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Explorer
Ex-plor′er
,Noun.
One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.
Definition 2025
explorer
explorer
English
Noun
One end of a dental explorer.
explorer (plural explorers)
- One who explores something
- A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
- Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
- (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.
- 2007, Mark Minasi, John Paul Mueller, Mastering Windows Vista Business: Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise
Related terms
Translations
person who explores
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person who by expedition seeks new information
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any of various tools in dentistry
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computing, graphic user interface
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See also
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
explorer
- to explore
Conjugation
Conjugation of explorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | explorer | avoir exploré | |||||
| gerund | en explorant | en ayant exploré | |||||
| present participle | explorant /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | exploré /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | explorai /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ |
exploras /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/ |
explora /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/ |
explorâmes /ɛk.splɔ.ʁam/ |
explorâtes /ɛk.splɔ.ʁat/ |
explorèrent /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explores /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explorions /ɛk.splɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exploriez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁje/ |
explorent /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
— | explorons /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
explorez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ |
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Derived terms
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
explorer
- 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
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | explorer | avoir exploré | |||||
| gerund | en explorant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | explorant | ||||||
| past participle | exploré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | 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 | 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 past historic 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | 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 | 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | explore | — | explorons | explorez | — | ||