qualifier
/ˈkwɒləˌfaɪə/KWAH-luh-figh-ur
/ˈkwɑləˌfaɪɚ/KWAH-luh-figh-ur
Meaningone that makes of a kind
Common meaning: a person or thing that qualifies
- qualof what kindLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1503 · scan
- ifiverb ending: to make
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinquālis‘of what kind’
- Frenchqualifier
- Englishqualify‘to become fit for something’
- Englishformed in English from qualifyqualifier‘a person or thing that qualifies’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: one that makes of a kind. It can be inferred from any of: qualify, disqualify.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from qualify + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- quālis Latin “of what kind”
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