modifier
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒdɪfaɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑdɪfaɪɚ/
- Hyphenation: mod‧i‧fi‧er
Noun
modifier (plural modifiers)
- One who, or that which, modifies.
- (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
- (programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
- The
protectedmodifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.
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Translations
one who modifies
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grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
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French
Etymology
From Latin modificō, modificāre, from modus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ.di.fje/
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Verb
modifier
Conjugation
Conjugation of modifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | modifier | avoir modifié | |||||
| gerund | en modifiant | en ayant modifié | |||||
| present participle | modifiant /mɔ.di.fjɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | modifié /mɔ.di.fje/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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 historic1 | 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| 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/ |
| imperfect1 | 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 | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | modifie /mɔ.di.fi/ |
— | modifions /mɔ.di.fjɔ̃/ |
modifiez /mɔ.di.fje/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “modifier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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