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explicit
English
Etymology
First attested 1609, from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled", "easy”), an alternative form of the past participle of explic?re (“to unfold”), from ex- (“out”) + plic? (“to fold”). Pornographic sense is from 1971.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?spl?s?t/ enPR: ?k-spl?s??t
- Rhymes: -?s?t
Adjective
explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)
- Very specific, clear, or detailed.
- I gave explicit instructions for him to stay here, but he followed me, anyway.
- (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
Related terms
Translations
Phrase
explicit
- (obsolete) Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
Further reading
- explicit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- explicit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Alternative forms
- (proscribed) excipit
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin explicit (“to unfold”).
Noun
explicit m (plural explicits)
- end (of a story)
Antonyms
- incipit
References
- “explicit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin explicit.
Noun
explicit m (oblique plural expliciz or explicitz, nominative singular expliciz or explicitz, nominative plural explicit)
- end (of a story)
Synonyms
- finit
Romanian
Etymology
From French explicite, from Latin explicitus.
Adjective
explicit m or n (feminine singular explicit?, masculine plural explici?i, feminine and neuter plural explicite)
- explicit
Declension
Swedish
Adjective
explicit
- explicit
Adverb
explicit
- explicitly
explicit From the web:
particular
English
Alternative forms
- perticular (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English particuler, from Anglo-Norman particuler, Middle French particuler, particulier, from Late Latin particularis (“partial; separate, individual”), from Latin particula (“(small) part”). Equivalent to particle +? -ar. Compare particle.
Pronunciation
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
- (US, rhotic, r-dissimilation) IPA(key): /p??t?kj?l?/
- Hyphenation: par?tic?u?lar
- Rhymes: -?kj?l?(?)
Adjective
particular (comparative more particular, superlative most particular) (also non-comparable)
- (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
- Specific; discrete; concrete.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:specific
- Antonym: general
- Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
- Synonyms: optimized, specialistic
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens
- wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth
- (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, V.1:
- or these domesticke and particular broiles, Are not the question heere.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, King Lear, V.1:
- Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
- (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; fastidious.
- Synonyms: minute, precise, fastidious; see also Thesaurus:fastidious
- Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:meticulous
- (law) Containing a part only; limited.
- (law) Holding a particular estate.
- (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- particular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Noun
particular (plural particulars)
- A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point. [from 15th c.]
- (obsolete) A person's own individual case. [16th-19th c.]
- 1658, Henry Hammond, Whole Duty of Man
- temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public […] or such as concern our particular
- 1658, Henry Hammond, Whole Duty of Man
- (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.) [from 17th c.]
Related terms
- universal
- for one's particular
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin particularis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p??.ti.ku?la/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?r.ti.ku?la/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pa?.ti.ku?la?/
Adjective
particular (masculine and feminine plural particulars)
- private
- particular
Derived terms
- particularment
Related terms
- partícula
- particularitat
Further reading
- “particular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “particular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “particular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “particular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin particul?ris, corresponding to partícula +? -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /p??.ti.ku.?la?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa?.?t??i.ku.?la?/, [p??.?t??i.k?.?l?ä?]
- Hyphenation: par?ti?cu?lar
Adjective
particular m or f (plural particulares, comparable)
- private (concerning, accessible or belonging to an individual person or group)
- private (not belonging to the government)
- Synonym: privado
- Antonym: público
- particular; specific
- Synonym: específico
- particular; distinguished; exceptional
- Synonym: excepcional
Inflection
Derived terms
- em particular
Related terms
- partícula
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin particul?ris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?tiku?la?/, [pa?.t?i.ku?la?]
Adjective
particular (plural particulares)
- specific, particular
- Synonyms: concreto, específico
- peculiar, strange
- Synonyms: raro, extraño
- personal
- Synonym: íntimo
- private
- Synonym: privado
Related terms
- partícula
Noun
particular m (plural particulares)
- individual, private citizen
Further reading
- “particular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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