examiner

English

Etymology

examine +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əɡˈzæmɪnɚ/.
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

examiner (plural examiners)

  1. A person who investigates someone or something.
    • 1951 November, “Delays to Boat Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 719:
      Younger [Customs] examiners, who, perhaps, have not yet acquired the intuition resulting from years of experience, seem partly responsible for the closer examination of incoming luggage. Not only is this closer scrutiny arousing feelings of resentment among passengers, but it is causing serious delays in the departure of boat trains, many of which have been reaching their destinations two or three hours late.
  2. A person who sets an examination.
  3. A person who marks an examination.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmināre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/
  • audio(file)

Verb

examiner

  1. to examine

Conjugation
Conjugation of examiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple examiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple examinant
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle examiné
/ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present examine
/ɛɡ.za.min/		 examines
/ɛɡ.za.min/		 examine
/ɛɡ.za.min/		 examinons
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nɔ̃/		 examinez
/ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/		 examinent
/ɛɡ.za.min/
imperfect examinais
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nɛ/		 examinais
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nɛ/		 examinait
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nɛ/		 examinions
/ɛɡ.za.mi.njɔ̃/		 examiniez
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nje/		 examinaient
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nɛ/
past historic2 examinai
/ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/		 examinas
/ɛɡ.za.mi.na/		 examina
/ɛɡ.za.mi.na/		 examinâmes
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nam/		 examinâtes
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nat/		 examinèrent
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nɛʁ/
future examinerai
/ɛɡ.za.min.ʁe/		 examineras
/ɛɡ.za.min.ʁa/		 examinera
/ɛɡ.za.min.ʁa/		 examinerons
/ɛɡ.za.min.ʁɔ̃/		 examinerez
/ɛɡ.za.min.ʁe/		 examineront
/ɛɡ.za.min.ʁɔ̃/
conditional examinerais
/ɛɡ.za.min.ʁɛ/		 examinerais
/ɛɡ.za.min.ʁɛ/		 examinerait
/ɛɡ.za.min.ʁɛ/		 examinerions
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 examineriez
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nə.ʁje/		 examineraient
/ɛɡ.za.min.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 examine
/ɛɡ.za.min/		 examines
/ɛɡ.za.min/		 examine
/ɛɡ.za.min/		 examinions
/ɛɡ.za.mi.njɔ̃/		 examiniez
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nje/		 examinent
/ɛɡ.za.min/
imperfect2 examinasse
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nas/		 examinasses
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nas/		 examinât
/ɛɡ.za.mi.na/		 examinassions
/ɛɡ.za.mi.na.sjɔ̃/		 examinassiez
/ɛɡ.za.mi.na.sje/		 examinassent
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — examine
/ɛɡ.za.min/		 — examinons
/ɛɡ.za.mi.nɔ̃/		 examinez
/ɛɡ.za.mi.ne/		 —
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).

Descendants
  • → Romanian: examina

Further reading

Latin

Verb

exāminer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of exāminō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exāmināre, present active infinitive of exāminō.

Verb

examiner

  1. to question (pose questions to)
  2. to torture
  3. to consider; to ponder; to weigh up

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of examiner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive examiner avoir examiné
gerund en examinant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle examinant
past participle examiné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present examin examines examine examinons examinez examinent
imperfect examinoie, examineie, examinoe, examineve examinoies, examineies, examinoes, examineves examinoit, examineit, examinot, examineve examiniiens, examiniens examiniiez, examiniez examinoient, examineient, examinoent, examinevent
preterite examinai examinas examina examinames examinastes examinerent
future examinerai examineras examinera examinerons examineroiz, examinereiz, examinerez examineront
conditional examineroie, examinereie examineroies, examinereies examineroit, examinereit examineriiens, examineriens examineriiez, examineriez examineroient, examinereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present examin examins examint examinons examinez examinent
imperfect examinasse examinasses examinast examinissons, examinissiens examinissoiz, examinissez, examinissiez examinassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— examine — examinons examinez —

References
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