Dictionary

classifier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈklæsɪfaɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈklæsɪfaɪɚ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English classify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English classifier From classify + -er.

Meanings

1. Someone who classifies.
   • He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler. 1995, Leonard Shengold, Delusions of Everyday Life, page 39:
2. A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as CJKV languages and sign languages), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs.
3. A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
4. A program or algorithm that classifies.
5. (qualifier:object-oriented programming) A metaclass used to group other entities having common features.
   • The figure also shows that instances can be associated with a classifier Behavior, which represents the behavior that active objects start executing when created. 2017, Katalin Popovici, Pieter J. Mosterman, Real-Time Simulation Technologies, page 142:
   • A classifier can have several types of extra information attached to it via a UML mechanism called adornments. 2005, Dan Pilone, Neil Pitman, UML 2.0 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, page 9:
   • The owner scope of a feature specifies whether the feature appears in each instance of the classifier or whether there is just a single instance of the feature for all instances of the classifier. 2008, S.S.Jadhav B.S.Ainapure, Object Oriented Modeling & Design, page 3-40:

Forms

Deriveds

metaclassifier · subobject classifier · multiclassifier · massifier · phyloclassifier · subset classifier · subclassifier · autoclassifier

Relateds

measure word · counter · counting word

Translations (53)

lo ລັກສະນະນາມ ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ar مِصْنَافَان (someone who classifies) · de Klassifikator ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · pt classificador (someone who classifies) · ar مَصَانِيف (someone who classifies) · mi kaiwhakarōpū (someone who classifies) · cs klasifikátor (someone who classifies) · de Numeralklassifikator ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ar مُصَنِّفَات (someone who classifies) · pt classificador ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ja 助数詞 ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · sv klassificerare (someone who classifies) · fr classifieur (OOP: class which classifies other classes by features) · ca classificador (someone who classifies) · ko 수분류사 ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ca classificadora (someone who classifies) · ja 量詞 ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ko 양수사 ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · fr classifieur (computing: a program or algorithm that classifies) · km នាមរនាប់ ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ar مُصَنِّفِين (someone who classifies) · ase C@Side-PalmAcross L@Side-PalmAcross ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · fr mot de mesure ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · vi danh từ loại thể ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ar مُصَنِّف (someone who classifies) · de Zählklassenwort ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · de Zählwort ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · my သင်္ချာပစ္စည်း ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · de Zähleinheitswort ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ar مُصَنِّفَان (someone who classifies) · fr classificateur ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ar مُصَنِّفَيْن (someone who classifies) · oc classificador (someone who classifies) · hu számlálószó ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ar مِصْنَاف (someone who classifies) · vi danh từ chỉ đơn vị tự nhiên ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · sv klassmärke ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ms penjodoh bilangan ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ru классифика́тор ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ar مُصَنِّفُون (someone who classifies) · cmn 量詞 /量词 ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ar مُصَنِّفَتَان (someone who classifies) · fr classificateur (someone who classifies) · km សំខ្យានុគ្រោះ ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ru счётное сло́во ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · th ลักษณนาม ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · vi loại từ ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · ar مِصْنَافَيْن (someone who classifies) · ar مُصَنِّفَة (someone who classifies) · ar مُصَنِّفَتَيْن (someone who classifies) · ja 類別詞 ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · de Zahlklassifikator ((linguistics) word or morpheme used to indicate a semantic class) · kk сыныптауыш (computing: a program or algorithm that classifies)