examiner

English

Etymology

to examine + -er

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪɡˈzæmɪnə/.

Noun

examiner (plural examiners)

1. A person who investigates someone or something.

Related terms

• cross-examiner

Translations

person who investigates someone or something

Czech: zkoušející (cs) m. French: examinateur (fr) m., examinatrice (fr) f. Italian: esaminatore (it) m.

Russian: экзаминатор (ru) (ekzaminátor) m. Spanish: examinador (es) m.

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French

Etymology

Latin exāminō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɛɡzamine/, SAMPA: /Eg.za.mi.ne/

Verb

examiner

1. to examine

Conjugation

   Conjugation of examiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		examiner			avoir examiné
gerund		en examinant			en ayant examiné
present participle		examinant
past participle		examiné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	examine	examines	examine	examinons	examinez	examinent
	imperfect	examinais	examinais	examinait	examinions	examiniez	examinaient
	past historic1	examinai	examinas	examina	examinâmes	examinâtes	examinèrent
	future	examinerai	examineras	examinera	examinerons	examinerez	examineront
	conditional	examinerais	examinerais	examinerait	examinerions	examineriez	examineraient
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	examine	examines	examine	examinions	examiniez	examinent
	imperfect1	examinasse	examinasses	examinât	examinassions	examinassiez	examinassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	examine	—	examinons	examinez	—
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

exāminer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of exāminō

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Old French

Etymology

Latin exāminō.

Verb

examiner

1. to question (pose questions to)
2. to torture
3. to consider; to ponder; to weigh up

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of examiner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		examiner			avoir examiné, examinez
gerund		en examinant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		examinant
past participle		examiné, examinez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	examine, examin	examines, examins	examine, examin	examinons	examinez, examinés	examinent
	imperfect	examinoe, examineie, examinoie	examinoes, examineies, examinoies	examinot, examineit, examinoit	examinions, examiniions	examiniez, examiniiez	examinoent, examinient, examinoient
	past historic	examinai	examinas	examina	examinames	examinastes	examinerent
	future	examinerai	examineras	examinera	examinerons	examinerez, examinereiz	examineront
	conditional	examineroe, examinereie, examineroie	examineroes, examinereies, examineroies	examinerot, examinereie, examineroie	examinerions, examineriions	examineriez, examineriiez	examineroent, examinereient, examineroient
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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	examine, examin	examines, examins	examine, examin	examinons	examinez	examinent
	imperfect	examinasse	examinasses	examinast	examinissons	examinissez, examinissiez	examinassent
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	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	examine	—	examinons	examinez	—

Related terms

• examinateur
• examination
• examineor

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881)