mariner
English
Etymology
From Middle English mariner, maryner, from Anglo-Norman mariner, marinier, from Old French marinier, maronnier, from marin and Medieval Latin marinellus and marinarius (“sailor”), from marīnus (“marine”), from mare (“sea”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”). Eclipsed Middle English marinel, marynell (“mariner, sailor”) from Old French marinel from the same sources. Equivalent to marine + -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæɹɪnə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -æɹɪnə(ɹ)
Noun
mariner (plural mariners)
- Synonym of sailor, particularly one on a maritime vessel.
- 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
- From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
From marí. Compare Spanish marinero, Portuguese marinheiro, French marinier, Italian marinaio. Cf. also Vulgar Latin marinarius.
Pronunciation
Further reading
- “mariner” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mariner”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “mariner” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mariner” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʁi.ne/
Audio (file)
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | mariner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | marinant /ma.ʁi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | mariné /ma.ʁi.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | marine /ma.ʁin/ |
marines /ma.ʁin/ |
marine /ma.ʁin/ |
marinons /ma.ʁi.nɔ̃/ |
marinez /ma.ʁi.ne/ |
marinent /ma.ʁin/ |
imperfect | marinais /ma.ʁi.nɛ/ |
marinais /ma.ʁi.nɛ/ |
marinait /ma.ʁi.nɛ/ |
marinions /ma.ʁi.njɔ̃/ |
mariniez /ma.ʁi.nje/ |
marinaient /ma.ʁi.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | marinai /ma.ʁi.ne/ |
marinas /ma.ʁi.na/ |
marina /ma.ʁi.na/ |
marinâmes /ma.ʁi.nam/ |
marinâtes /ma.ʁi.nat/ |
marinèrent /ma.ʁi.nɛʁ/ | |
future | marinerai /ma.ʁin.ʁe/ |
marineras /ma.ʁin.ʁa/ |
marinera /ma.ʁin.ʁa/ |
marinerons /ma.ʁin.ʁɔ̃/ |
marinerez /ma.ʁin.ʁe/ |
marineront /ma.ʁin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | marinerais /ma.ʁin.ʁɛ/ |
marinerais /ma.ʁin.ʁɛ/ |
marinerait /ma.ʁin.ʁɛ/ |
marinerions /ma.ʁi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
marineriez /ma.ʁi.nə.ʁje/ |
marineraient /ma.ʁin.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 | marine /ma.ʁin/ |
marines /ma.ʁin/ |
marine /ma.ʁin/ |
marinions /ma.ʁi.njɔ̃/ |
mariniez /ma.ʁi.nje/ |
marinent /ma.ʁin/ |
imperfect2 | marinasse /ma.ʁi.nas/ |
marinasses /ma.ʁi.nas/ |
marinât /ma.ʁi.na/ |
marinassions /ma.ʁi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
marinassiez /ma.ʁi.na.sje/ |
marinassent /ma.ʁi.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | marine /ma.ʁin/ |
— | marinons /ma.ʁi.nɔ̃/ |
marinez /ma.ʁi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “mariner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mariner; equivalent to marin + -er. Compare marinel and Medieval Latin marīnārius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmariˈneːr/, /ˈmarinər/
Noun
mariner (plural mariners)
Descendants
- English: mariner
References
- “marinē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French
Alternative forms
Noun
mariner oblique singular, m (oblique plural mariners, nominative singular mariners, nominative plural mariner)
Descendants
References
- mariner on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Romanian
Declension
References
- mariner in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN