classifier
French, verb/kla.si.fje/
classifier is spelled C-L-A-S-S-I-F-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 54,486th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Classifier is a French verb meaning “to classify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Organiser des informations en catégories en fonction de certains critères ; déterminer les classes dans…”.
What does classifier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to classify
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Organiser des informations en catégories en fonction de certains critères ; déterminer les classes dans lesquelles les éléments pourront être classés. 2. Protéger des documents contenant des informations intéressant la sûreté de l'État, en limitant leur consultation aux seules personnes autorisées par une habilitation particulière (secret défense, confidentiel défense).– (Dictionnaire Larousse → lire en ligne)
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of classifier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- classifiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- classifié participle past
- classifie first-person indicative present
- classifies indicative present second-person
- classifions first-person indicative plural
- classifiez indicative plural present
- classifient indicative plural present
- classifiais first-person imperfect indicative
- classifiait imperfect indicative singular
- classifiions first-person imperfect indicative
- classifiiez imperfect indicative plural
- classifiaient imperfect indicative plural
- classifiai first-person historic indicative
- classifias historic indicative past
- classifia historic indicative past
- classifiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce classifier?
- /kla.si.fje/
- /klɑ.si.fje/
- \kla.si.fje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to classifier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is classifier in French?
classifier appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).