qualifier
French, verb/ka.li.fje/
qualifier is spelled Q-U-A-L-I-F-I-E-R (9 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Qualifier is a French verb meaning “to qualify (of a sports team, etc.) (to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Marquer de quel caractère est une chose, une proposition, une action”.
What does qualifier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to qualify (of a sports team, etc.) (to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage)
Notre équipe s'est qualifiée pour les quarts de finale.
- 2
to characterize, to consider
- 3
derogatoryto call, to label
- 4
to call oneself (usually undeservedly)
- 5
to characterize (to be characteristic of)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Marquer de quel caractère est une chose, une proposition, une action. 2. Donner une qualification juridique. 3. Indiquer la nature ou la personnalité d'une personne. 4. Attribuer un titre ou une qualité à une personne.
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 qualifier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- qualifiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- qualifié participle past
- qualifie first-person indicative present
- qualifies indicative present second-person
- qualifions first-person indicative plural
- qualifiez indicative plural present
- qualifient indicative plural present
- qualifiais first-person imperfect indicative
- qualifiait imperfect indicative singular
- qualifiions first-person imperfect indicative
- qualifiiez imperfect indicative plural
- qualifiaient imperfect indicative plural
- qualifiai first-person historic indicative
- qualifias historic indicative past
- qualifia historic indicative past
- qualifiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce qualifier?
- /ka.li.fje/
- \ka.li.fje\
- [ka.li.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 qualifier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is qualifier in French?
qualifier appears 13 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).