Dictionary

quantifier en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈkwɑn.tə.faɪ.ɚ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos? Proto-Indo-European *-onts? Proto-Indo-European *kʷoider.? Proto-Italic *kʷāntos Latin quantus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Medieval Latin quantificōder. English quantify 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 quantifier From quantify + -er.

Meanings

1. A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
2. An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
3. A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

Forms

Deriveds

existential quantifier · self-quantifier · universal quantifier · quantifier elimination · quant

Hypernyms

determiner

Relateds

at most places · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 100. Plurality · all · overwhelming majority · few things · the better part of · nobody · widely · five · most things · every single · transfinitely many · nearly everything · innumerable · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 4. Unsubstantiality · hardly anywhere · by many people · two · few · many things · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 78. Generality · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 102. Multitude · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 101. Zero · much · many people · vast majority · number · quantify · tiny minority · nowhere · almost no · usually · calculus · by everyone · substantial minority · never · small minority · at few places · incomplete · full · at some places · commonly · by some people · hardly anyone · large minority · most people · each · minority · zero · empty · many · large majority · all but one · frequency · hardly anything · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 103. Fewness · every last · some things · three · no · by no one · quantity · almost no one · everybody · almost nothing · ∃ · almost all · a great many · generally · multiple · one · majority · the greater part of · more than half of · ∀ · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 105. Infinity · four · non-empty · great majority · most · plain majority · sometimes · universally · a lot of · commonness · nearly all · everything · a great deal of · infinitely many · each and every · at many places · several · zillion · the majority of people · nearly everyone · quantification · everyone · everywhere · the majority of · complete · some people · some · no one · none · hardly any · every · size · finitely many · nothing · almost everywhere · almost nowhere

Synonyms

quantifier

Translations (45)

uk квантор (a logical operator) · ga cainníochtóir (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · sk kvantifikátor (a logical operator) · ro cuantificator (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · sh kvantifikator (a logical operator) · cmn 量词 (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · fi kvanttori (a logical operator) · fr quantificateur (a logical operator) · eo kvantigilo (a logical operator) · da kvantor (a logical operator) · la quantificātor (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · el ποσοδείκτης (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · ko 양화 (a logical operator) · el ποσοδείκτης (a logical operator) · pt quantificador (a logical operator) · ia quantificator (a logical operator) · sv kvantifikator (a logical operator) · eo kvantizanto (a logical operator) · ru квантифика́тор (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · cmn 量词 (a logical operator) · bg квантор (a logical operator) · hu kvantor (a logical operator) · ca quantificador (a logical operator) · ky квантор (a logical operator) · vi lượng từ (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · nl kwantor (a logical operator) · pt quantificador (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · ru квантор (a logical operator) · ja 量化子 (a logical operator) · de Quantifikator (a logical operator) · kk квантор (a logical operator) · he כמת (a logical operator) · es cuantificador (a logical operator) · pl kwantyfikator (a logical operator) · de Quantor (a logical operator) · sk kvantor (a logical operator) · it quantificatore (a logical operator) · tr niceleme (a logical operator) · eu zenbatzaile (a logical operator) · pl kwantyfikator (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · sv kvantor (a logical operator) · ar مُحَدِدْ الْكَمِيَّةْ (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · cs kvantifikátor (a logical operator) · fr quantificateur (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity) · ja 数量詞 (a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity)