explicite
French, adjective
explicite is spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-I-T-E (9 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written French, the 9,981st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Explicite is a French adjective meaning “explicit, unequivocal, overt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of expliciter. With an accent, explicité is a different word: “past participle of expliciter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est exprimé, rédigé ou énoncé par quelque chose de manière directe, d’une façon claire et précise sur…”.
What does explicite mean in English?
adjective
- 1
explicit, unequivocal, overt
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of expliciter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est exprimé, rédigé ou énoncé par quelque chose de manière directe, d’une façon claire et précise sur laquelle on ne peut se tromper. Dans le cas d’un texte, l’explicite est ce qu’il affirme textuellement.
noun: 1. Ce qui est clair et évident.
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui est explicite.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of explicite
- explicites plural
- explicitée feminine
- explicités masculine plural
- explicitées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to explicite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is explicite in French?
explicite appears 5.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).