qualifier

== English == === Etymology === From qualify + -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ.ə/, enPR: kwŏlʹĭ-fī-ə (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ.ɚ/, enPR: kwŏʹlĭ-fī-ər (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔl.ɪ.fɑɪ.ə/, enPR: kwŏlʹĭ-fī-ə Hyphenation: qual‧i‧fi‧er === Noun === qualifier (plural qualifiers) One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition. Antonym: eliminee A preliminary stage of a competition. (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; one that adds or subtracts attributes to another. Synonym: modifier (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === (grammar): determiner == French == === Etymology === From qualité +‎ -ifier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.li.fje/ Homophones: qualifiai, qualifié, qualifiée, qualifiées, qualifiés, qualifiez === Verb === qualifier (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. (transitive) to characterize, to consider [with direct object ‘someone/something’ and de (+ object or adjective) ‘as something’] (transitive, derogatory) to call, to label [with direct object ‘someone’ and de (+ object or adjective) ‘as something’] Synonyms: traiter, taxer (reflexive) to call oneself (usually undeservedly) [with de (+ copulative noun) or direct copulative (archaic) noun ‘by a title’] (transitive) to characterize (to be characteristic of) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== majorité qualifiée ==== Related terms ==== qualification ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: kwalificeren → English: qualify → German: qualifizieren === Further reading === “qualifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012