explanator

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English

Etymology

From Latin explānātor, from explānō (to flatten out, make plain, explain).

Noun

explanator (plural explanators)

  1. One who explains.
    Synonym: explainer
  2. (statistics) A variable that predicts or explains the variation in another variable; an explanatory variable.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

explānō (to explain) +‎ -tor

Noun

explānātor m (genitive explānātōris); third declension

  1. explainer, interpreter
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

  1. 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016