clarifier

English

Etymology

clarify +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈklɛɹəfaɪɚ/

Noun

clarifier (plural clarifiers)

  1. One who, or that which, clarifies.
  2. (linguistics) A speech act intended to clarify or correct one's own prior utterance.
  3. A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted.
    • 1833, Benjamin Silliman, Manual on the Cultivation of the Sugar Cane:
      the purer the sugar, when placed in the clarifier, the less lime water or blood, or temper of any kind — the less time in clarifying — and the more active vigilance at the clarifier — and the more activity also in transferring the liquor from the evaporator into the cooler will be requisite.
  4. (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 clārificāre.

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

clarifier

  1. to clarify

Conjugation
Conjugation of clarifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple clarifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple clarifiant
/kla.ʁi.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle clarifié
/kla.ʁi.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on 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 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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