explanator

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛk.spɫaːˈnaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ek.splaˈnaː.tor]

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