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==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|qualify|er|id2=agent noun}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ.ə/|a=RP}}, {{enPR|kwŏlʹĭ-fī-ə}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ.ɚ/|a=GA}}, {{enPR|kwŏʹlĭ-fī-ər}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkwɔl.ɪ.fɑɪ.ə/|a=AU}}, {{enPR|kwŏlʹĭ-fī-ə}}
* {{hyph|en|qual|i|fi|er}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# One who qualifies for something, especially a [[contestant]] who [[qualify|qualifies]] for a stage in a [[competition]].
# A [[preliminary]] stage of a [[competition]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2011|author=Phil McNulty|title=Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm
|passage=But England's final '''qualifier''', played out in the hostile surroundings of Podgorica City Stadium, turned on two incidents that will have cast a cloud over Capello's delight at reaching another major tournament.}}
# {{lb|en|grammar}} A [[word]] or [[phrase]], such as an [[adjective]] or [[adverb]], that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a [[noun]] or [[verb]]; a [[modifier]]; that adds or subtracts [[attributes]] to another.
# {{lb|en|computing|programming}} A [[marker]] that [[qualify|qualifies]] or modifies another [[code]] [[element]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|author=Conor Sexton|title=C++ Programming Made Simple|passage=The '''qualifier''' <code>const</code> may be prefixed to any declaration, and specifies that the value to which the data object is initialised cannot subsequently be changed.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|grammar}} {{l|en|modifier}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|contestant}} {{l|en|eliminee}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|one who qualifies}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მსაზღვრელი}}, {{t|ka|განმსაზღვრელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Qualifikant|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|továbbjutó}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cualificado|m}}, {{t+|es|clasificado|m}}
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{{trans-top|preliminary stage of a competition}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|квалификация|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|alkuerät|p}}, {{t|fi|alkusarja}}
* German: {{t+|de|Qualifikationsspiel|n}}, {{t|de|Qualifikationsrunde|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|selejtező}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|eliminatoria|f}}
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{{trans-top|describing or characterizing word}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُقَيِّدٌ|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|определение|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|määre}}, {{t+|fi|attribuutti}}
* German: {{t|de|Kennzeichner|m}}, {{t|de|nähere Bestimmung|f}}, {{t+|de|Beifügung|f}}, {{t+|de|Attribut|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|módosító}}, {{t+|hu|módosítószó}}, {{t|hu|módosítóelem}}, {{t|hu|minőségjelző}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cáilitheoir|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|calificador}}, {{t|es|puntualización|f}}
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{{trans-top|computing: marker}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|კვალიფიკატორი}}, {{t|ka|მსაზღვრელი}}, {{t|ka|განმსაზღვრელი}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|квалификатор|m}}
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===See also===
* {{sense|grammar}} {{l|en|determiner}}

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==French==

===Etymology===
From {{af|fr|qualité|-ifier}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{fr-homophones-er|qualifi}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-qualifier.ogg}}

===Verb===
{{fr-verb}}

# {{lb|fr|intransitive|or|reflexive|sports}} to [[qualify]] {{q|of a sports team, etc.}} {{gl|to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage}}
#: {{uxi|fr|Notre équipe '''s'est qualifiée''' pour les quarts de finale.|Our team '''qualified''' for the quarter-finals.}}
# {{lb|fr|transitive}} to [[characterize]], to [[consider]] {{+obj|fr|dirobj<someone/something> + :de(object/adjective)<as something>}}
# {{lb|fr|transitive|pejorative}} to [[call]], to [[label]] {{+obj|fr|dirobj<someone> + :de(object/adjective)<as something>}}
#: {{syn|fr|traiter|taxer}}
# {{lb|fr|reflexive}} to [[call]] oneself {{q|usually undeservedly}} {{+obj|fr|:de(copulative&noun)/direct&copulative&noun<q:archaic><by a title>}}
# {{lb|fr|transitive}} to [[characterize]] {{gl|to be characteristic of}}
#* {{quote-book|fr|author=Joris-Karl Huysmans|title=À rebours|year=1884|page=150|text=... toutes les fleurs sont exactement représentées par des alliances d'alcoolats et d'esprits, dérobant au modèle sa personnalité même et y ajoutant ce rien, ce ton en plus, ce fumet capiteux, cette touche rare qui qualifie une œuvre d'art.|t=... all the flowers are exactly represented by alliances of alcoholates and spirits, stealing from the model its very personality and adding this nothingness, this extra tone, this heady aroma, this rare touch which '''characterizes''' a work of art.}}

====Conjugation====
{{fr-conj-auto}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|majorité qualifiée}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|qualification}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|nl|kwalificeren|bor=1}}
* {{desc|en|qualify|bor=1}}
* {{desc|de|qualifizieren|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}