tanner

See also: Tanner

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtænɚ/
  • Homophone: Tanner
  • Rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tannere, from Old English tannere; and Old French tannour, equivalent to tan +‎ -er.

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

  1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.
Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from the name of the coin designer, John Sigismund Tanner (died 1775)

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

  1. (Britain, colloquial) A former British coin, worth six old pence
    • George Borrow, Lavengro (Chapter XXXI)
      Lor! don't you know, dear? Why, a tanner is sixpence.
Synonyms
Translations

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

  1. A type of commercially-fished crab, Chionoecetes bairdi or Chionoecetes opilio.
    • 1979, United States. Bureau of Land Management, Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale:
      The new plant is assumed to result in additions to the resident fleet during the tanner and dungeness crab seasons and function as a port of call for an increased number of trollers, resulting in more local seafood processing.
    • 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 7:
      There were a few Dungeness, a couple of blue kings and one small and indignant squid, but mostly the pot was filled with tanners, Chionoecetes bairdi & Chionoecetes opilio.
    • 1993, Spike Walker, Working on the Edge, →ISBN:
      We had come here to catch tanner crab, which the Japanese were buying up as fast as we could catch them.

Adjective

tanner

  1. comparative form of tan: more tan
    • Jasmine Rodriguez, Hematite (page 173)
      He was a lot tanner than I remembered, or maybe he just looked darker because of the change of light.

Estonian

Noun

tanner (genitive tandri, partitive tandrit)

  1. Alternative form of tander

Inflection

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to Veps tandreh. Cognate to Karelian tanner, Karelian tannar, Veps tandar, Veps tandarta (“to tread down”), Veps hard tamped place, Estonian tanderdada (“id., dialectal”), Estonian tandermik (“playground”), Proto-Samic *tōnte̮r (“a kind of mountain in Lapland”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

tanner

  1. field
  2. ground
  3. hard tamped soil or snow
  4. yard
  5. open flat area

Declension

Declension of tanner (type askel)
singular plural
nominative tanner
tantere		 tanteret
tantereet
genitive tanteren
tantereen		 tanterien
tannerten
tantereiden
tantereitten
partitive tannerta
tanteretta		 tanteria
tantereita
accusative tanner
tanteren
tantereen		 tanteret
inessive tanteressa
tantereessa		 tanterissa
tantereissa
elative tanteresta
tantereesta		 tanterista
tantereista
illative tantereen
tantereeseen		 tanteriin
tantereisiin
adessive tanterella
tantereella		 tanterilla
tantereilla
ablative tanterelta
tantereelta		 tanterilta
tantereilta
allative tanterelle
tantereelle		 tanterille
tantereille
essive tanterena
tantereena		 tanterina
tantereina
translative tantereksi
tantereeksi		 tanteriksi
tantereiksi
instructive – tanterin
tanterein
abessive tanteretta
tantereetta		 tanteritta
tantereitta
comitative – tanterineen
tantereineen

Derived terms

  • tannertaa (“to tread down, tread tough”) (dialectal)

See also

  • manner
  • mantere
  • kinner
  • Tonttu Tonteri (a traditional name for a pixy)
  • Tonteri (a Finnish surname)

Compounds

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija (editors). 1992–2000. Suomen sanojen alkuperä ('The Origin of Finnish Words'). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus/Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. →ISBN.

French

Etymology

tan +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ne/

Verb

tanner

  1. (transitive) to tan (in leather-making)

Conjugation

Further reading

Old French

Verb

tanner

  1. Alternative form of taner

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-nn, *-nns, *-nnt are modified to n, ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of tanner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive tanner avoir tanné
gerund en tannant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle tannant
past participle tanné
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present tan tannes tanne tannons tannez tannent
imperfect tannoie, tanneie, tannoe, tanneve tannoies, tanneies, tannoes, tanneves tannoit, tanneit, tannot, tanneve tanniiens, tanniens tanniiez, tanniez tannoient, tanneient, tannoent, tannevent
preterite tannai tannas tanna tannames tannastes tannerent
future tannerai tanneras tannera tannerons tanneroiz, tannereiz, tannerez tanneront
conditional tanneroie, tannereie tanneroies, tannereies tanneroit, tannereit tanneriiens, tanneriens tanneriiez, tanneriez tanneroient, tannereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present tan tans tant tannons tannez tannent
imperfect tannasse tannasses tannast tannissons, tannissiens tannissoiz, tannissez, tannissiez tannassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— tanne — tannons tannez —

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَنُّور‎ (tannūr).

Noun

tanner (definite accusative tanneri, plural tannerler)

  1. plate
  2. dish

Synonyms

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