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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ti.fje/
Conjugation
Conjugation of quantifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle | quantifiant /kɑ̃.ti.fjɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | quantifié /kɑ̃.ti.fje/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | quantifier | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | quantifiant /kɑ̃.ti.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 | 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/ | |
past historic2 | quantifiai /kɑ̃.ti.fje/ |
quantifias /kɑ̃.ti.fja/ |
quantifia /kɑ̃.ti.fja/ |
quantifiâmes /kɑ̃.ti.fjam/ |
quantifiâtes /kɑ̃.ti.fjat/ |
quantifièrent /kɑ̃.ti.fjɛʁ/ | |
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/ | |
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/ | |
(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 | 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/ |
imperfect2 | 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/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | quantifie /kɑ̃.ti.fi/ |
— | quantifions /kɑ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
quantifiez /kɑ̃.ti.fje/ |
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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). |
Further reading
- “quantifier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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