detail
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Noun (5)details
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole“several of the details are similar”“a point of information”Synonyms: itempointType of factKinds respect, minutia, nook and cranny, subpoint, technicality, sticking point, trifle
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole“it was perfect in all details”Synonyms: particularitemType of part, portionKinds highlight, high spot
- extended treatment of particulars“the essay contained too much detail”Type of discussion, treatment
- a crew of workers selected for a particular task“a detail was sent to remove the fallen trees”Type of gang, crew
- a temporary military unit“the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent”Synonyms: contingentType of military unit, military force
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Translations
Noun part small enough to escape casual notice
- Spanish
- detalle
- French
- détail
- German
- Detail
- Italian
- dettaglio
- Portuguese
- detalhe
- Turkish
- ayrıntı
- Russian
- подро́бность podróbnostʹ
- Arabic
- تَفْصِيل tafṣīl
- Chinese
- 细节 xìjié
- Dutch
- detail
25 more languages
- Polish
- szczegół
- Swedish
- detalj
- Greek
- λεπτομέρεια leptoméreia
- Korean
- 상세 sangse
- Indonesian
- rinci
- Vietnamese
- chi tiết
- Hungarian
- részlet
- Portuguese (PT)
- detalhe
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 細節 xìjié
- Albanian
- hollësi
- Catalan
- detall
- Czech
- detail
- Danish
- detalje
- Esperanto
- detalo
- Finnish
- yksityiskohta
- Georgian
- დეტალი deṭali
- Hebrew
- פְּרָט prat
- Icelandic
- smáatriði
- Lithuanian
- detalė
- Norwegian
- detalj
- Romanian
- detaliu
- Serbo-Croatian
- detalj
- Slovenian
- podrobnost
- Welsh
- manylyn
- Yiddish
- פּרט prat
Verb to explain in detail
- Spanish
- detallar
- French
- détailler
- Italian
- dettagliare
- Portuguese
- detalhar
- Russian
- детализи́ровать detalizírovatʹ
- Arabic
- فَصَّلَ faṣṣala
- Chinese
- 详述 xiángshù
- Korean
- 상술하다 sangsulhada
- Hungarian
- részletez
- Portuguese (PT)
- detalhar
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. détail, fr. détailler to cut in pieces, tell in detail; pref. dé- (L. de or dis-) + tailler to cut. See Tailor.
1. A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; — used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.
The details of the campaign in Italy.— John Lothrop Motley
2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
3. Military The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected.
4. Arch. & Mach. (a) A minor part, as, in a building, the cornice, caps of the buttresses, capitals of the columns, etc., or (called larger details) a porch, a gable with its windows, a pavilion, or an attached tower. (b) A detail drawing.
Detail drawing, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc. — In detail, in subdivisions; part by part; item by item; circumstantially; with particularity.
Synonyms: Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration.
Origin: Cf. F. détailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See Detail, noun
1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.
2. Military To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.
3. To provide with fine or intricate added decoration.
Synonyms: Detail, Detach. Detail respects the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors