French word

révélateur

Pronunciation

IPA/ʁevelatœʁ/

Meaning

  • adjectiverevealing

Example

Les résultats sont révélateurs.

The results are revealing.

Illustration for révélateur (revealing)

More examples

Un indice révélateur a guidé l'enquête.

A revealing clue guided the investigation.

Core concept

Clues whose visible results bring an unseen fact or tendency into view.

Common phrases

  • regard révélateur

    revealing look

  • indice révélateur

    revealing clue

Similar words

parlant: Conveying a great deal about a situation through a single scene or detail.
significatif: Clearly meaningful and indicative of something important.
éloquent: Forcefully expressive, making the intended meaning unmistakable.

Definition in French

Qui montre indirectement une information importante, souvent par des signes ou des conséquences.

Word origin

The French adjective révélateur comes from révéler, from Old French reveler and ultimately Latin revelare, 'to uncover'.

Usage tips

  • The noun un révélateur also means photographic developer, so context distinguishes this technical sense from the adjective.

Other meanings

  • developernoun

Opposites

  • anodininnocuousadjective

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