amplifier
English
Etymology
From amplify + -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#AMPLIFIER.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ə/Category:English 4-syllable words#AMPLIFIERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AMPLIFIER
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ɚ/, [ˈɛəm.plə.faɪ.ɚ], /ˈæm.plə.faɪɹ/, [ˈɛəm.plə.faɪɹ]Category:English 4-syllable words#AMPLIFIERCategory:English 3-syllable words#AMPLIFIERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AMPLIFIER
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæm.plə.fɑɪ.ə/, /ˈeːm.plə.fɑɪ.ə/Category:English 4-syllable words#AMPLIFIERCategory:English 4-syllable words#AMPLIFIERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#AMPLIFIER
- Rhymes: -aɪ.ə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/aɪ.ə(ɹ)#AMPLIFIER
Noun
amplifier (plural amplifiers)Category:English lemmas#AMPLIFIERCategory:English nouns#AMPLIFIERCategory:English countable nouns#AMPLIFIERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AMPLIFIERCategory:Pages with entries#AMPLIFIERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#AMPLIFIER
- 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:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#AMPLIFIER
- (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#AMPLIFIER) An adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally".
- (electronicsCategory:en:Electronics#AMPLIFIER) An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
- (musicCategory:en:Music#AMPLIFIER) A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
- A lens that enlarges the field of vision.
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Translations
anything that amplifies
appliance or circuit
type of adverb
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in music
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French
Etymology
From LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#AMPLIFIER amplificāre (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faciō, facere (“make”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pli.fje/Category:French 3-syllable words#AMPLIFIERCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#AMPLIFIER
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Verb
amplifierCategory:French lemmas#AMPLIFIERCategory:French verbs#AMPLIFIERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#AMPLIFIERCategory:Pages with entries#AMPLIFIERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#AMPLIFIER
- 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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Further reading
- “amplifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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