vanner

See also: vänner

English

Etymology 1

van (“vehicle”) +‎ -er

Noun

vanner (plural vanners)

  1. One who owns and drives a van.

Etymology 2

van (“wash oar”) +‎ -er

Noun

vanner (plural vanners)

  1. A machine for concentrating ore.
Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /va.ne/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin vannāre, from Latin vannere, vannō.

Verb

vanner

  1. (agriculture, transitive) to winnow
  2. (transitive) to shake about, jolt, jostle
  3. (transitive) to scrutinise (analyse thoroughly)
  4. (colloquial) to knacker, tire out, flush
  5. (cooking) to stir (a sauce or soup) to avoid the formation of a skin
Conjugation
Conjugation of vanner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple vanner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple vannant
/va.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle vanné
/va.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vanne
/van/		 vannes
/van/		 vanne
/van/		 vannons
/va.nɔ̃/		 vannez
/va.ne/		 vannent
/van/
imperfect vannais
/va.nɛ/		 vannais
/va.nɛ/		 vannait
/va.nɛ/		 vannions
/va.njɔ̃/		 vanniez
/va.nje/		 vannaient
/va.nɛ/
past historic2 vannai
/va.ne/		 vannas
/va.na/		 vanna
/va.na/		 vannâmes
/va.nam/		 vannâtes
/va.nat/		 vannèrent
/va.nɛʁ/
future vannerai
/van.ʁe/		 vanneras
/van.ʁa/		 vannera
/van.ʁa/		 vannerons
/van.ʁɔ̃/		 vannerez
/van.ʁe/		 vanneront
/van.ʁɔ̃/
conditional vannerais
/van.ʁɛ/		 vannerais
/van.ʁɛ/		 vannerait
/van.ʁɛ/		 vannerions
/va.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vanneriez
/va.nə.ʁje/		 vanneraient
/van.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 vanne
/van/		 vannes
/van/		 vanne
/van/		 vannions
/va.njɔ̃/		 vanniez
/va.nje/		 vannent
/van/
imperfect2 vannasse
/va.nas/		 vannasses
/va.nas/		 vannât
/va.na/		 vannassions
/va.na.sjɔ̃/		 vannassiez
/va.na.sje/		 vannassent
/va.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vanne
/van/		 — vannons
/va.nɔ̃/		 vannez
/va.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).

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From vanne (“floodgate”) +‎ -er.

Verb

vanner

  1. (transitive) to provide [a river] with sluice gates or floodgates

Etymology 3

From etymology 1, and later from vanne (“wisecrack”) +‎ -er.

Verb

vanner

  1. (intransitive) to kid, joke, crack jokes
    Synonym: déconner
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to kid, tease, rib someone
    Synonym: chambrer

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vanner

  1. present of vanne
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