt (hu), határozott (hu)
• 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: 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
• 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}}
• Japanese: どぎつい (dogitsui), あからさま (ja) (akarasama)
• Romanian: vulgar (ro)
• Russian: открове́нный (ru) (otkrovénnyj)
• Spanish: vulgar (es)
• Swedish: explicit (sv)

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

• (proscribed) excipit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicit (“to unfold”).

Noun

explicit m (plural explicits)

1. end (of a story)

Antonyms

• incipit

References

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

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Old French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin explicō (“to unfold”).

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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Swedish

Adjective

explicit

1. explicit

Adverb

explicit

1. explicitly