vanner
See also: vänner
English
Etymology 1
van (“vehicle”) + -er
Noun
vanner (plural vanners)
- One who owns and drives a van.
Etymology 2
van (“wash oar”) + -er
Noun
vanner (plural vanners)
- A machine for concentrating ore.
Derived terms
- Frue vanner
Anagrams
- Vänern
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.ne/
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin vannāre, from Latin vannere, vannō.
Verb
vanner
- (agriculture, transitive) to winnow
- (transitive) to shake about, jolt, jostle
- (transitive) to scrutinise (analyse thoroughly)
- (colloquial) to knacker, tire out, flush
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- fourche à vanner
- vannage
- vannure
Etymology 2
From vanne (“floodgate”) + -er.
Verb
vanner
- (transitive) to provide [a river] with sluice gates or floodgates
Etymology 3
From vanne (“wisecrack”) + -er.
Verb
vanner
- (intransitive) to kid, joke, crack jokes
- Synonym: déconner
- (transitive, colloquial) to kid, tease, rib someone
- Synonym: chambrer
Further reading
- “vanner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
vanner
- present of vanne