qualifier

From qualify +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ.ə/, enPR: kwŏlʹĭ-fī-ə
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ.ɚ/, enPR: kwŏʹlĭ-fī-ər
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔl.ɪ.fɑɪ.ə/, enPR: kwŏlʹĭ-fī-ə
• Hyphenation: qual‧i‧fi‧er

qualifier (plural qualifiers)

1. One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
2. A preliminary stage of a competition.
   • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England‎^[1]:

     But England's final qualifier, played out in the hostile surroundings of Podgorica City Stadium, turned on two incidents that will have cast a cloud over Capello's delight at reaching another major tournament.

3. (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; a modifier; that adds or subtracts attributes to another.
4. (computing, programming) A marker that qualifies or modifies another code element.
   • 2012, Conor Sexton, C++ Programming Made Simple:

     The qualifier const may be prefixed to any declaration, and specifies that the value to which the data object is initialised cannot subsequently be changed.

• (grammar): modifier

• (antonym(s) of “contestant”): eliminee

• (grammar): determiner

From qualité +‎ -ifier.

• IPA^(key): /ka.li.fje/
• Homophones: qualifiai, qualifié, qualifiée, qualifiées, qualifiés, qualifiez

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qualifier

1. (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.

2. (transitive) to characterize, to consider [with direct object ‘someone/something’ and de (+ object or adjective) ‘as something’]
3. (transitive, derogatory) to call, to label [with direct object ‘someone’ and de (+ object or adjective) ‘as something’]

   Synonyms: traiter, taxer

4. (reflexive) to call oneself (usually undeservedly) [with de (+ copulative noun) or direct copulative (archaic) noun ‘by a title’]
5. (transitive) to characterize (to be characteristic of)
   • 1884, Joris-Karl Huysmans, À rebours, page 150:

     ... toutes les fleurs sont exactement représentées par des alliances d’alcoolats et d’esprits, dérobant au modèle sa personnalité même et y ajoutant ce rien, ce ton en plus, ce fumet capiteux, cette touche rare qui qualifie une œuvre d’art.

     ... all the flowers are exactly represented by alliances of alcoholates and spirits, stealing from the model its very personality and adding this nothingness, this extra tone, this heady aroma, this rare touch which characterizes a work of art.

• majorité qualifiée

• qualification

• → Dutch: kwalificeren
• → English: qualify
• → German: qualifizieren

• “qualifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.