mapper
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæpɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
mapper (plural mappers)
- One who produces a map.
- Synonym: cartographer
- (video games) A designer of levels for video games.
- 2003, David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture:
- As he churned out early versions of the Quake III engine, the mappers and artists felt adrift, with no direction on what to pursue.
- (computing, electronics) A software or hardware component that performs a mapping.
- 2015, Nathan Altice, I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer/Entertainment System Platform:
- Throughout the Famicom's life span, Nintendo produced several ASIC mappers, which grew in capability and specialty, allowing the Famicom to break many of its own hardware rules.
Derived terms
Translations
one who maps
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
mapper c
- indefinite plural of mappe
French
Etymology
From Latin mappa + -er. The first term is borrowed, not inherited, because nappe is the inherited form.
Pronunciation
Verb
mapper
- to map (all senses)
Conjugation
Conjugation of mapper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | mapper | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | mappant /ma.pɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | mappé /ma.pe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | mappe /map/ |
mappes /map/ |
mappe /map/ |
mappons /ma.pɔ̃/ |
mappez /ma.pe/ |
mappent /map/ |
| imperfect | mappais /ma.pɛ/ |
mappais /ma.pɛ/ |
mappait /ma.pɛ/ |
mappions /ma.pjɔ̃/ |
mappiez /ma.pje/ |
mappaient /ma.pɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | mappai /ma.pe/ |
mappas /ma.pa/ |
mappa /ma.pa/ |
mappâmes /ma.pam/ |
mappâtes /ma.pat/ |
mappèrent /ma.pɛʁ/ | |
| future | mapperai /ma.pʁe/ |
mapperas /ma.pʁa/ |
mappera /ma.pʁa/ |
mapperons /ma.pʁɔ̃/ |
mapperez /ma.pʁe/ |
mapperont /ma.pʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | mapperais /ma.pʁɛ/ |
mapperais /ma.pʁɛ/ |
mapperait /ma.pʁɛ/ |
mapperions /ma.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
mapperiez /ma.pə.ʁje/ |
mapperaient /ma.pʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | mappe /map/ |
mappes /map/ |
mappe /map/ |
mappions /ma.pjɔ̃/ |
mappiez /ma.pje/ |
mappent /map/ |
| imperfect2 | mappasse /ma.pas/ |
mappasses /ma.pas/ |
mappât /ma.pa/ |
mappassions /ma.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
mappassiez /ma.pa.sje/ |
mappassent /ma.pas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | mappe /map/ |
— | mappons /ma.pɔ̃/ |
mappez /ma.pe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||