conspicuous - Wiktionary

AdjectiveEdit · Obvious or easy to notice. quotations ▽. He was conspicuous by his absence. 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled! · Noticeable or ... conspicuous DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Contents 1English 1.1Etymology 1.2Pronunciation 1.3Adjective 1.3.1Synonyms 1.3.2Antonyms 1.3.3Relatedterms 1.3.4Translations 1.4Furtherreading English[edit] Etymology[edit] FromLatinconspicuus(“visible,striking”),fromcōnspicere(“tonotice”),fromcon-(“with,together”)+specere(“tolookat”). Pronunciation[edit] IPA(key):/kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/ Audio(US)(file) Adjective[edit] conspicuous(comparativemoreconspicuous,superlativemostconspicuous) Obviousoreasytonotice. Hewasconspicuousbyhisabsence. 1928,LawrenceR.Bourne,chapter7,inWellTackled!‎[1]:“No,don't,”repliedthesuperintendent;“infact,I'dratheryoumadeyourselfconspicuouselsewhere.GodowntothelandingstageandcrosstoNewBrightonorWallasey—doesn'tmatterwhich—andcomeback.Nodoubtyouwillbeseen,andreportedtohavegoneacross.” 1964April,“Letters:Rethinkingemergencyprocedures”,inModernRailways,page274:[...]1.Handsignalmen,whereneeded,oughttowearaconspicuousorange/yellowcape(likemanyroadworkmen)todrawattentiontothem. Noticeableorattractingattention,especiallyifunattractive. Hehadaconspicuouslumponhisforehead. 1969,SaulBellow,MrSammler'sPlanet,PenguinBooksLtd,page6: Forhisheighthehadasmallface.Thecombinationmadehimconspicuous. Synonyms[edit] (easytonotice):observable,perceivable;seealsoThesaurus:perceptible (attractingattention):flashy,prominent Antonyms[edit] (all):inconspicuous Relatedterms[edit] conspicuity conspicuousness Translations[edit] obviousoreasytonotice Afrikaans:opvallende Bulgarian:очевиден (bg)(očeviden),забележим (bg)(zabeležim) Czech:nápadný (cs) Chinese: Mandarin:显眼 (zh),顯眼 (zh)(xiǎnyǎn) Danish:påfaldende Dutch:opvallend (nl) Esperanto:okulfrapa Estonian:silmatorkav Faroese:eyðsýndur,sjónskur Finnish:silmäänpistävä,huomiotaherättävä French:quiseremarqueaisément,visible (fr),voyant (fr),remarquable (fr) German:auffällig (de),augenfällig (de),offensichtlich (de),sichtbar (de),hervorstechend (de),augenscheinlich (de),offenkundig (de) Greek: Ancient:περιφανής(periphanḗs) Hungarian:nyilvánvaló (hu),jóllátható Italian:evidente (it),lampante (it) Korean:눈에띄다(nun-ettuida) Latin:conspicuus,insignis Malayalam:പ്രകടമായ(prakaṭamāya) Maori:tiori,wana,tiwha,kōhure,pīrata Norwegian: Bokmål:påfallende,åpenbar (no) Occitan:visible (oc) Plautdietsch:oppfaulent Polish:widoczny (pl),zauważalny (pl),rzucającysięwoczy Portuguese:conspícuo (pt),proeminente (pt) Russian:очеви́дный (ru)(očevídnyj) Spanish:conspicuo (es),llamativo (es),ilustre (es),notorio (es),ostentoso (es) Swedish:iögonfallande (sv),påfallande (sv),uppenbar (sv),markant (sv),slående (sv) Turkish:bariz (tr),belli (tr) Yiddish:אויגן־רײַסיק‎(oygn-raysik) noticeableorattractingattention,especiallyifunattractive Bulgarian:биещнаочи(bieštnaoči) Czech:nápadný (cs) Danish:påfaldende,iøjnefaldende Dutch:afzichtelijk (nl) Estonian:silmatorkav Finnish:silmäänpistävä French:quiattirel'attention Georgian:შესამჩნევი(šesamčnevi) German:auffällig (de),auffallend (de),spürbar (de),sichtbar (de),wahrnehmbar (de) Hebrew:בולט‎ (he)(bolet') Hungarian:feltűnő (hu),szembetűnő (hu),szembeszökő,szembeötlő (hu),jóllátható Italian:notevole (it),vistoso (it) Korean:뽐내다(ppomnaeda),젠체하다(jenche-hada) Latin:conspicuus Maori:tiori,kanapa,kōhure Norwegian: Bokmål:iøynefallende (no) Polish:niezwykły (pl),rażący (pl) Portuguese:conspícuo (pt),proeminente (pt),saliente (pt) Russian:выделя́ющийся (ru)(vydeljájuščijsja),заме́тный (ru)(zamétnyj) Spanish:conspícuo,llamativo (es) Turkish:dikkatçeken,gözeçarpan Furtherreading[edit] w:Conspicuousconsumption w:Conspicuousleisure conspicuousinWebster’sRevisedUnabridgedDictionary,G.&C.Merriam,1913 conspicuousinTheCenturyDictionary,NewYork,N.Y.:TheCenturyCo.,1911 conspicuousatOneLookDictionarySearch Retrievedfrom"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=conspicuous&oldid=68770079" Categories:EnglishtermsderivedfromProto-Indo-EuropeanEnglishtermsderivedfromtheProto-Indo-Europeanroot*speḱ-EnglishtermsderivedfromLatinEnglish4-syllablewordsEnglishtermswithIPApronunciationEnglishtermswithaudiolinksEnglishlemmasEnglishadjectivesEnglishtermswithusageexamplesEnglishtermswithquotationsHiddencategories:AncientGreekredlinksAncientGreekredlinks/tTermswithmanualtransliterationsdifferentfromtheautomatedonesTermswithmanualtransliterationsdifferentfromtheautomatedones/koDanishredlinksDanishredlinks/t Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces EntryDiscussion English Views ReadEditHistory More Search Navigation MainPageCommunityportalPreferencesRequestedentriesRecentchangesRandomentryHelpGlossaryDonationsContactus Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispage Print/export CreateabookDownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherlanguages BrezhonegCatalàČeštinaDeutschEestiΕλληνικάEspañolEsperantoفارسیFrançais한국어ՀայերենIdoBahasaIndonesiaಕನ್ನಡҚазақшаKurdîLietuviųLimburgsMagyarമലയാളംမြန်မာဘာသာ日本語NorskOromooPolskiRomânăРусскийSuomiதமிழ்తెలుగుاردوTiếngViệt中文