quantifier

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From quantify +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quantifier (plural quantifiers)

  1. (grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:quantifier
  3. (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.
  4. (computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

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French

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Etymology

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From English quantify.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ti.fje/
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Verb

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quantifier

  1. to quantify

Conjugation

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Conjugation of quantifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple quantifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple quantifiant
/kɑ̃.ti.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle quantifié
/kɑ̃.ti.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on 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 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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