Meaning

2 senses
  1. Intended to serve as an explanation.

    Below the diagram is an explanatory text.

    erklärend

    объясни́тельныйobʺjasnítelʹnyj, поясни́тельныйpojasnítelʹnyj

    поя́снювальнийpojásnjuvalʹnyj, тлума́чнийtlumáčnyj

  2. Disposed to explain.

    serving or intended to explain or make clear

Examples

8 sentences
  1. It's self-explanatory.

    Це говорить само за себе. — deniko

    deDas erklärt sich von selbst. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Our astrological superiority is fairly self-explanatory.

  3. This is self-explanatory.

    deDas ist selbsterklärend. — al_ex_an_der

  4. Nothing is self-explanatory.

  5. Is the drawing quite explanatory?

    ruДостаточное ли объяснение даёт рисунок? — corvard

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
serving as an explanation:
Русский
By meaning 1
serving as an explanation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
serving as an explanation:

Origin

From Late Latin explānātōrius, from Latin explānāt-, past-participle stem of explānāre (“t

From Late Latin explānātōrius, from Latin explānāt-, past-participle stem of explānāre (“to explain”). Displaced Old English ġereclīċ.

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