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See also:opaqué

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishopake, fromLatinopacus(shaded, shady, dark) (of unknown origin), later reinforced fromMiddle Frenchopaque.Doublet ofubac.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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opaque (comparativemoreopaqueoropaquer,superlativemostopaqueoropaquest)(see usage notes)

  1. Neitherreflecting noremitting light.
    • 1968,Isaac Asimov,Photosynthesis, Basic Books, Inc., page60:
      We have agreed that heat is energy to begin with. Light is also a form of energy for when absorbed by anyopaque substance it turns completely into heat.
  2. Allowing littlelight to pass through, nottranslucent ortransparent.
  3. (figuratively)Unclear,unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of.
  4. (figuratively)Obtuse, stupid.
  5. (computing) Describes atype 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.

Usage notes

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  • The comparativeopaquer and superlativeopaquest, though formed following valid rules for English, are much less common thanmore opaque andmost opaque and seem to occur more frequently in poetry.
  • Most opaque has been more common thanopaquest for at least two centuries and 50 to 100 times more common in the last two decades, according tothis Google Ngram comparison.

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Translations

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neither reflecting nor emitting light
hindering light to pass through
allowing little light to pass through
unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
obtuse, stupid

Noun

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opaque (pluralopaques)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) An area ofdarkness; a place or region with nolight.
    • 1745, Edward Young,Night-Thoughts, section I:
      Through thisopaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer.
  2. Something which is opaque rather thantranslucent.
    Coordinate terms:translucent,transparent
    • 1935 March, F. L. Nowosatka, “Making Colorful Modern Rings from Old Toothbrush Handles”, in Raymond J. Brown, editor,Popular Science Monthly, volume126, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Popular Science Publishing Co., Inc.,→ISSN,→OCLC, “The Home Workshop” section,page97, column 2:
      They can be obtained in various thicknesses and in many colors, including beautiful imitations of pearl, mother-of-pearl, veins and mottles, stratifications, roll stratifications, imitation corals, and all colors of translucents, transparents andopaques, grained ivory, shell (plain and corrugated mottle), onyx, wood effects, plaids, checks, stripes, metallic, bronze pearl plain, bronze pearl with fancy blocks, bronze pearl in veins and stripes, and what is called “essence pearl.”

Translations

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area of darkness
something which is opaque

Verb

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opaque (third-person singular simple presentopaques,present participleopaquing,simple past and past participleopaqued)

  1. (transitive) To make, render (more) opaque.

Synonyms

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Translations

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to render opaque

See also

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References

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  • Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “opaque”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinopācus(shaded, shady, dark), itself of unknown origin.Doublet ofubac.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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opaque (pluralopaques)

  1. opaque
    Antonyms:transparent,translucide

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Middle French

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Adjective

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opaque m orf (pluralopaques)

  1. opaque

Spanish

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Verb

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opaque

  1. inflection ofopacar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative
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