Meanings
plural specifications
- countableuncountableAn act of specifying.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
nouna restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchspecification
- Englishspecification
From Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio).
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُوَاصَفَة
- مُوَاصَفَة (muwāṣafa)explicit set of requirements
Bulgarian специфика́ция
- специфика́ция (specifikácija)explicit set of requirements
Catalan especificació, especificació
- especificacióexplicit set of requirements
- especificacióact of specifying
Chinese Mandarin 規格 /规格, 規範 /规范
- 規格 /规格 (guīgé)explicit set of requirements
- 規範 /规范 (guīfàn)explicit set of requirements
Czech specifikace
- specifikaceexplicit set of requirements
Danish specifikation
- specifikationexplicit set of requirements
Dutch specificatie
- specificatieexplicit set of requirements
Finnish määrittely, spesifikaatio
- määrittelyexplicit set of requirements
- spesifikaatioexplicit set of requirements
- spesifiointiact of specifying
- spesifioiminenact of specifying
- määrittelyact of specifying
French spécification, spécification
- spécificationexplicit set of requirements
- spécificationact of specifying
German Spezifikation
- Spezifikationexplicit set of requirements
Greek προδιαγραφή, προσδιορισμός
- προδιαγραφή (prodiagrafí)explicit set of requirements
- προσδιορισμός (prosdiorismós)explicit set of requirements
Hungarian vizsgakövetelmény, vizsgakövetelmények
- vizsgakövetelményexplicit set of requirements
- vizsgakövetelményekexplicit set of requirements
Icelandic kröfulýsing
- kröfulýsingexplicit set of requirements
Indonesian spesifikasi
- spesifikasiexplicit set of requirements
Italian specificazione, specifica
- specificazioneexplicit set of requirements
- specificaexplicit set of requirements
- capitolatoexplicit set of requirements
Japanese 仕様, スペック
- 仕様 (shiyō)explicit set of requirements
- スペック (supekku)explicit set of requirements
Korean 사양, 스펙
- 사양 (sayang)explicit set of requirements
- 스펙 (seupek)explicit set of requirements
Māori tautuhinga
- tautuhingaact of specifying
Norwegian Bokmål spesifikasjon
- spesifikasjonexplicit set of requirements
Polish specyfikacja, sprecyzowanie
- specyfikacjaexplicit set of requirements
- sprecyzowanieact of specifying
Portuguese especificação
- especificaçãoexplicit set of requirements
Russian специфика́ция, уточне́ние
- специфика́ция (specifikácija)explicit set of requirements
- уточне́ние (utočnénije)act of specifying
Slovak špecifikácia
- špecifikáciaexplicit set of requirements
Spanish especificación
- especificaciónexplicit set of requirements
Swedish specifikation
- specifikationexplicit set of requirements
Turkish şartname, spesifikasyon
- şartnameexplicit set of requirements
- spesifikasyonexplicit set of requirements
Ukrainian специфіка́ція, уто́чнення
- специфіка́ція (specyfikácija)explicit set of requirements
- уто́чнення (utóčnennja)act of specifying
Vietnamese quy cách, quy phạm
- quy cáchexplicit set of requirements
- quy phạmexplicit set of requirements
- đặc tảexplicit set of requirements
Cite this entry
specification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/specification
“specification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/specification. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “specification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/specification.
Source: specification on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.