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Webster 1913 Edition
Modifier
Mod′i-fiˊer
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, modifies.
Hume.
Webster 1828 Edition
Modifier
MOD'IFIER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
modifier
modifier
English
Noun
modifier (plural modifiers)
- One who, or that which, modifies.
- (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
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Translations
one who modifies
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grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
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French
Etymology
From Latin modificō, modificāre, from modus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ.di.fje/
Verb
modifier
Conjugation
Conjugation of modifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | modifier | avoir modifié | |||||
| gerund | en modifiant | en ayant modifié | |||||
| present participle | modifiant /mɔ.di.fjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | modifié /mɔ.di.fje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | modifie /mɔ.di.fi/ |
modifies /mɔ.di.fi/ |
modifie /mɔ.di.fi/ |
modifions /mɔ.di.fjɔ̃/ |
modifiez /mɔ.di.fje/ |
modifient /mɔ.di.fi/ |
| imperfect | modifiais /mɔ.di.fjɛ/ |
modifiais /mɔ.di.fjɛ/ |
modifiait /mɔ.di.fjɛ/ |
modifiions /mɔ.di.fi.jɔ̃/ |
modifiiez /mɔ.di.fi.je/ |
modifiaient /mɔ.di.fjɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | modifiai /mɔ.di.fje/ |
modifias /mɔ.di.fja/ |
modifia /mɔ.di.fja/ |
modifiâmes /mɔ.di.fjam/ |
modifiâtes /mɔ.di.fjat/ |
modifièrent /mɔ.di.fjɛʁ/ |
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| future | modifierai /mɔ.di.fi.ʁe/ |
modifieras /mɔ.di.fi.ʁa/ |
modifiera /mɔ.di.fi.ʁa/ |
modifierons /mɔ.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
modifierez /mɔ.di.fi.ʁe/ |
modifieront /mɔ.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | modifierais /mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/ |
modifierais /mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/ |
modifierait /mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/ |
modifierions /mɔ.di.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
modifieriez /mɔ.di.fi.ʁje/ |
modifieraient /mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 | modifie /mɔ.di.fi/ |
modifies /mɔ.di.fi/ |
modifie /mɔ.di.fi/ |
modifiions /mɔ.di.fi.jɔ̃/ |
modifiiez /mɔ.di.fi.je/ |
modifient /mɔ.di.fi/ |
| imperfect1 |
modifiasse /mɔ.di.fjas/ |
modifiasses /mɔ.di.fjas/ |
modifiât /mɔ.di.fja/ |
modifiassions /mɔ.di.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
modifiassiez /mɔ.di.fja.sje/ |
modifiassent /mɔ.di.fjas/ |
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| 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 | – | |
| — | modifie /mɔ.di.fi/ |
— | modifions /mɔ.di.fjɔ̃/ |
modifiez /mɔ.di.fje/ |
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