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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin explānātor, from explānō (“to flatten out, make plain, explain”).
Noun[edit]
explanator (plural explanators)
- One who explains.
- Synonym: explainer
- (statistics) A variable that predicts or explains the variation in another variable; an explanatory variable.
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.splaːˈnaː.tor/, [ɛks̠pɫ̪äːˈnäːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.splaˈna.tor/, [ekspläˈnäːt̪or]
Etymology 1[edit]
explānō (“to explain”) + -tor
Noun[edit]
explānātor m (genitive explānātōris); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | explānātor | explānātōrēs |
Genitive | explānātōris | explānātōrum |
Dative | explānātōrī | explānātōribus |
Accusative | explānātōrem | explānātōrēs |
Ablative | explānātōre | explānātōribus |
Vocative | explānātor | explānātōrēs |
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
explānātor
References[edit]
- “explanator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “explanator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- explanator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- explanator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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