grainer

English

Etymology

From grain +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

grainer (plural grainers)

  1. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
  2. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
  3. One who grains (paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc).
  4. A brush or tool used for such painting.
  5. (rail transportation, US) A type of railroad car that carries grain.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “grainer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛ.ne/, /ɡʁe.ne/
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Verb

grainer

  1. to granulate
  2. to seed

Conjugation
Conjugation of grainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple grainer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple grainant
/ɡʁɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ɡʁe.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle grainé
/ɡʁɛ.ne/ or /ɡʁe.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present graine
/ɡʁɛn/		 graines
/ɡʁɛn/		 graine
/ɡʁɛn/		 grainons
/ɡʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.nɔ̃/		 grainez
/ɡʁɛ.ne/ or /ɡʁe.ne/		 grainent
/ɡʁɛn/
imperfect grainais
/ɡʁɛ.nɛ/ or /ɡʁe.nɛ/		 grainais
/ɡʁɛ.nɛ/ or /ɡʁe.nɛ/		 grainait
/ɡʁɛ.nɛ/ or /ɡʁe.nɛ/		 grainions
/ɡʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.njɔ̃/		 grainiez
/ɡʁɛ.nje/ or /ɡʁe.nje/		 grainaient
/ɡʁɛ.nɛ/ or /ɡʁe.nɛ/
past historic2 grainai
/ɡʁɛ.ne/ or /ɡʁe.ne/		 grainas
/ɡʁɛ.na/ or /ɡʁe.na/		 graina
/ɡʁɛ.na/ or /ɡʁe.na/		 grainâmes
/ɡʁɛ.nam/ or /ɡʁe.nam/		 grainâtes
/ɡʁɛ.nat/ or /ɡʁe.nat/		 grainèrent
/ɡʁɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ɡʁe.nɛʁ/
future grainerai
/ɡʁɛn.ʁe/		 graineras
/ɡʁɛn.ʁa/		 grainera
/ɡʁɛn.ʁa/		 grainerons
/ɡʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/		 grainerez
/ɡʁɛn.ʁe/		 graineront
/ɡʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional grainerais
/ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/		 grainerais
/ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/		 grainerait
/ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/		 grainerions
/ɡʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 graineriez
/ɡʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ɡʁe.nə.ʁje/		 graineraient
/ɡʁɛn.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present graine
/ɡʁɛn/		 graines
/ɡʁɛn/		 graine
/ɡʁɛn/		 grainions
/ɡʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.njɔ̃/		 grainiez
/ɡʁɛ.nje/ or /ɡʁe.nje/		 grainent
/ɡʁɛn/
imperfect2 grainasse
/ɡʁɛ.nas/ or /ɡʁe.nas/		 grainasses
/ɡʁɛ.nas/ or /ɡʁe.nas/		 grainât
/ɡʁɛ.na/ or /ɡʁe.na/		 grainassions
/ɡʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.na.sjɔ̃/		 grainassiez
/ɡʁɛ.na.sje/ or /ɡʁe.na.sje/		 grainassent
/ɡʁɛ.nas/ or /ɡʁe.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — graine
/ɡʁɛn/		 — grainons
/ɡʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ɡʁe.nɔ̃/		 grainez
/ɡʁɛ.ne/ or /ɡʁe.ne/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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