explicit

See also: explícit

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/

• Audio (US):

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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.

   • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Cronos Station:

     Cerberus Scientist: I'm sorry, sir. None of Normandy's surveillance feeds have been responding since Shepard went rogue.
     Illusive Man: I want it back. Retry the remote lockdown protocols.
     Cerberus Scientist: After our last attempt, EDI flooded our server with seven zettabytes of explicit images. I think she was making a joke.

Derived terms

• explicitally
• explicitate
• explicitation
• explicit function
• explicitization
• explicitize
• explicitly
• explicitness
• hyperexplicit
• inexplicit
• nonexplicit
• overexplicit
• semiexplicit
• sexplicit

Related terms

• explicate
• explication
• explicator

Translations

very specific

• Arabic: صريح (ar) m
• Belarusian: яўны (be) (jaŭny), выразны (vyrazny), дакладны (dakladny), ясны (be) (jasny)
• 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)
• 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) (vâze)
• 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)
• Esperanto: maldeca
• Finnish: sopimaton (fi), epäsiveellinen (fi)
• Hebrew: בּוֹטֶה (he) m (boté)
• Hungarian: szókimondó (hu), nyers (hu), kendőzetlen (hu)
• Ido: explicita (io)
• Italian: esplicito (it)
• Japanese: どぎつい (ja) (dogitsui), あからさま (ja) (akarasama)
• Polish: wulgarny (pl)
• Romanian: vulgar (ro)
• Russian: открове́нный (ru) (otkrovénnyj)
• Spanish: vulgar (es), explícito (es)
• Swedish: explicit (sv)

Etymology 2

Noun

explicit (plural explicits)

1. The final few words of a text.

   Antonym: incipit

Etymology 3

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

Phrase

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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “explicit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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.

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed 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

Swedish

Adjective

explicit (comparative explicitare, superlative explicitast)

1. explicit

   Antonym: implicit

Declension

Inflection of explicit

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	explicit	explicitare	explicitast
neuter singular	explicit	explicitare	explicitast
plural	explicita	explicitare	explicitast
masculine plural2	explicite	explicitare	explicitast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	explicite	explicitare	explicitaste
all	explicita	explicitare	explicitaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Adverb

explicit

1. explicitly

   Synonym: uttryckligen

References

• explicit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• explicit in Svensk ordbok (SO)