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Obvious, having a nature that makes it clear or that explains itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: un-self-explanatory
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
needing no explanation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English explanatory English self-explanatory From self- + explanatory.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مُفَسِّر نَفْسَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ
(mufassir nafsahu binafsihi)
— explaining itself
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Arabic:
مَفْهُوم بِذَاتِهِ
(mafhūm biḏātihi)
— explaining itself
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Arabic:
لَا يَتَطَلَّبُ تَفْسِيرًا
(lā yataṭallabu tafsīran)
— explaining itself
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Bulgarian:
очевиден
(očeviden)
— explaining itself
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Czech:
všeříkající
— explaining itself
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Czech:
samozřejmý
— explaining itself
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Czech:
očividný
— explaining itself
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Dutch:
vanzelfsprekend
— explaining itself
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Dutch:
zelfverklarend
— explaining itself
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Dutch:
voor zich sprekend
— explaining itself
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Dutch:
zich vanzelf wijzend
— explaining itself
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Finnish:
itsestään selvä
— explaining itself
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Finnish:
itsensä selittävä
— explaining itself
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French:
évident
— explaining itself
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French:
qui se passe d'explication
— explaining itself
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French:
qui va de soi
— explaining itself
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German:
selbsterklärend
— explaining itself
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German:
selbstverständlich
— explaining itself
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Hebrew:
מוּבָן מֵאֵלָיו
(muván me'eláv)
— explaining itself
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Hungarian:
nyilvánvaló
— explaining itself
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Hungarian:
kézenfekvő
— explaining itself
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Hungarian:
egyértelmű
— explaining itself
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Hungarian:
magától értetődő
— explaining itself
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Indonesian:
swatafsir
— explaining itself
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Italian:
autoesplicativo
— explaining itself
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Italian:
intuitivo
— explaining itself
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Polish:
oczywisty
— explaining itself
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Polish:
zrozumiały samo przez się
— explaining itself
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Portuguese:
autoexplicativo
— explaining itself
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Portuguese:
intuitivo
— explaining itself
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Russian:
говоря́щий
(govorjáščij)
— explaining itself
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Russian:
самоочеви́дный
(samoočevídnyj)
— explaining itself
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Russian:
я́сный
(jásnyj)
— explaining itself
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Spanish:
autoexplicativo
— explaining itself
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Spanish:
autoexplicador
— explaining itself