opaque

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əʊˈpeɪk/
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• Canada, General-American: /oʊˈpeɪk/
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• Australian: /əʉˈpæɪk/
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• Australian: [ɐʉˈpæɪk] some speakers
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• New-Zealand: /ɐʉˈpæɪk/
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• rhymes with -eɪk
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• CMU ARPABET: OW0 P EY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: ма́тов (mátov) — neither reflecting nor emitting light
• German: matt — neither reflecting nor emitting light
• German: dunkel — neither reflecting nor emitting light
• Italian: opaco — neither reflecting nor emitting light
• Arabic: أَكْمَد (ʔakmad) — hindering light to pass through
• Belarusian: непразры́сты (njeprazrýsty) — hindering light to pass through
• Bulgarian: непрозрачен (neprozračen) — hindering light to pass through
• Catalan: opac — hindering light to pass through
• Chinese Mandarin: 不透明 (bù tòumíng) — hindering light to pass through
• Czech: neprůhledný — hindering light to pass through
• Danish: ugennemsigtig — hindering light to pass through
• Danish: uigennemsigtig — hindering light to pass through
• Dutch: opaak — hindering light to pass through
• Dutch: ondoorschijnend — hindering light to pass through
• Dutch: ondoorzichtig — hindering light to pass through
• Finnish: läpinäkymätön — hindering light to pass through
• Finnish: läpikuultamaton — hindering light to pass through
• French: opaque — hindering light to pass through
• Galician: opaco — hindering light to pass through
• Georgian: გაუმჭვირვალე (gaumč̣virvale) — hindering light to pass through
• Georgian: შუქგაუმტარი (šukgaumṭari) — hindering light to pass through
• German: undurchsichtig — hindering light to pass through
• German: undurchlässig — hindering light to pass through
• German: opak — hindering light to pass through
• German: blickdicht — hindering light to pass through
• Greek: αδιαφανής (adiafanís) — hindering light to pass through
• Hungarian: átlátszatlan — hindering light to pass through
• Icelandic: ógagnsær — hindering light to pass through
• Italian: opaco — hindering light to pass through
• Italian: opaca — hindering light to pass through
• Japanese: 不透明な (futōmei-na) — hindering light to pass through
• Korean: 불투명(不透明)한 (bultumyeonghan) — hindering light to pass through
• Latvian: necaurredzams — hindering light to pass through
• Latvian: necaurspīdīgs — hindering light to pass through
• Malay: legap — hindering light to pass through
• Māori: puatakore — hindering light to pass through
• Marathi: अपारदर्शक (apārdarśak) — hindering light to pass through
• Norwegian: opak — hindering light to pass through
• Norwegian: ugjennomsiktig — hindering light to pass through
• Norwegian: ugjennomskinnelig — hindering light to pass through
• Occitan: opac — hindering light to pass through
• Polish: nieprzezroczysty — hindering light to pass through
• Polish: nieprzejrzysty — hindering light to pass through
• Portuguese: opaco — hindering light to pass through
• Romanian: netransparent — hindering light to pass through
• Romanian: opac — hindering light to pass through
• Russian: ма́товый (mátovyj) — hindering light to pass through
• Russian: непрозра́чный (neprozráčnyj) — hindering light to pass through
• Serbo-Croatian: neproziran — hindering light to pass through
• Serbo-Croatian: neprozirno — hindering light to pass through
• Serbo-Croatian: neprogledno — hindering light to pass through
• Serbo-Croatian: neprovidno — hindering light to pass through
• Spanish: opaco — hindering light to pass through
• Swedish: ogenomskinlig — hindering light to pass through
• Thai: ทึบแสง (tʉ́p-sɛ̌ɛng) — hindering light to pass through
• Turkish: mat — hindering light to pass through
• Turkish: opak — hindering light to pass through
• Turkish: donuk — hindering light to pass through
• Ukrainian: непрозо́рий (neprozóryj) — hindering light to pass through
• Bulgarian: ма́тов (mátov) — allowing little light to pass through
• German: trüb — allowing little light to pass through
• German: trübe — allowing little light to pass through
• German: milchig — allowing little light to pass through
• Hungarian: homályos — allowing little light to pass through
• Hungarian: halvány — allowing little light to pass through
• Italian: offuscato — allowing little light to pass through
• Bulgarian: неясен (nejasen) — unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
• German: unklar — unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
• German: schleierhaft — unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
• German: unverständlich — unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
• German: unverstanden — unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
• Hungarian: homályos — unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
• Hungarian: ködös — unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
• Hungarian: érthetetlen — unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
• Italian: arcano — unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
• Italian: oscuro — unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of
• Bulgarian: тъп (tǎp) — obtuse, stupid
• German: stumpf — obtuse, stupid
• German: begriffsstutzig — obtuse, stupid
• German: schwerfällig — obtuse, stupid
• Hungarian: tompa — obtuse, stupid
• Hungarian: bamba — obtuse, stupid
• Hungarian: nehéz felfogású — obtuse, stupid
• Romanian: obtuz — obtuse, stupid
• Bulgarian: мрак (mrak) — area of darkness
• German: Undurchsichtigkeit — area of darkness
• German: Trübnis — area of darkness
• German: Dunkelheit — area of darkness
• German: verschleiern — area of darkness
• German: Undurchsichtiges — something which is opaque
• German: Blickdichtes — something which is opaque
• Bulgarian: правя матов (pravja matov) — to render opaque
• German: trüben — to render opaque
• German: mattieren — to render opaque
• German: verdunkeln — to render opaque
• German: verschleiern — to render opaque
• Spanish: opacar — to render opaque