mailler

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English

Etymology

From maille (variant of mail) +‎ -er.

Noun

mailler (plural maillers)

  1. One who makes chainmail.
    • 2001 September 30, Wildduck, “Re: chainmail jewelry”, in rec.crafts.jewelry (Usenet):
      Well, to answer the question as our esteemed moderator has posed it, there are, as with any on-line special interest group, Web rings that will link you loosly to other maillers' sites. Chain maillers are also quite content to buy and sell advertising from one another, (banner ads and such). And if you become chummy with one--and do stuff distinct from that mailler's stuff--he or she would generally be happy to post a link to you on their Web page for the same consideration.
    • 2013, Karen Karon, Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop, →ISBN:
      Today's maillers are passionate about their craft […]

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French

Etymology

From maille +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

mailler

  1. to mesh
  2. (intransitive, slang) to work, to pursue an activity for payment
    • 2020 October 14, “Plugged In”, 1PLIKÉ140 (lyrics), Fumez The Engineer (music)‎, 2:10–2:13:
      […] des délits j’ai commis, j’aurais du lire des livres; J’l’ai faits pour mailler, j’l’ai pas fait pour l’délire
      About the crimes I committed, I should have read books; I did for the flizz, not for the fun.

Conjugation

Conjugation of mailler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple mailler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple maillant
/ma.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle maillé
/ma.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present maille
/maj/ 		mailles
/maj/ 		maille
/maj/ 		maillons
/ma.jɔ̃/ 		maillez
/ma.je/ 		maillent
/maj/
imperfect maillais
/ma.jɛ/ 		maillais
/ma.jɛ/ 		maillait
/ma.jɛ/ 		maillions
/maj.jɔ̃/ 		mailliez
/maj.je/ 		maillaient
/ma.jɛ/
past historic2 maillai
/ma.je/ 		maillas
/ma.ja/ 		mailla
/ma.ja/ 		maillâmes
/ma.jam/ 		maillâtes
/ma.jat/ 		maillèrent
/ma.jɛʁ/
future maillerai
/maj.ʁe/ 		mailleras
/maj.ʁa/ 		maillera
/maj.ʁa/ 		maillerons
/maj.ʁɔ̃/ 		maillerez
/maj.ʁe/ 		mailleront
/maj.ʁɔ̃/
conditional maillerais
/maj.ʁɛ/ 		maillerais
/maj.ʁɛ/ 		maillerait
/maj.ʁɛ/ 		maillerions
/ma.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		mailleriez
/ma.jə.ʁje/ 		mailleraient
/maj.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 maille
/maj/ 		mailles
/maj/ 		maille
/maj/ 		maillions
/maj.jɔ̃/ 		mailliez
/maj.je/ 		maillent
/maj/
imperfect2 maillasse
/ma.jas/ 		maillasses
/ma.jas/ 		maillât
/ma.ja/ 		maillassions
/ma.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		maillassiez
/ma.ja.sje/ 		maillassent
/ma.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — maille
/maj/ 		— maillons
/ma.jɔ̃/ 		maillez
/ma.je/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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