clarifier
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɛɹ.ə.faɪ.əɹ/
Noun
clarifier (plural clarifiers)
- One who, or that which, clarifies.
- 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?)
- (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.
- 2004, Barbara Moore, What Tarot Can Do for You: Your Future in the Cards, Llewellyn Worldwide (→ISBN), page 20
Translations
Who or that which clarifies
A card used to explain a spread's primary cards
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin clārificō, clārificāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kla.ʁi.fje/
Conjugation
Conjugation of clarifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | clarifiant /kla.ʁi.fjɑ̃/ | ||||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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). |
Further reading
- “clarifier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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