explorer

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Etymology

From explore +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛkˈsplɔːɹə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹə(ɹ)

Noun

One end of a dental explorer.

explorer (plural explorers)

  1. One who explores something
  2. A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rachni Codex entry:
      Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space. Over 2000 years ago, explorers foolishly opened a mass relay to a previously-unknown system and encountered something never seen before or since: a species of spacefaring insects guided by a hive-mind intelligence.
  3. Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
  4. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.
    • 2007, Mark Minasi, John Paul Mueller, Mastering Windows Vista Business: Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise:
      For example, Vista includes a document explorer that shows just the documents in a location without considering all of the other files that might appear there.
  5. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (figuratively) Someone who is adventurous and free-thinking.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explōrāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

explorer

  1. to explore

Conjugation

Conjugation of explorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple explorer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple explorant
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle exploré
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present explore
/ɛk.splɔʁ/ 		explores
/ɛk.splɔʁ/ 		explore
/ɛk.splɔʁ/ 		explorons
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		explorez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ 		explorent
/ɛk.splɔʁ/
imperfect explorais
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/ 		explorais
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/ 		explorait
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/ 		explorions
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		exploriez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁje/ 		exploraient
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 explorai
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ 		exploras
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/ 		explora
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/ 		explorâmes
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁam/ 		explorâtes
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁat/ 		explorèrent
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛʁ/
future explorerai
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		exploreras
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		explorera
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ 		explorerons
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		explorerez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ 		exploreront
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional explorerais
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		explorerais
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		explorerait
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		explorerions
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		exploreriez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ 		exploreraient
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.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 explore
/ɛk.splɔʁ/ 		explores
/ɛk.splɔʁ/ 		explore
/ɛk.splɔʁ/ 		explorions
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ 		exploriez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁje/ 		explorent
/ɛk.splɔʁ/
imperfect2 explorasse
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁas/ 		explorasses
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁas/ 		explorât
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/ 		explorassions
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		explorassiez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sje/ 		explorassent
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — explore
/ɛk.splɔʁ/ 		— explorons
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁɔ̃/ 		explorez
/ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ 		—
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

explōrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of explōrō

Middle French

Etymology

Latin explōrō

Verb

explorer

  1. to explore

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of explorer
infinitive simple explorer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple explorant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle exploré
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present explore explores explore explorons explorez explorent
imperfect explorois, exploroys explorois, exploroys exploroit, exploroyt explorions, exploryons exploriez, exploryez exploroient, exploroyent
past historic explora exploras explora explorasmes explorastes explorerent
future explorerai, exploreray exploreras explorera explorerons explorerez exploreront
conditional explorerois, exploreroys explorerois, exploreroys exploreroit, exploreroyt explorerions, exploreryons exploreriez, exploreryez exploreroient, exploreroyent
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present explore explores explore explorons explorez explorent
imperfect explorasse explorasses explorast explorassions explorassiez explorassent
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — explore — explorons explorez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).
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