Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 aufklären
, 🇪🇸 aclarar
, 🇮🇹 chiare
, 🇵🇹 clarificar
, 🇨🇳 澄清,弄清楚
, 🇯🇵 明確にする
, 🇰🇷 밝혀다 하다
, 🇸🇦 تبيّن
, 🇮🇳 साफ करना
Usage Examples
- Le professeur a élucidé le problème de mathématiques en l'expliquant clairement.
- Il faut élucider la situation avant de prendre une décision.
- Je vais élucider le mystère de la disparition de la clé.
Etymology
The French verb *élucider* comes directly from the Latin *elucidāre* “to make clear, to shed light on”, itself formed from the prefix *e-* “out, to a great degree” + *lucidus* “bright, shining” (rooted in *lux* “light”). Adopted into Old French in the 16th century, it preserved the literal sense of “illuminating” a subject and later evolved into the modern sense of explaining or clarifying.
Synonyms
expliquer
éclaircir
clarifier
démêler
dissiper
expliciter
démystifier
Antonyms
obscurcir
confondre
complexifier
entraver
embrouiller