conspicuous

English

From Latin conspicuus (“visible, striking”), from cōnspicere (“to notice”), from con- (“with, together”) + specere (“to look at”)

conspicuous (comparative more conspicuous, superlative most conspicuous)

Obvious or easy to notice.
- 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!‎:
  “No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”
He was conspicuous by his absence.
Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
- 1969, Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet, Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:
  For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous.
He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.

obvious or easy to notice

Afrikaans: opvallende
Bulgarian: очевиден (bg) (očeviden), забележим (bg) (zabeležim)
Czech: nápadný m
Danish: påfaldende
Dutch: opvallend (nl)
Esperanto: okulfrapa
Estonian: silmatorkav
Faroese: eyðsýndur, sjónskur
Finnish: silmäänpistävä, huomiota herättävä
French: qui se remarque aisément, visible (fr), voyant (fr), remarquable (fr)
German: auffällig (de), augenfällig (de), offensichtlich (de), sichtbar (de), hervorstechend (de), augenscheinlich (de), offenkundig (de)
Greek:
Ancient: περιφανής (periphanḗs)

Hungarian: nyilvánvaló (hu), jól látható
Korean: 눈에띄다 (nun-e ttuida)
Latin: conspicuus, insignis
Maori: tiori, wana, tiwha, kōhure, pīrata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: påfallende, åpenbar (no)
Occitan: visible (oc)
Polish: widoczny (pl) m, zauważalny (pl) m, rzucający się w oczy
Portuguese: conspícuo (pt), proeminente (pt)
Russian: очеви́дный (ru) m (očevídnyj)
Spanish: conspícuo m, llamativo (es), ilustre (es), notorio, ostentoso (es)
Swedish: iögonfallande (sv), påfallande (sv), uppenbar (sv), markant (sv), slående (sv)

noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive

Bulgarian: биещ на очи (biešt na oči)
Czech: nápadný m
Danish: påfaldende
Dutch: afzichtelijk (nl)
Estonian: silmatorkav
Finnish: silmäänpistävä
French: qui attire l'attention
Georgian: შესამჩნევი (šesamčnevi)
German: auffällig (de), auffallend (de), spürbar (de), sichtbar (de), wahrnehmbar (de)
Hebrew: בולט (bolet') m, בולטת (bolet'et) f

Hungarian: feltűnő (hu), szembetűnő (hu), szembeszökő, szembeötlő (hu), jól látható
Korean: 뽐내다 (ppomnaeda), 젠체하다 (jenche-hada)
Latin: conspicuus
Maori: tiori, kanapa, kōhure
Norwegian:
Bokmål: iøynefallende (no)
Polish: niezwykły (pl) m, rażący m
Portuguese: conspícuo (pt), proeminente (pt), saliente (pt)
Russian: выделя́ющийся (ru) m (vydeljájuščijsja), заме́тный (ru) m (zamétnyj)
Spanish: conspícuo m, llamativo (es)