# determiner

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #80,380

## Definitions
1. Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
2. Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else.
3. A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
4. A dependent function in a noun phrase that marks it as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.

## Etymology
From determine + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/determiner