examiner
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
examiner (plural examiners)
- A person who investigates someone or something.
- 1951 November, “Delays to Boat Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 719:
- Younger [Customs] examiners, who, perhaps, have not yet acquired the intuition resulting from years of experience, seem partly responsible for the closer examination of incoming luggage. Not only is this closer scrutiny arousing feelings of resentment among passengers, but it is causing serious delays in the departure of boat trains, many of which have been reaching their destinations two or three hours late.
- A person who sets an examination.
- A person who marks an examination.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
person who investigates someone or something
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person who marks an examination
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin exāmināre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
examiner
- to examine
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of examiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | examiner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | examinant /ɛɡ.za.mi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | examiné /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(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 historic2 | 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 | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(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/ |
imperfect2 | 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | examine /ɛɡ.za.min/ |
— | examinons /ɛɡ.za.mi.nɔ̃/ |
examinez /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: examina
Further reading edit
- “examiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
exāminer
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin exāmināre, present active infinitive of exāminō.
Verb edit
examiner
Conjugation edit
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 | ||||||
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infinitive | examiner | avoir examiné | |||||
gerund | en examinant | gerund of avoir + 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 | 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 | examin | examins | examint | examinons | examinez | examinent |
imperfect | examinasse | examinasses | examinast | examinissons, examinissiens | examinissoiz, examinissez, examinissiez | examinassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | examine | — | examinons | examinez | — |
Related terms edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (examiner)