definer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
definer (plural definers)
- One who or that which defines something, or provides a definition.
- 2017, Celia Applegate, The Necessity of Music: Variations on a German Theme (page 47)
- It served as a key definer of national character, which was in Zelter's time emerging out of a combination of folk and elite traditions […]
- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide[1], page 7:
- Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers.
- 2017, Celia Applegate, The Necessity of Music: Variations on a German Theme (page 47)
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
definer
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
definer
- imperative of definera
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
definer
- (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end
Conjugation[edit]
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of definer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | definer | avoir definé | |||||
gerund | en definant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | definant | ||||||
past participle | definé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | defin | defines | define | definons | definez | definent |
imperfect | definoie, defineie, definoe, defineve | definoies, defineies, definoes, defineves | definoit, defineit, definot, defineve | definiiens, definiens | definiiez, definiez | definoient, defineient, definoent, definevent | |
preterite | definai | definas | defina | definames | definastes | definerent | |
future | definerai | defineras | definera | definerons | defineroiz, definereiz, definerez | defineront | |
conditional | defineroie, definereie | defineroies, definereies | defineroit, definereit | defineriiens, defineriens | defineriiez, defineriez | defineroient, definereient | |
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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | defin | defins | defint | definons | definez | definent |
imperfect | definasse | definasses | definast | definissons, definissiens | definissoiz, definissez, definissiez | definassent | |
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 | vos | – | |
— | define | — | definons | definez | — |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (definer)
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