definer

English

Etymology

define +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfaɪnə(ɹ)/

Noun

definer (plural definers)

1. One who or that which defines something, or provides a definition.
   • 2017, Celia Applegate, The Necessity of Music: Variations on a German Theme, page 47:

     It served as a key definer of national character, which was in Zelter's time emerging out of a combination of folk and elite traditions […]

   • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎^[1], page 7:

     Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers.

Anagrams

• e-friend, enfired, fendier, refined

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

definer

1. imperative of definere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

definer

1. imperative of definera

Old French

Alternative forms

• defenir
• definir

Verb

definer

1. (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end

Conjugation

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 definer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		definer			avoir definé
gerund		en definant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		definant
past participle		definé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	defin	defines	define	definons	definez	definent
	imperfect	definoie, defineie, definoe, defineve	definoies, defineies, definoes, defineves	definoit, defineit, definot, defineve	definiiens, definiens	definiiez, definiez	definoient, defineient, definoent, definevent
	preterite	definai	definas	defina	definames	definastes	definerent
	future	definerai	defineras	definera	definerons	defineroiz, definereiz, definerez	defineront
	conditional	defineroie, definereie	defineroies, definereies	defineroit, definereit	defineriiens, defineriens	defineriiez, defineriez	defineroient, definereient
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 anterior	Use the preterite 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 jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	defin	defins	defint	definons	definez	definent
	imperfect	definasse	definasses	definast	definissons, definissiens	definissoiz, definissez, definissiez	definassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	define	—	definons	definez	—

Descendants

• English: to define
• French: définir

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (definer)