quantifier

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

quantify +‎ -er

Noun

quantifier (plural quantifiers)

1. (grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity
2. (logic) The operator, represented by either of the symbols ∀ (universal quantifier) or ∃ (existential quantifier), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
3. (computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

Derived terms

• existential quantifier
• quantifier elimination
• universal quantifier

Related terms

• quantify
• quantification

Translations

A word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity

• French: quantificateur (fr) m

• Portuguese: quantificador (pt) m

The logical operator

• Czech: kvantifikátor (cs) m
• Dutch: kwantor (nl) m
• Finnish: kvanttori (fi)

• French: quantificateur (fr) m
• Japanese: 量化子 (ja) (りょうかし, ryōkashi)
• Portuguese: quantificador (pt) m

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French

Etymology

From English quantify.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɑ̃.ti.fje/

Verb

quantifier

1. to quantify

Conjugation

   Conjugation of quantifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		quantifier			avoir quantifié
gerund		en quantifiant			en ayant quantifié
present participle		quantifiant
past participle		quantifié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	quantifie	quantifies	quantifie	quantifions	quantifiez	quantifient
	imperfect	quantifiais	quantifiais	quantifiait	quantifiions	quantifiiez	quantifiaient
	past historic1	quantifiai	quantifias	quantifia	quantifiâmes	quantifiâtes	quantifièrent
	future	quantifierai	quantifieras	quantifiera	quantifierons	quantifierez	quantifieront
	conditional	quantifierais	quantifierais	quantifierait	quantifierions	quantifieriez	quantifieraient
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	quantifie	quantifies	quantifie	quantifiions	quantifiiez	quantifient
	imperfect1	quantifiasse	quantifiasses	quantifiât	quantifiassions	quantifiassiez	quantifiassent
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	–
		—	quantifie	—	quantifions	quantifiez	—
1literary tenses