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
grammar: qualifying word, clause or phrase
French
Etymology
From Latin modificō, modificāre, from modus.
Pronunciation
- X-SAMPA: /mO.di.fje/
Verb
modifier
Conjugation
Conjugation of modifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | modifier | avoir modifié | |||||
| gerund | en modifiant | en ayant modifié | |||||
| present participle | modifiant | ||||||
| past participle | modifié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | modifie | modifies | modifie | modifions | modifiez | modifient |
| imperfect | modifiais | modifiais | modifiait | modifiions | modifiiez | modifiaient | |
| past historic1 | modifiai | modifias | modifia | modifiâmes | modifiâtes | modifièrent | |
| future | modifierai | modifieras | modifiera | modifierons | modifierez | modifieront | |
| conditional | modifierais | modifierais | modifierait | modifierions | modifieriez | modifieraient | |
| 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 | modifies | modifie | modifiions | modifiiez | modifient |
| imperfect1 | modifiasse | modifiasses | modifiât | modifiassions | modifiassiez | modifiassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | modifie | — | modifions | modifiez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||