explorer
See also: Explorer
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛkˈsplɔːɹə(ɹ)/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɹə(ɹ)
Noun
explorer (plural explorers)
- One who explores something
- A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rachni Codex entry:
- Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space. Over 2000 years ago, explorers foolishly opened a mass relay to a previously-unknown system and encountered something never seen before or since: a species of spacefaring insects guided by a hive-mind intelligence.
- Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.
- Coordinate term: scaler
- (computing, graphical user interface) A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.
- 2007, Mark Minasi, John Paul Mueller, Mastering Windows Vista Business: Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise:
- For example, Vista includes a document explorer that shows just the documents in a location without considering all of the other files that might appear there.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
person who explores
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person who by expedition seeks new information
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any of various tools in dentistry
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computing, graphic user interface
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin explōrāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Verb
explorer
- to explore
Conjugation
Conjugation of explorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | explorer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | explorant /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | exploré /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explores /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explorons /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
explorez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ |
explorent /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
| imperfect | explorais /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/ |
explorais /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/ |
explorait /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/ |
explorions /ɛk.splɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exploriez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁje/ |
exploraient /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | explorai /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ |
exploras /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/ |
explora /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/ |
explorâmes /ɛk.splɔ.ʁam/ |
explorâtes /ɛk.splɔ.ʁat/ |
explorèrent /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | explorerai /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
exploreras /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
explorera /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁa/ |
explorerons /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
explorerez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁe/ |
exploreront /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | explorerais /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
explorerais /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
explorerait /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
explorerions /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exploreriez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.ʁje/ |
exploreraient /ɛk.splɔ.ʁə.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 | explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explores /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
explorions /ɛk.splɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
exploriez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁje/ |
explorent /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | explorasse /ɛk.splɔ.ʁas/ |
explorasses /ɛk.splɔ.ʁas/ |
explorât /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa/ |
explorassions /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
explorassiez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁa.sje/ |
explorassent /ɛk.splɔ.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | explore /ɛk.splɔʁ/ |
— | explorons /ɛk.splɔ.ʁɔ̃/ |
explorez /ɛk.splɔ.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “explorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
Verb
explōrer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of explōrō
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
explorer
- to explore
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of explorer
| infinitive | simple | explorer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | explorant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | exploré | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | explore | explores | explore | explorons | explorez | explorent |
| imperfect | explorois, exploroys | explorois, exploroys | exploroit, exploroyt | explorions, exploryons | exploriez, exploryez | exploroient, exploroyent | |
| past historic | explora | exploras | explora | explorasmes | explorastes | explorerent | |
| future | explorerai, exploreray | exploreras | explorera | explorerons | explorerez | exploreront | |
| conditional | explorerois, exploreroys | explorerois, exploreroys | exploreroit, exploreroyt | explorerions, exploreryons | exploreriez, exploreryez | exploreroient, exploreroyent | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | explore | explores | explore | explorons | explorez | explorent |
| imperfect | explorasse | explorasses | explorast | explorassions | explorassiez | explorassent | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | explore | — | explorons | explorez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||