examiner

English

Etymology

examine +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/.

Noun

examiner (plural examiners)

1. A person who investigates someone or something.
2. A person who marks an examination.
3. A person who sets an examination.

Related terms

• cross-examiner

Translations

person who investigates someone or something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檢查員 (zh), 检查员 (zh) (jiǎncháyuán), 調查員 (zh), 调查员 (zh) (diàocháyuán)

• Czech: zkoušející m
• Finnish: tutkija (fi)
• French: examinateur (fr) m, examinatrice (fr) f

• Greek: εξεταστής (el) m (exetastís)
• Italian: esaminatore (it) m
• Russian: инспе́ктор (ru) m (inspéktor), ревизо́р (ru) m (revizór), иссле́дователь (ru) m (isslédovatelʹ)
• Spanish: examinador (es) m
• Telugu: పరీక్షకుడు (te) (parīkṣakuḍu)

person who marks an examination

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 考官 (haau² gun¹)

  Mandarin: 考官 (zh) (kǎoguān)

• Finnish: arvostelija (fi)
• Irish: scrúdaitheoir

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sensor (no) m

  Nynorsk: sensor m

• Russian: экзамена́тор (ru) m (ekzamenátor)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmināre, present active infinitive of exāminō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/

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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 /ɛɡ.za.mi.nɑ̃/
past participle		examiné /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	examine /ɛɡ.za.min/	examines /ɛɡ.za.min/	examine /ɛɡ.za.min/	examinons /ɛɡ.za.mi.nɔ̃/	examinez /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/	examinent /ɛɡ.za.min/
	imperfect	examinais /ɛɡ.za.mi.nɛ/	examinais /ɛɡ.za.mi.nɛ/	examinait /ɛɡ.za.mi.nɛ/	examinions /ɛɡ.za.mi.njɔ̃/	examiniez /ɛɡ.za.mi.nje/	examinaient /ɛɡ.za.mi.nɛ/
	past historic1	examinai /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/	examinas /ɛɡ.za.mi.na/	examina /ɛɡ.za.mi.na/	examinâmes /ɛɡ.za.mi.nam/	examinâtes /ɛɡ.za.mi.nat/	examinèrent /ɛɡ.za.mi.nɛʁ/
	future	examinerai /ɛɡ.za.min.ʁe/	examineras /ɛɡ.za.min.ʁa/	examinera /ɛɡ.za.min.ʁa/	examinerons /ɛɡ.za.min.ʁɔ̃/	examinerez /ɛɡ.za.min.ʁe/	examineront /ɛɡ.za.min.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	examinerais /ɛɡ.za.min.ʁɛ/	examinerais /ɛɡ.za.min.ʁɛ/	examinerait /ɛɡ.za.min.ʁɛ/	examinerions /ɛɡ.za.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	examineriez /ɛɡ.za.mi.nə.ʁje/	examineraient /ɛɡ.za.min.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	examine /ɛɡ.za.min/	examines /ɛɡ.za.min/	examine /ɛɡ.za.min/	examinions /ɛɡ.za.mi.njɔ̃/	examiniez /ɛɡ.za.mi.nje/	examinent /ɛɡ.za.min/
	imperfect1	examinasse /ɛɡ.za.mi.nas/	examinasses /ɛɡ.za.mi.nas/	examinât /ɛɡ.za.mi.na/	examinassions /ɛɡ.za.mi.na.sjɔ̃/	examinassiez /ɛɡ.za.mi.na.sje/	examinassent /ɛɡ.za.mi.nas/
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	–
		—	examine /ɛɡ.za.min/	—	examinons /ɛɡ.za.mi.nɔ̃/	examinez /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/	—
1literary tenses

Further reading

• “examiner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Verb

exāminer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of exāminō

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmināre, present active infinitive of exāminō.

Verb

examiner

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

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 examiner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		examiner			avoir examiné
gerund		en examinant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		examinant
past participle		examiné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	examin	examines	examine	examinons	examinez	examinent
	imperfect	examinoie, examineie, examinoe, examineve	examinoies, examineies, examinoes, examineves	examinoit, examineit, examinot, examineve	examiniiens, examiniens	examiniiez, examiniez	examinoient, examineient, examinoent, examinevent
	preterite	examinai	examinas	examina	examinames	examinastes	examinerent
	future	examinerai	examineras	examinera	examinerons	examineroiz, examinereiz, examinerez	examineront
	conditional	examineroie, examinereie	examineroies, examinereies	examineroit, examinereit	examineriiens, examineriens	examineriiez, examineriez	examineroient, examinereient
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	examin	examins	examint	examinons	examinez	examinent
	imperfect	examinasse	examinasses	examinast	examinissons, examinissiens	examinissoiz, 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	vos	–
		—	examine	—	examinons	examinez	—

Related terms

• examinateur
• examination
• examineor

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (examiner)