definer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
definer (plural definers)
- Agent noun of define; one who defines; a person who writes a definition or definitions.
- 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.
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
definer
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
definer
Old French
Alternative forms
Verb
definer
- (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end
Conjugation
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 | gerund of avoir + 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | define | — | definons | definez | — |
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (definer)
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- English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk verb forms
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French transitive verbs
- Old French intransitive verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-a preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -er