specifier

specifier

See also: spécifier

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English specify
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 specifier

    From specify + -er.

    Pronunciation

    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈspɛsəˌfaɪɚ/

    Noun

    specifier (plural specifiers)

    1. A person or thing that specifies.
      • 2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68:
        The specifiers of the Freightliner network had the foresight to base the rail journey on carrying ISO containers which are 8ft wide and originally 8ft tall (although now increased to a height of 9ft 6ins), with a variety of lengths.
    2. (linguistics) A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.

    Coordinate terms

    component of a phrase

    Derived terms

    Translations

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