modifier
French, verb/mɔ.di.fje/
modifier is spelled M-O-D-I-F-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written French, the 3,602nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modifier is a French verb meaning “to change, modify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Changer une chose dans quelqu’une de ses parties”.
What does modifier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to change, modify
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Changer une chose dans quelqu’une de ses parties.
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 modifier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- modifiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- modifié participle past
- modifie first-person indicative present
- modifies indicative present second-person
- modifions first-person indicative plural
- modifiez indicative plural present
- modifient indicative plural present
- modifiais first-person imperfect indicative
- modifiait imperfect indicative singular
- modifiions first-person imperfect indicative
- modifiiez imperfect indicative plural
- modifiaient imperfect indicative plural
- modifiai first-person historic indicative
- modifias historic indicative past
- modifia historic indicative past
- modifiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modifier?
- /mɔ.di.fje/
- \mɔ.di.fje\
- [mɔ.di.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 modifier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modifier in French?
modifier appears 21 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).