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 Latin) IPA(key): [ɛk.spɫaːˈnaː.tɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ek.splaˈnaː.tor]
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
From explānō (“to explain”) + -tor.
Noun
explānātor m (genitive explānātōris); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016