explicit

See also: explícit

English

Etymology

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

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
• 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: 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
• 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

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