modifier

From modify +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒdɪfaɪə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑdɪfaɪɚ/
• Hyphenation: mod‧i‧fi‧er

modifier (plural modifiers)

2. One who, or that which, modifies.
4. (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.)

   Synonym: qualifier

   Hypernym: adjunct

   Coordinate term: supplement

6. (programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.

   The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code.

8. (computing) Ellipsis of modifier key.

From Latin modificāre, from modus.

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.di.fje/

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modifier

1. to change, modify

• “modifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.