explorer
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɹə(ɹ)
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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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin explōrāre, explōrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of explorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | explorant /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
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| past participle | exploré /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | explorer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | explorant /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | ||||||
| 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 | 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/ | |
| past historic2 | explorai /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ |
exploras /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/ |
explora /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/ |
explorâmes /ɛk.splɔ.ʁam/ |
explorâtes /ɛk.splɔ.ʁat/ |
explorèrent /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (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 | explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explores /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explorions /ɛk.splɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exploriez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁje/ |
explorent /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
— | explorons /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
explorez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ |
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| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “explorer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Middle French
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 | — | ||
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