amplifier

amplifier

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin amplus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-fakāō
Latin -ficō
Latin amplificārebor.
Old French amplifierbor.
Middle English amplifiyen
English amplify
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English amplifier

    From amplify + -er.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ə/
      • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ɚ/, [ˈɛəm.plə.faɪ.ɚ], /ˈæm.plə.faɪɹ/, [ˈɛəm.plə.faɪɹ]
    • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæm.plə.fɑɪ.ə/, /ˈeːm.plə.fɑɪ.ə/
    • Rhymes: -aɪ.ə(ɹ)

    Noun

    amplifier (plural amplifiers)

    1. Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
      • 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
        The football team is not an extension of Iran’s leaders, but is in fact the opposite, seen as an amplifier for freedom, group expression, modernity.
    2. (linguistics) An adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally".
    3. (electronics) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
    4. (music) A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
    5. A lens that enlarges the field of vision.

    Derived terms

    Translations

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    French

    Etymology

    From Latin amplificāre (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faciō, facere (“make”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    amplifier

    1. to amplify

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of amplifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple amplifier
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple amplifiant
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle amplifié
    /ɑ̃.pli.fje/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present amplifie
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi/     		amplifies
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi/     		amplifie
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi/     		amplifions
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjɔ̃/     		amplifiez
    /ɑ̃.pli.fje/     		amplifient
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi/
    imperfect amplifiais
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjɛ/     		amplifiais
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjɛ/     		amplifiait
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjɛ/     		amplifiions
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.jɔ̃/     		amplifiiez
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.je/     		amplifiaient
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjɛ/
    past historic2 amplifiai
    /ɑ̃.pli.fje/     		amplifias
    /ɑ̃.pli.fja/     		amplifia
    /ɑ̃.pli.fja/     		amplifiâmes
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjam/     		amplifiâtes
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjat/     		amplifièrent
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjɛʁ/
    future amplifierai
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁe/     		amplifieras
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁa/     		amplifiera
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁa/     		amplifierons
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁɔ̃/     		amplifierez
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁe/     		amplifieront
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁɔ̃/
    conditional amplifierais
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/     		amplifierais
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/     		amplifierait
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/     		amplifierions
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁjɔ̃/     		amplifieriez
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ʁje/     		amplifieraient
    /ɑ̃.pli.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 amplifie
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi/     		amplifies
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi/     		amplifie
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi/     		amplifiions
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.jɔ̃/     		amplifiiez
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi.je/     		amplifient
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi/
    imperfect2 amplifiasse
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjas/     		amplifiasses
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjas/     		amplifiât
    /ɑ̃.pli.fja/     		amplifiassions
    /ɑ̃.pli.fja.sjɔ̃/     		amplifiassiez
    /ɑ̃.pli.fja.sje/     		amplifiassent
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — amplifie
    /ɑ̃.pli.fi/     		— amplifions
    /ɑ̃.pli.fjɔ̃/     		amplifiez
    /ɑ̃.pli.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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