qualifier

English

Etymology

qualify +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

qualifier (plural qualifiers)

  1. One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
  2. A preliminary stage of a competition.
    • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England‎:
      But England's final qualifier, played out in the hostile surroundings of Podgorica City Stadium, turned on two incidents that will have cast a cloud over Capello's delight at reaching another major tournament.
  3. (grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
  4. (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
    • 2012, Conor Sexton, C++ Programming Made Simple:
      The qualifier const may be prefixed to any declaration, and specifies that the value to which the data object is initialised cannot subsequently be changed.

Synonyms

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “contestant”): eliminee

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

From qualité +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

Verb

qualifier

  1. to qualify (of a sports team, etc.)
  2. (reflexive) (to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage)
    Notre équipe s’est qualifiée pour les quarts de finale. ― Our team qualified for the quarter-finals.
  3. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking de) to call someone something, to label someone
    Synonyms: traiter, taxer

Conjugation
Conjugation of qualifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple qualifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple qualifiant
/ka.li.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle qualifié
/ka.li.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present qualifie
/ka.li.fi/		 qualifies
/ka.li.fi/		 qualifie
/ka.li.fi/		 qualifions
/ka.li.fjɔ̃/		 qualifiez
/ka.li.fje/		 qualifient
/ka.li.fi/
imperfect qualifiais
/ka.li.fjɛ/		 qualifiais
/ka.li.fjɛ/		 qualifiait
/ka.li.fjɛ/		 qualifiions
/ka.li.fi.jɔ̃/		 qualifiiez
/ka.li.fi.je/		 qualifiaient
/ka.li.fjɛ/
past historic2 qualifiai
/ka.li.fje/		 qualifias
/ka.li.fja/		 qualifia
/ka.li.fja/		 qualifiâmes
/ka.li.fjam/		 qualifiâtes
/ka.li.fjat/		 qualifièrent
/ka.li.fjɛʁ/
future qualifierai
/ka.li.fi.ʁe/		 qualifieras
/ka.li.fi.ʁa/		 qualifiera
/ka.li.fi.ʁa/		 qualifierons
/ka.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 qualifierez
/ka.li.fi.ʁe/		 qualifieront
/ka.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional qualifierais
/ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/		 qualifierais
/ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/		 qualifierait
/ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/		 qualifierions
/ka.li.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 qualifieriez
/ka.li.fi.ʁje/		 qualifieraient
/ka.li.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 qualifie
/ka.li.fi/		 qualifies
/ka.li.fi/		 qualifie
/ka.li.fi/		 qualifiions
/ka.li.fi.jɔ̃/		 qualifiiez
/ka.li.fi.je/		 qualifient
/ka.li.fi/
imperfect2 qualifiasse
/ka.li.fjas/		 qualifiasses
/ka.li.fjas/		 qualifiât
/ka.li.fja/		 qualifiassions
/ka.li.fja.sjɔ̃/		 qualifiassiez
/ka.li.fja.sje/		 qualifiassent
/ka.li.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — qualifie
/ka.li.fi/		 — qualifions
/ka.li.fjɔ̃/		 qualifiez
/ka.li.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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Dutch: kwalificeren
  • → English: qualify
  • → German: qualifizieren

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