clarifier

English

Etymology

clarify +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛɹ.ə.faɪ.əɹ/

Noun

clarifier (plural clarifiers)

  1. One who, or that which, clarifies.
  2. A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted.
    the clarifier in sugar works
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ure to this entry?)
  3. (cartomancy) An additional card used to enhance or explain the primary cards in a spread.
    • 2004, Barbara Moore, What Tarot Can Do for You: Your Future in the Cards, Llewellyn Worldwide (→ISBN), page 20
      ... if any card in the spread puzzles you, you can pull another card from the deck as a clarifier.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clārificō, clārificāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kla.ʁi.fje/

Verb

clarifier

  1. to clarify

Conjugation
Conjugation of clarifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle clarifiant
/kla.ʁi.fjɑ̃/
past participle clarifié
/kla.ʁi.fje/
infinitive
simple clarifier
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple clarifiant
/kla.ʁi.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present clarifie
/kla.ʁi.fi/		 clarifies
/kla.ʁi.fi/		 clarifie
/kla.ʁi.fi/		 clarifions
/kla.ʁi.fjɔ̃/		 clarifiez
/kla.ʁi.fje/		 clarifient
/kla.ʁi.fi/
imperfect clarifiais
/kla.ʁi.fjɛ/		 clarifiais
/kla.ʁi.fjɛ/		 clarifiait
/kla.ʁi.fjɛ/		 clarifiions
/kla.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/		 clarifiiez
/kla.ʁi.fi.je/		 clarifiaient
/kla.ʁi.fjɛ/
past historic2 clarifiai
/kla.ʁi.fje/		 clarifias
/kla.ʁi.fja/		 clarifia
/kla.ʁi.fja/		 clarifiâmes
/kla.ʁi.fjam/		 clarifiâtes
/kla.ʁi.fjat/		 clarifièrent
/kla.ʁi.fjɛʁ/
future clarifierai
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁe/		 clarifieras
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁa/		 clarifiera
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁa/		 clarifierons
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 clarifierez
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁe/		 clarifieront
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional clarifierais
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/		 clarifierais
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/		 clarifierait
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/		 clarifierions
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 clarifieriez
/kla.ʁi.fi.ʁje/		 clarifieraient
/kla.ʁi.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 clarifie
/kla.ʁi.fi/		 clarifies
/kla.ʁi.fi/		 clarifie
/kla.ʁi.fi/		 clarifiions
/kla.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/		 clarifiiez
/kla.ʁi.fi.je/		 clarifient
/kla.ʁi.fi/
imperfect2 clarifiasse
/kla.ʁi.fjas/		 clarifiasses
/kla.ʁi.fjas/		 clarifiât
/kla.ʁi.fja/		 clarifiassions
/kla.ʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/		 clarifiassiez
/kla.ʁi.fja.sje/		 clarifiassent
/kla.ʁi.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — clarifie
/kla.ʁi.fi/		 — clarifions
/kla.ʁi.fjɔ̃/		 clarifiez
/kla.ʁi.fje/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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