clarify

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• UK, US: /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/
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• UK, US: /ˈklæɹ.ə.faɪ/
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• Canada, US: /ˈklɛɹ.ɪ.faɪ/
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• Canada, US: /ˈklɛɹ.ə.faɪ/
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• Australian: /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.fɑɪ/
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• Australian: /ˈklæɹ.ə.fɑɪ/
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From Middle English clarifien, from Old French clarifiier, from Latin clārificō, clārificāre; clārus (“clear”) + faciō, facere (“make”). Semantically clear + -ify.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: təmizləmək — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Bulgarian: пречи́ствам (prečístvam) — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Dutch: klaren — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Finnish: selkeyttää — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• German: klären — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Hungarian: tisztáz — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Hungarian: derít — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Hungarian: leszűr — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Interlingua: clarificar — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Italian: purificare — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Italian: chiarificare — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Norwegian: rydde opp — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Polish: wyjaśniać — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Polish: wyjaśnić — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Polish: oczyścić — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Polish: oczyszczać — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Portuguese: clarificar — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Romanian: limpezi — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Romanian: clarifica — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Romanian: purifica — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Russian: очища́ть (očiščátʹ) — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Russian: чи́стить (čístitʹ) — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Spanish: clarificar — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Turkish: temizlemek — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Ukrainian: очища́ти (očyščáty) — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Ukrainian: очи́стити (očýstyty) — (transitive) to make clear or bright by freeing from impurities
• Azerbaijani: aydınlaşmaq — (intransitive) to become clear or transparent
• Bulgarian: избистрям се (izbistrjam se) — (intransitive) to become clear or transparent
• Bulgarian: изяснявам се (izjasnjavam se) — (intransitive) to become clear or transparent
• Dutch: klaren — (intransitive) to become clear or transparent
• Finnish: selkeytyä — (intransitive) to become clear or transparent
• German: klar werden — (intransitive) to become clear or transparent
• Portuguese: clarear — (intransitive) to become clear or transparent
• Russian: проясни́ться (projasnítʹsja) — (intransitive) to become clear or transparent
• Turkish: temizlenmek — (intransitive) to become clear or transparent
• Turkish: arınmak — (intransitive) to become clear or transparent
• Armenian: պարզաբանել (parzabanel) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Aromanian: limpidzãscu — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Azerbaijani: aydınlaşdırmaq — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Azerbaijani: aydınlıq gətirmək — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Bulgarian: избистрям (izbistrjam) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Bulgarian: изяснявам (izjasnjavam) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Catalan: aclarir — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Chinese Mandarin: 澄清 (chéngqīng) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Czech: objasnit — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Czech: vyjasnit — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Dutch: verduidelijken — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Dutch: ophelderen — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Esperanto: pliklarigi — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Finnish: selventää — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• French: clarifier — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• German: klären — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• German: klarstellen — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Greek: διευκρινίζω (diefkrinízo) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Greek: ξεκαθαρίζω (xekatharízo) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Hebrew: הבהיר (hibhír) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Hungarian: tisztáz — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Hungarian: pontosít — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Hungarian: egyértelműsít — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Interlingua: clarificar — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Italian: chiarire — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Italian: esplicitare — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Central Kurdish: ڕوون کردن (rûn kirdin) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Māori: whakamahuki — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Māori: whakamārama — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Māori: whakapūaho — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Norwegian: klargjøre — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Persian: شفافسازی کردن (šaffâf-sâzi kardan) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Portuguese: clarear — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Portuguese: clarificar — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Portuguese: aclarar — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Quechua: ch'uyayachiy — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Romanian: clarifica — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Romanian: limpezi — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Russian: проясня́ть (projasnjátʹ) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Russian: проясни́ть (projasnítʹ) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Spanish: clarificar — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Spanish: aclarar — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Spanish: esclarecer — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Spanish: poner en claro — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Swedish: förtydliga — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Swedish: klargöra — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Swedish: tydliggöra — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Tagalog: ipalinaw — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Tagalog: ipaliwanag — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Telugu: స్పష్టీకరించు (spaṣṭīkariñcu) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Thai: ชี้แจง (chíi-jɛɛng) — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Turkish: temizlemek — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Turkish: arındırmak — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Uzbek: aniqlamoq — (transitive) to make clear or easily understood
• Greek: ξεκαθαρίζω (xekatharízo) — (intransitive) to become clear or easily understood
• Greek: διευκρινίζομαι (diefkrinízomai) — (intransitive) to become clear or easily understood
• Bulgarian: пречиствам се (prečistvam se) — to clear up
• Dutch: opklaren — to clear up
• Finnish: seljetä — to clear up
• Finnish: selvitä — to clear up
• German: aufklären — to clear up
• Hungarian: kitisztul — to clear up
• Turkish: halletmek — to clear up
• Turkish: çözmek — to clear up