disqualifier

English

Etymology

disqualify +‎ -er

Noun

disqualifier (plural disqualifiers)

1. One who, or that which, disqualifies.
   • 2008 June 14, Leslie Wayne, “Senators Caught in Mortgage Fallout”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “If indeed Chris Dodd got below-market loans, it could be a disqualifier for someone being considered for an important appointment.”

French

Etymology

From English disqualify +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.ka.li.fje/

• Audio:

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Verb

disqualifier

1. to disqualify

Conjugation

Conjugation of disqualifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	disqualifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	disqualifiant /dis.ka.li.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		disqualifié /dis.ka.li.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	disqualifie /dis.ka.li.fi/	disqualifies /dis.ka.li.fi/	disqualifie /dis.ka.li.fi/	disqualifions /dis.ka.li.fjɔ̃/	disqualifiez /dis.ka.li.fje/	disqualifient /dis.ka.li.fi/
	imperfect	disqualifiais /dis.ka.li.fjɛ/	disqualifiais /dis.ka.li.fjɛ/	disqualifiait /dis.ka.li.fjɛ/	disqualifiions /dis.ka.li.fi.jɔ̃/	disqualifiiez /dis.ka.li.fi.je/	disqualifiaient /dis.ka.li.fjɛ/
	past historic2	disqualifiai /dis.ka.li.fje/	disqualifias /dis.ka.li.fja/	disqualifia /dis.ka.li.fja/	disqualifiâmes /dis.ka.li.fjam/	disqualifiâtes /dis.ka.li.fjat/	disqualifièrent /dis.ka.li.fjɛʁ/
	future	disqualifierai /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁe/	disqualifieras /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁa/	disqualifiera /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁa/	disqualifierons /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/	disqualifierez /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁe/	disqualifieront /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	disqualifierais /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/	disqualifierais /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/	disqualifierait /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/	disqualifierions /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	disqualifieriez /dis.ka.li.fi.ʁje/	disqualifieraient /dis.ka.li.fi.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	disqualifie /dis.ka.li.fi/	disqualifies /dis.ka.li.fi/	disqualifie /dis.ka.li.fi/	disqualifiions /dis.ka.li.fi.jɔ̃/	disqualifiiez /dis.ka.li.fi.je/	disqualifient /dis.ka.li.fi/
	imperfect2	disqualifiasse /dis.ka.li.fjas/	disqualifiasses /dis.ka.li.fjas/	disqualifiât /dis.ka.li.fja/	disqualifiassions /dis.ka.li.fja.sjɔ̃/	disqualifiassiez /dis.ka.li.fja.sje/	disqualifiassent /dis.ka.li.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	disqualifie /dis.ka.li.fi/	—	disqualifions /dis.ka.li.fjɔ̃/	disqualifiez /dis.ka.li.fje/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “disqualifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.