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quantifier
quantifier
English
Noun
quantifier (plural quantifiers)
- (grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity
- (logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
- (computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.
Hypernyms
- (grammar): determiner
Derived terms
- existential quantifier
- quantifier elimination
- universal quantifier
Related terms
Translations
A word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity
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A logical operator
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ti.fje/
Verb
quantifier
- to quantify
Conjugation
Conjugation of quantifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | quantifier | avoir quantifié | |||||
| gerund | en quantifiant | en ayant quantifié | |||||
| present participle | quantifiant /kɑ̃.ti.fjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | quantifié /kɑ̃.ti.fje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | quantifie /kɑ̃.ti.fi/ |
quantifies /kɑ̃.ti.fi/ |
quantifie /kɑ̃.ti.fi/ |
quantifions /kɑ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
quantifiez /kɑ̃.ti.fje/ |
quantifient /kɑ̃.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect | quantifiais /kɑ̃.ti.fjɛ/ |
quantifiais /kɑ̃.ti.fjɛ/ |
quantifiait /kɑ̃.ti.fjɛ/ |
quantifiions /kɑ̃.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
quantifiiez /kɑ̃.ti.fi.je/ |
quantifiaient /kɑ̃.ti.fjɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | quantifiai /kɑ̃.ti.fje/ |
quantifias /kɑ̃.ti.fja/ |
quantifia /kɑ̃.ti.fja/ |
quantifiâmes /kɑ̃.ti.fjam/ |
quantifiâtes /kɑ̃.ti.fjat/ |
quantifièrent /kɑ̃.ti.fjɛʁ/ |
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| future | quantifierai /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
quantifieras /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
quantifiera /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
quantifierons /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
quantifierez /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
quantifieront /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | quantifierais /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
quantifierais /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
quantifierait /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
quantifierions /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
quantifieriez /kɑ̃.ti.fi.ʁje/ |
quantifieraient /kɑ̃.ti.fi.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 | quantifie /kɑ̃.ti.fi/ |
quantifies /kɑ̃.ti.fi/ |
quantifie /kɑ̃.ti.fi/ |
quantifiions /kɑ̃.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
quantifiiez /kɑ̃.ti.fi.je/ |
quantifient /kɑ̃.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect1 |
quantifiasse /kɑ̃.ti.fjas/ |
quantifiasses /kɑ̃.ti.fjas/ |
quantifiât /kɑ̃.ti.fja/ |
quantifiassions /kɑ̃.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
quantifiassiez /kɑ̃.ti.fja.sje/ |
quantifiassent /kɑ̃.ti.fjas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | quantifie /kɑ̃.ti.fi/ |
— | quantifions /kɑ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
quantifiez /kɑ̃.ti.fje/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||