qualifier

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English

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Etymology

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From qualify +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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qualifier (plural qualifiers)

  1. One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
  2. A preliminary stage of a competition.
    • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England‎[1]:
      But England's final qualifier, played out in the hostile surroundings of Podgorica City Stadium, turned on two incidents that will have cast a cloud over Capello's delight at reaching another major tournament.
  3. (grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
  4. (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
    • 2012, Conor Sexton, C++ Programming Made Simple:
      The qualifier const may be prefixed to any declaration, and specifies that the value to which the data object is initialised cannot subsequently be changed.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of “contestant”): eliminee

Translations

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See also

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French

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Etymology

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From qualité +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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qualifier

  1. (intransitive or reflexive, sports) to qualify (of a sports team, etc.) (to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage)
    Notre équipe s’est qualifiée pour les quarts de finale. ― Our team qualified for the quarter-finals.
  2. (transitive) to characterize, to consider [with direct object ‘someone/something’ and de (+ object or adjective) ‘as something’]
  3. (transitive, derogatory) to call, to label [with direct object ‘someone’ and de (+ object or adjective) ‘as something’]
    Synonyms: traiter, taxer
  4. (reflexive) to call oneself (usually undeservedly) [with de (+ copulative noun) or direct copulative (archaic) noun ‘by a title’]
  5. (transitive) to characterize (to be characteristic of)
    • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, page 150:
      ... toutes les fleurs sont exactement représentées par des alliances d’alcoolats et d’esprits, dérobant au modèle sa personnalité même et y ajoutant ce rien, ce ton en plus, ce fumet capiteux, cette touche rare qui qualifie une œuvre d’art.
      ... all the flowers are exactly represented by alliances of alcoholates and spirits, stealing from the model its very personality and adding this nothingness, this extra tone, this heady aroma, this rare touch which characterizes a work of art.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of qualifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple qualifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple qualifiant
/ka.li.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle qualifié
/ka.li.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present qualifie
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifies
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifie
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifions
/ka.li.fjɔ̃/ 		qualifiez
/ka.li.fje/ 		qualifient
/ka.li.fi/
imperfect qualifiais
/ka.li.fjɛ/ 		qualifiais
/ka.li.fjɛ/ 		qualifiait
/ka.li.fjɛ/ 		qualifiions
/ka.li.fi.jɔ̃/ 		qualifiiez
/ka.li.fi.je/ 		qualifiaient
/ka.li.fjɛ/
past historic2 qualifiai
/ka.li.fje/ 		qualifias
/ka.li.fja/ 		qualifia
/ka.li.fja/ 		qualifiâmes
/ka.li.fjam/ 		qualifiâtes
/ka.li.fjat/ 		qualifièrent
/ka.li.fjɛʁ/
future qualifierai
/ka.li.fi.ʁe/ 		qualifieras
/ka.li.fi.ʁa/ 		qualifiera
/ka.li.fi.ʁa/ 		qualifierons
/ka.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		qualifierez
/ka.li.fi.ʁe/ 		qualifieront
/ka.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional qualifierais
/ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/ 		qualifierais
/ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/ 		qualifierait
/ka.li.fi.ʁɛ/ 		qualifierions
/ka.li.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		qualifieriez
/ka.li.fi.ʁje/ 		qualifieraient
/ka.li.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 qualifie
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifies
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifie
/ka.li.fi/ 		qualifiions
/ka.li.fi.jɔ̃/ 		qualifiiez
/ka.li.fi.je/ 		qualifient
/ka.li.fi/
imperfect2 qualifiasse
/ka.li.fjas/ 		qualifiasses
/ka.li.fjas/ 		qualifiât
/ka.li.fja/ 		qualifiassions
/ka.li.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		qualifiassiez
/ka.li.fja.sje/ 		qualifiassent
/ka.li.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — qualifie
/ka.li.fi/ 		— qualifions
/ka.li.fjɔ̃/ 		qualifiez
/ka.li.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Dutch: kwalificeren
  • → English: qualify
  • → German: qualifizieren

Further reading

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