explanator
English
Etymology
From Latin explānātor, from explānō (“to flatten out, make plain, explain”).
Noun
explanator (plural explanators)
- One who explains.
- Synonym: explainer
- (statistics) A variable that predicts or explains the variation in another variable; an explanatory variable.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.splaːˈnaː.tor/, [ɛks̠pɫ̪äːˈnäːt̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.splaˈna.tor/, [ekspläˈnäːt̪or]
Etymology 1
explānō (“to explain”) + -tor
Noun
explānātor m (genitive explānātōris); third declension
- explainer, interpreter
Declension
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
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
explānātor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of explānō
References
- “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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016