French Conversation · Level 38
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French word
explicite
Pronunciation
IPA/ɛksplisit/
Meaning
- adjectiveclear
Example
Ton message est explicite.
Your message is clear.
More examples
La direction a donné des instructions explicites.
Management gave explicit instructions.
Core concept
A message with its meaning laid open, leaving no hidden gap for a reader to fill.
Common phrases
message explicite
explicit message
demande explicite
explicit request
instruction explicite
explicit instruction
Similar words
clair: Simple and easy to understand in its wording or expression.
évident: Obvious from the circumstances or reasons, with no real doubt.
Definition in French
Qui est formulé de manière claire et non équivoque, de sorte que le sens soit immédiatement compréhensible.
Word origin
French explicite comes from Latin explicitus, the past participle of explicare, formed from ex- 'out' and plicare 'fold'.
Usage tips
- The masculine and feminine forms are both written explicite, as in un message explicite and une consigne explicite.
Other meanings
- explicitadjective
Opposites
- impliciteimplicitadjective
- vaguevagueadjective
Related words
- explicitermake explicitverb
- explicatifexplanatoryadjective
- explicitementexplicitlyadverb