specifier

See also: spécifier

English

Etymology

From specify +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspɛsəˌfaɪɚ/

Noun

specifier (plural specifiers)

1. A person or thing that specifies.
   • 2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68:

     The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths.

2. (linguistics) A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.

Coordinate terms

component of a phrase

• adjunct
• complement
• head

 

Derived terms

• access specifier

 

Translations

component of a phrase

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指定語／指定语 (zhǐdìngyǔ)

• French: spécifieur m