cloner
English
Etymology
clone + -er
Noun
cloner (plural cloners)
- Someone who clones something.
- 2012, Haig H. Kazazian, Moyra Smith, Nicholas Wright Gillham, Genetic Breakthroughs
- We set up a meeting with the factor VIII gene cloners at the Genetics Institute, a biotech company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 2012, Haig H. Kazazian, Moyra Smith, Nicholas Wright Gillham, Genetic Breakthroughs
- (computing) A software program that duplicates media.
- 2014, Darren R. Hayes, A Practical Guide to Computer Forensics Investigations
- Higher-end hard disk cloners have the ability to create multiple copies simultaneously.
- 2014, Darren R. Hayes, A Practical Guide to Computer Forensics Investigations
- (science fiction) A device capable of duplicating physical objects.
Anagrams
- Lorenc, cornel, cronel
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɔ.ne/
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Verb
cloner
- to clone
Conjugation
Conjugation of cloner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | cloner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | clonant /klɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cloné /klɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | clone /klɔn/ | clones /klɔn/ | clone /klɔn/ | clonons /klɔ.nɔ̃/ | clonez /klɔ.ne/ | clonent /klɔn/ |
| imperfect | clonais /klɔ.nɛ/ | clonais /klɔ.nɛ/ | clonait /klɔ.nɛ/ | clonions /klɔ.njɔ̃/ | cloniez /klɔ.nje/ | clonaient /klɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | clonai /klɔ.ne/ | clonas /klɔ.na/ | clona /klɔ.na/ | clonâmes /klɔ.nam/ | clonâtes /klɔ.nat/ | clonèrent /klɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | clonerai /klɔn.ʁe/ | cloneras /klɔn.ʁa/ | clonera /klɔn.ʁa/ | clonerons /klɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | clonerez /klɔn.ʁe/ | cloneront /klɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | clonerais /klɔn.ʁɛ/ | clonerais /klɔn.ʁɛ/ | clonerait /klɔn.ʁɛ/ | clonerions /klɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | cloneriez /klɔ.nə.ʁje/ | cloneraient /klɔn.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 | clone /klɔn/ | clones /klɔn/ | clone /klɔn/ | clonions /klɔ.njɔ̃/ | cloniez /klɔ.nje/ | clonent /klɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | clonasse /klɔ.nas/ | clonasses /klɔ.nas/ | clonât /klɔ.na/ | clonassions /klɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ | clonassiez /klɔ.na.sje/ | clonassent /klɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | clone /klɔn/ | — | clonons /klɔ.nɔ̃/ | clonez /klɔ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- clone
- clonage