quantifier

English

Etymology

quantify +‎ -er

Noun

quantifier (plural quantifiers)

  1. (grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity
  2. (logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
  3. (computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From English quantify.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ti.fje/

Verb

quantifier

  1. to quantify

Conjugation
Conjugation of quantifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle quantifiant
/kɑ̃.ti.fjɑ̃/
past participle quantifié
/kɑ̃.ti.fje/
infinitive
simple quantifier
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple quantifiant
/kɑ̃.ti.fjɑ̃/
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 quantifie
/kɑ̃.ti.fi/		 quantifies
/kɑ̃.ti.fi/		 quantifie
/kɑ̃.ti.fi/		 quantifions
/kɑ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/		 quantifiez
/kɑ̃.ti.fje/		 quantifient
/kɑ̃.ti.fi/
imperfect quantifiais
/kɑ̃.ti.fjɛ/		 quantifiais
/kɑ̃.ti.fjɛ/		 quantifiait
/kɑ̃.ti.fjɛ/		 quantifiions
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.jɔ̃/		 quantifiiez
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.je/		 quantifiaient
/kɑ̃.ti.fjɛ/
past historic2 quantifiai
/kɑ̃.ti.fje/		 quantifias
/kɑ̃.ti.fja/		 quantifia
/kɑ̃.ti.fja/		 quantifiâmes
/kɑ̃.ti.fjam/		 quantifiâtes
/kɑ̃.ti.fjat/		 quantifièrent
/kɑ̃.ti.fjɛʁ/
future quantifierai
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁe/		 quantifieras
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁa/		 quantifiera
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁa/		 quantifierons
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 quantifierez
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁe/		 quantifieront
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional quantifierais
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 quantifierais
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 quantifierait
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 quantifierions
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 quantifieriez
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁje/		 quantifieraient
/kɑ̃.ti.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 quantifie
/kɑ̃.ti.fi/		 quantifies
/kɑ̃.ti.fi/		 quantifie
/kɑ̃.ti.fi/		 quantifiions
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.jɔ̃/		 quantifiiez
/kɑ̃.ti.fi.je/		 quantifient
/kɑ̃.ti.fi/
imperfect2 quantifiasse
/kɑ̃.ti.fjas/		 quantifiasses
/kɑ̃.ti.fjas/		 quantifiât
/kɑ̃.ti.fja/		 quantifiassions
/kɑ̃.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/		 quantifiassiez
/kɑ̃.ti.fja.sje/		 quantifiassent
/kɑ̃.ti.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — quantifie
/kɑ̃.ti.fi/		 — quantifions
/kɑ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/		 quantifiez
/kɑ̃.ti.fje/		 —
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).

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