modifier

English

Etymology

modify +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒdɪfaɪə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑdɪfaɪɚ/
  • Hyphenation: mod‧i‧fi‧er

Noun

modifier (plural modifiers)

  1. One who, or that which, modifies.
  2. (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
  3. (programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
    The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.
  4. (computing) Short for modifier key.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin modificāre, from modus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔ.di.fje/
  • audio(file)

Verb

modifier

  1. to change, modify

Conjugation
Conjugation of modifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple modifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple modifiant
/mɔ.di.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle modifié
/mɔ.di.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present modifie
/mɔ.di.fi/		 modifies
/mɔ.di.fi/		 modifie
/mɔ.di.fi/		 modifions
/mɔ.di.fjɔ̃/		 modifiez
/mɔ.di.fje/		 modifient
/mɔ.di.fi/
imperfect modifiais
/mɔ.di.fjɛ/		 modifiais
/mɔ.di.fjɛ/		 modifiait
/mɔ.di.fjɛ/		 modifiions
/mɔ.di.fi.jɔ̃/		 modifiiez
/mɔ.di.fi.je/		 modifiaient
/mɔ.di.fjɛ/
past historic2 modifiai
/mɔ.di.fje/		 modifias
/mɔ.di.fja/		 modifia
/mɔ.di.fja/		 modifiâmes
/mɔ.di.fjam/		 modifiâtes
/mɔ.di.fjat/		 modifièrent
/mɔ.di.fjɛʁ/
future modifierai
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁe/		 modifieras
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁa/		 modifiera
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁa/		 modifierons
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 modifierez
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁe/		 modifieront
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional modifierais
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/		 modifierais
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/		 modifierait
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/		 modifierions
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 modifieriez
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁje/		 modifieraient
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present modifie
/mɔ.di.fi/		 modifies
/mɔ.di.fi/		 modifie
/mɔ.di.fi/		 modifiions
/mɔ.di.fi.jɔ̃/		 modifiiez
/mɔ.di.fi.je/		 modifient
/mɔ.di.fi/
imperfect2 modifiasse
/mɔ.di.fjas/		 modifiasses
/mɔ.di.fjas/		 modifiât
/mɔ.di.fja/		 modifiassions
/mɔ.di.fja.sjɔ̃/		 modifiassiez
/mɔ.di.fja.sje/		 modifiassent
/mɔ.di.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — modifie
/mɔ.di.fi/		 — modifions
/mɔ.di.fjɔ̃/		 modifiez
/mɔ.di.fje/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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