qualifier

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

qualify +‎ -er

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Noun[edit]

qualifier (plural qualifiers)

  1. One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
  2. A preliminary stage of a competition.
    • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [1]
      But England's final qualifier, played out in the hostile surroundings of Podgorica City Stadium, turned on two incidents that will have cast a cloud over Capello's delight at reaching another major tournament.
  3. (grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
  4. (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
    • 2012, Conor Sexton, C++ Programming Made Simple
      The qualifier const may be prefixed to any declaration, and specifies that the value to which the data object is initialised cannot subsequently be changed.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

qualité +‎ -ifier

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ka.li.fje/
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Verb[edit]

qualifier

  1. to qualify (of a sports team, etc.)

Conjugation[edit]

  Conjugation of qualifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive qualifier avoir qualifié
gerund en qualifiant en ayant qualifié
present participle qualifiant
/ka.li.fjɑ̃/
past participle qualifié
/ka.li.fje/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses 		present qualifie
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifies
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifie
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifions
/ka.li.fjɔ̃/ 		qualifiez
/ka.li.fje/ 		qualifient
/ka.li.fi/
imperfect qualifiais
/ka.li.fjɛ/ 		qualifiais
/ka.li.fjɛ/ 		qualifiait
/ka.li.fjɛ/ 		qualifiions
/ka.li.fi.jɔ̃/ 		qualifiiez
/ka.li.fi.je/ 		qualifiaient
/ka.li.fjɛ/
past historic1 qualifiai
/ka.li.fje/ 		qualifias
/ka.li.fja/ 		qualifia
/ka.li.fja/ 		qualifiâmes
/ka.li.fjam/ 		qualifiâtes
/ka.li.fjat/ 		qualifièrent
/ka.li.fjɛʁ/
future qualifierai
/ka.li.fi.ʁe/ 		qualifieras
/ka.li.fi.ʁa/ 		qualifiera
/ka.li.fi.ʁa/ 		qualifierons
/ka.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		qualifierez
/ka.li.fi.ʁe/ 		qualifieront
/ka.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional qualifierais
/ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/ 		qualifierais
/ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/ 		qualifierait
/ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/ 		qualifierions
/ka.li.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		qualifieriez
/ka.li.fi.ʁje/ 		qualifieraient
/ka.li.fi.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 qualifie
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifies
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifie
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifiions
/ka.li.fi.jɔ̃/ 		qualifiiez
/ka.li.fi.je/ 		qualifient
/ka.li.fi/
imperfect1 qualifiasse
/ka.li.fjas/ 		qualifiasses
/ka.li.fjas/ 		qualifiât
/ka.li.fja/ 		qualifiassions
/ka.li.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		qualifiassiez
/ka.li.fja.sje/ 		qualifiassent
/ka.li.fjas/
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 –
— qualifie
/ka.li.fi/ 		— qualifions
/ka.li.fjɔ̃/ 		qualifiez
/ka.li.fje/ 		—
1literary tenses

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