referer

See also: référer

English

Etymology

From English referrer.

Noun

referer (plural referers)

1. Misspelling of referrer.
2. (Internet) Alternative form of referrer (“the referring URL”)
   • 1996, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0

     The Referer field must not be sent if the Request-URI was obtained from a source that does not have its own URI, such as input from the user keyboard.

   • 2001, Jennifer Niederst Robbins, Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, page 278:

     If a referring URL was specified, for each valid referer, make sure that a valid referring URL was passed to FormMail

   • 2007, Ben Fry, Visualizing Data, page 253:

     The referer portion of a logfile line contains the full URL of the page or object visited before the current one.

   • 2007, Tiara Yule, The Illustrated Dictionary of Internet, page 74:

     The referer information can also be accessed as document.referrer within JavaScript.

Usage notes

Referer is the field name used in the HTTP protocol (RFC1945 and RFC2616). Originally a misspelling, it has gained currency from its use there and in related documents and software.

Anagrams

• rerefer

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

referer

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of referere

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

referer

1. imperative of referera

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Old French

Verb

referer

1. to tell; to talk about; to speak of
   • Capitolin refere que Zenobie ne vouloit qu'on luy touchast (G. Bouchet)

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 referer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		referer			avoir referé
gerund		en referant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		referant
past participle		referé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	refer	referes	refere	referons	referez	referent
	imperfect	referoie, refereie, referoe, refereve	referoies, refereies, referoes, refereves	referoit, refereit, referot, refereve	referiiens, referiens	referiiez, referiez	referoient, refereient, referoent, referevent
	preterite	referai	referas	refera	referames	referastes	refererent
	future	refererai	refereras	referera	refererons	refereroiz, referereiz, refererez	refereront
	conditional	refereroie, referereie	refereroies, referereies	refereroit, referereit	refereriiens, refereriens	refereriiez, refereriez	refereroient, referereient
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	refer	refers	refert	referons	referez	referent
	imperfect	referasse	referasses	referast	referissons, referissiens	referissoiz, referissez, referissiez	referassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	refere	—	referons	referez	—

Descendants

• English: refer