mapper

English

Etymology

map +‎ -er

Noun

mapper (plural mappers)

1. One who produces a map.
2. (video games) A designer of levels for video games.
   • 2003, David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture:

     As he churned out early versions of the Quake III engine, the mappers and artists felt adrift, with no direction on what to pursue.

3. (computing, electronics) A software or hardware component that performs a mapping.
   • 2015, Nathan Altice, I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer/Entertainment System Platform:

     Throughout the Famicom's life span, Nintendo produced several ASIC mappers, which grew in capability and specialty, allowing the Famicom to break many of its own hardware rules.

Synonyms

• cartographer

Derived terms

• lightning mapper
• mind mapper

 

Translations

one who maps

• French: cartographe (fr)
• Spanish: mapeador (es)

Anagrams

• pamper, pampre, pre-amp, preamp

Danish

Noun

mapper c

1. indefinite plural of mappe

French

Etymology

From Latin mappa +‎ -er. The first term is borrowed, not inherited, because nappe is the inherited form.

Pronunciation

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Verb

mapper

1. to map (all senses)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mapper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	mapper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	mappant /ma.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		mappé /ma.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	mappe /map/	mappes /map/	mappe /map/	mappons /ma.pɔ̃/	mappez /ma.pe/	mappent /map/
	imperfect	mappais /ma.pɛ/	mappais /ma.pɛ/	mappait /ma.pɛ/	mappions /ma.pjɔ̃/	mappiez /ma.pje/	mappaient /ma.pɛ/
	past historic2	mappai /ma.pe/	mappas /ma.pa/	mappa /ma.pa/	mappâmes /ma.pam/	mappâtes /ma.pat/	mappèrent /ma.pɛʁ/
	future	mapperai /ma.pʁe/	mapperas /ma.pʁa/	mappera /ma.pʁa/	mapperons /ma.pʁɔ̃/	mapperez /ma.pʁe/	mapperont /ma.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	mapperais /ma.pʁɛ/	mapperais /ma.pʁɛ/	mapperait /ma.pʁɛ/	mapperions /ma.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	mapperiez /ma.pə.ʁje/	mapperaient /ma.pʁɛ/
(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	mappe /map/	mappes /map/	mappe /map/	mappions /ma.pjɔ̃/	mappiez /ma.pje/	mappent /map/
	imperfect2	mappasse /ma.pas/	mappasses /ma.pas/	mappât /ma.pa/	mappassions /ma.pa.sjɔ̃/	mappassiez /ma.pa.sje/	mappassent /ma.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	mappe /map/	—	mappons /ma.pɔ̃/	mappez /ma.pe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• mappage