modifier

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Etymology

modify +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

modifier (plural modifiers)

  1. One who, or that which, modifies.
  2. (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
  3. (programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.
    The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.
  4. (computing) Short for modifier key.

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French

Etymology

From Latin modificāre, from modus.

Pronunciation

Verb

modifier

  1. to change, modify

Conjugation

Conjugation of modifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple modifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple modifiant
/mɔ.di.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle modifié
/mɔ.di.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present modifie
/mɔ.di.fi/ 		modifies
/mɔ.di.fi/ 		modifie
/mɔ.di.fi/ 		modifions
/mɔ.di.fjɔ̃/ 		modifiez
/mɔ.di.fje/ 		modifient
/mɔ.di.fi/
imperfect modifiais
/mɔ.di.fjɛ/ 		modifiais
/mɔ.di.fjɛ/ 		modifiait
/mɔ.di.fjɛ/ 		modifiions
/mɔ.di.fi.jɔ̃/ 		modifiiez
/mɔ.di.fi.je/ 		modifiaient
/mɔ.di.fjɛ/
past historic2 modifiai
/mɔ.di.fje/ 		modifias
/mɔ.di.fja/ 		modifia
/mɔ.di.fja/ 		modifiâmes
/mɔ.di.fjam/ 		modifiâtes
/mɔ.di.fjat/ 		modifièrent
/mɔ.di.fjɛʁ/
future modifierai
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁe/ 		modifieras
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁa/ 		modifiera
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁa/ 		modifierons
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		modifierez
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁe/ 		modifieront
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional modifierais
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/ 		modifierais
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/ 		modifierait
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁɛ/ 		modifierions
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		modifieriez
/mɔ.di.fi.ʁje/ 		modifieraient
/mɔ.di.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 modifie
/mɔ.di.fi/ 		modifies
/mɔ.di.fi/ 		modifie
/mɔ.di.fi/ 		modifiions
/mɔ.di.fi.jɔ̃/ 		modifiiez
/mɔ.di.fi.je/ 		modifient
/mɔ.di.fi/
imperfect2 modifiasse
/mɔ.di.fjas/ 		modifiasses
/mɔ.di.fjas/ 		modifiât
/mɔ.di.fja/ 		modifiassions
/mɔ.di.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		modifiassiez
/mɔ.di.fja.sje/ 		modifiassent
/mɔ.di.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — modifie
/mɔ.di.fi/ 		— modifions
/mɔ.di.fjɔ̃/ 		modifiez
/mɔ.di.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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