explorer

English

Etymology

explore +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹə(ɹ)

Noun
One end of a dental explorer.

explorer (plural explorers)

  1. One who explores something
  2. A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
  3. Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
  4. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.
    • 2007, Mark Minasi, John Paul Mueller, Mastering Windows Vista Business: Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise
      For example, Vista includes a document explorer that shows just the documents in a location without considering all of the other files that might appear there.

Translations
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See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explōrāre, explōrō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

explorer

  1. to explore

Conjugation
Conjugation of explorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle explorant
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɑ̃/
past participle exploré
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/
infinitive
simple explorer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple explorant
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present explore
/ɛk.splɔʁ/		 explores
/ɛk.splɔʁ/		 explore
/ɛk.splɔʁ/		 explorons
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɔ̃/		 explorez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/		 explorent
/ɛk.splɔʁ/
imperfect explorais
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/		 explorais
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/		 explorait
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/		 explorions
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁjɔ̃/		 exploriez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁje/		 exploraient
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 explorai
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/		 exploras
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/		 explora
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/		 explorâmes
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁam/		 explorâtes
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁat/		 explorèrent
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛʁ/
future explorerai
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁe/		 exploreras
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁa/		 explorera
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁa/		 explorerons
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 explorerez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁe/		 exploreront
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional explorerais
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 explorerais
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 explorerait
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 explorerions
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 exploreriez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁje/		 exploreraient
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.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 explore
/ɛk.splɔʁ/		 explores
/ɛk.splɔʁ/		 explore
/ɛk.splɔʁ/		 explorions
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁjɔ̃/		 exploriez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁje/		 explorent
/ɛk.splɔʁ/
imperfect2 explorasse
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁas/		 explorasses
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁas/		 explorât
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/		 explorassions
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 explorassiez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sje/		 explorassent
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — explore
/ɛk.splɔʁ/		 — explorons
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɔ̃/		 explorez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

explōrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of explōrō

Middle French

Etymology

Latin explōrō

Verb

explorer

  1. to explore

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of explorer
simple compound
infinitive explorer avoir exploré
gerund en explorant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle explorant
past participle exploré
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present explore explores explore explorons explorez explorent
imperfect explorois, exploroys explorois, exploroys exploroit, exploroyt explorions, exploryons exploriez, exploryez exploroient, exploroyent
past historic explora exploras explora explorasmes explorastes explorerent
future explorerai, exploreray exploreras explorera explorerons explorerez exploreront
conditional explorerois, exploreroys explorerois, exploreroys exploreroit, exploreroyt explorerions, exploreryons exploreriez, exploreryez exploreroient, exploreroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present explore explores explore explorons explorez explorent
imperfect explorasse explorasses explorast explorassions explorassiez explorassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— explore — explorons explorez —
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