amplifier

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Particularly: "portable encasement that houses a large speaker"

Etymology

amplify +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

amplifier (plural amplifiers)

  1. Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
    • 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian‎:
      The football team is not an extension of Iran’s leaders, but is in fact the opposite, seen as an amplifier for freedom, group expression, modernity.
  2. (linguistics) An adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally".
  3. (electronics) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
  4. (music) A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
  5. A lens that enlarges the field of vision.

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French

Etymology

From Latin amplificāre (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faciō, facere (“make”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pli.fje/
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Verb

amplifier

  1. to amplify

Conjugation

Conjugation of amplifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple amplifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple amplifiant
/ɑ̃.pli.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle amplifié
/ɑ̃.pli.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present amplifie
/ɑ̃.pli.fi/ 		amplifies
/ɑ̃.pli.fi/ 		amplifie
/ɑ̃.pli.fi/ 		amplifions
/ɑ̃.pli.fjɔ̃/ 		amplifiez
/ɑ̃.pli.fje/ 		amplifient
/ɑ̃.pli.fi/
imperfect amplifiais
/ɑ̃.pli.fjɛ/ 		amplifiais
/ɑ̃.pli.fjɛ/ 		amplifiait
/ɑ̃.pli.fjɛ/ 		amplifiions
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.jɔ̃/ 		amplifiiez
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.je/ 		amplifiaient
/ɑ̃.pli.fjɛ/
past historic2 amplifiai
/ɑ̃.pli.fje/ 		amplifias
/ɑ̃.pli.fja/ 		amplifia
/ɑ̃.pli.fja/ 		amplifiâmes
/ɑ̃.pli.fjam/ 		amplifiâtes
/ɑ̃.pli.fjat/ 		amplifièrent
/ɑ̃.pli.fjɛʁ/
future amplifierai
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁe/ 		amplifieras
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁa/ 		amplifiera
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁa/ 		amplifierons
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		amplifierez
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁe/ 		amplifieront
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional amplifierais
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/ 		amplifierais
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/ 		amplifierait
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/ 		amplifierions
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		amplifieriez
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁje/ 		amplifieraient
/ɑ̃.pli.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 amplifie
/ɑ̃.pli.fi/ 		amplifies
/ɑ̃.pli.fi/ 		amplifie
/ɑ̃.pli.fi/ 		amplifiions
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.jɔ̃/ 		amplifiiez
/ɑ̃.pli.fi.je/ 		amplifient
/ɑ̃.pli.fi/
imperfect2 amplifiasse
/ɑ̃.pli.fjas/ 		amplifiasses
/ɑ̃.pli.fjas/ 		amplifiât
/ɑ̃.pli.fja/ 		amplifiassions
/ɑ̃.pli.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		amplifiassiez
/ɑ̃.pli.fja.sje/ 		amplifiassent
/ɑ̃.pli.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — amplifie
/ɑ̃.pli.fi/ 		— amplifions
/ɑ̃.pli.fjɔ̃/ 		amplifiez
/ɑ̃.pli.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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