unequivocal

English

Alternative forms

• unæquivocal (rare)

Etymology

un- +‎ equivocal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnɨˈkwɪvəkəl/
• (General American) enPR: ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-kəl, IPA^(key): /ˌʌnɪ̈ˈkwɪvəkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪvəkəl
• Hyphenation: un‧equiv‧o‧cal

Adjective

unequivocal (comparative more unequivocal, superlative most unequivocal)

1. Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable

   I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.

2. (possibly dated) Without equal, matchless.

   the unequivocal scope of the Golden Gate Bridge

Usage notes

Nouns often used with "unequivocal" include "evidence" and "statement".

Synonyms

• (unambiguous): definite, unambiguous, univocal; see also Thesaurus:explicit

Derived terms

• unequivocally

Translations

without equal

• Czech: bezkonkurenční
• Dutch: ongeëvenaard (nl)
• Finnish: verraton (fi)
• German: unerreicht (de), unvergleichlich
• Macedonian: беспримерен m (besprimeren)

• Persian: صریح‎ (fa)
• Portuguese: sem igual
• Serbo-Croatian: bez premca

without ambiguity

• Catalan: inequívoc
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不含糊 (zh) (bù hánhu), 明確 (zh), 明确 (zh) (míngquè)

• Czech: jednoznačný (cs) m
• Danish: utvivlsom
• Dutch: eenduidig (nl)
• Finnish: yksiselitteinen (fi)
• French: sans équivoque
• German: unzweideutig (de), unmissverständlich (de), eindeutig (de), zweifelsfrei (de)
• Greek: σαφής (el) m (safís), ξεκάθαρος (el) m (xekátharos), ρητός (el) m (ritós)

• Hungarian: egyértelmű (hu)
• Irish: aonchiallach
• Italian: inequivocabile (it)
• Japanese: 明確な (ja) (めいかくな, meikaku na), 一義的 (ichigiteki)
• Macedonian: недвосмислен m (nedvosmislen)
• Norwegian: utvilsom
• Persian: بی همتا‎ (fa)
• Portuguese: inequívoco (pt)
• Russian: недвусмы́сленный (ru) (nedvusmýslennyj)
• Spanish: inequívoco
• Swedish: entydig (sv), omisskännlig (sv)

Further reading

• unequivocal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• unequivocal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.