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Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪk|-eɪk
Pronunciation: O-Pake-
Etymology
From L. opacus "shaded, shady, dark", itself of unknown origin, originally spelled opake, and in the 17th century respelled after the cognate F. #French|opaque.
Adjective
en-adj-more
- neither reflecting nor emitting light .
- allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent
- (metaphore) unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
- (metaphore) obtuse, stupid
- computing Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
Antonyms
(physically) see-through, translucent, transparent
(metaphorically) clear, obvious, bright, brilliant
Translations
trans-top|hindering light to pass through
Czech: neprůhledný m
Dutch: opaak, ondoorschijnend
Finnish: läpinäkymätön, läpikuultamaton
French: opaque m|f
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Italian: opaco m, opaca f
Japanese: ���� (hutoumei-na)
Serbian: neprozirno, neprogledno, neprovidno
Swedish: ogenomskinlig,ej genomskinlig
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Related terms
opacity
opaquely
opaqueness
See also
translucent
References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary
R:Websters
French
Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /�.pak/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /O.pak/
Etymology
From L. opacus.
Adjective
fr-infl-adj|smopaque|sfopaque|pmopaques|pfopaques|smp�.pak|sfp�.pak|pmp�.pak|pfp�.pak
opaque m and f (m and f plural opaques)
- #Adjective|opaque
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