adj
Meaning 1
Intended to serve as an explanation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Below the diagram is an explanatory text.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
explanatory
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ə)ɹi/
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UK: /ɛkˈsplæn.ə.t(ə)ɹi/
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US: /ɪkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/
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US: /ɛkˈsplæn.ə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S P L AE1 N AH0 T AO2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Disposed to explain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
serving or intended to explain or make clear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- explanatory notes
- an explanatory paragraph
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Late Latin explānātōrius, from Latin explānāt-, past-participle stem of explānāre (“to explain”). Displaced Old English ġereclīċ.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: բացատրական (bacʻatrakan) — serving as an explanation
- Azerbaijani: izahlı — serving as an explanation
- Azerbaijani: izahedici — serving as an explanation
- Belarusian: тлумача́льны (tlumačálʹny) — serving as an explanation
- Bulgarian: обяснителен (objasnitelen) — serving as an explanation
- Catalan: explicatiu — serving as an explanation
- Chinese Mandarin: 说明的 — serving as an explanation
- Chinese Mandarin: 解释的 — serving as an explanation
- Danish: forklarende — serving as an explanation
- Danish: oplysende — serving as an explanation
- Finnish: selitys- — serving as an explanation
- Finnish: selittävä — serving as an explanation
- French: explicatif — serving as an explanation
- German: erklärend — serving as an explanation
- Hindi: व्याख्यात्मक (vyākhyātmak) — serving as an explanation
- Hindi: व्याख्यायुक्त (vyākhyāyukt) — serving as an explanation
- Hungarian: magyarázó — serving as an explanation
- Hungarian: értelmező — serving as an explanation
- Italian: esplicativo — serving as an explanation
- Norwegian Bokmål: forklarende — serving as an explanation
- Old English: ġereclīċ — serving as an explanation
- Old English: reċċende — serving as an explanation
- Polish: wyjaśniający — serving as an explanation
- Polish: objaśniający — serving as an explanation
- Romanian: explicativ — serving as an explanation
- Russian: объясни́тельный (obʺjasnítelʹnyj) — serving as an explanation
- Russian: поясни́тельный (pojasnítelʹnyj) — serving as an explanation
- Spanish: explicativo — serving as an explanation
- Turkish: açıklayıcı — serving as an explanation
- Ukrainian: поя́снювальний (pojásnjuvalʹnyj) — serving as an explanation
- Ukrainian: тлума́чний (tlumáčnyj) — serving as an explanation
Real reading context