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 === explānō (“to explain”) +‎ -tor ==== Noun ==== explānātor m (genitive explānātōris); third declension explainer, interpreter ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. === 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