Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

explanandum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-planan-dum
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which is to be explained (cf. explanans).

Example Sentences

"Yet the most convincing thing was not this sense of familiarity, or the shards of explananda that my theory could account for."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explanandum.

Inflected Forms

explananda (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

explicandum

Synonyms

explicandum

Questions

What does explanandum mean?: That which is to be explained (cf. explanans).
Where does explanandum come from?: Borrowed from Latin explanandum.

How to pronounce explanandum

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