rainer

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English

Etymology

rain +‎ -er

Noun

rainer (plural rainers)

  1. (rare) That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.
    • c, 1893-1899, Ralph T. H. Griffith (translator), The Vedas
      Indra, Brhaspati, rainers of treasure, rejoicing at this sacrifice drink the Soma.
    • 1974, Arthur Chapman Barnes, The Sugar Cane, page 190:
      Pressure volume relationships determine the quantity of water discharged from rainers of different sizes of nozzle in a given time over the area of the wetted circles […]

French

Etymology

From rainure +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɛ.ne/ ~ /ʁe.ne/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

rainer

  1. (transitive) to groove (make a groove in)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rainer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rainant
/ʁɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ʁe.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rainé
/ʁɛ.ne/ or /ʁe.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present raine
/ʁɛn/ 		raines
/ʁɛn/ 		raine
/ʁɛn/ 		rainons
/ʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.nɔ̃/ 		rainez
/ʁɛ.ne/ or /ʁe.ne/ 		rainent
/ʁɛn/
imperfect rainais
/ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.nɛ/ 		rainais
/ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.nɛ/ 		rainait
/ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.nɛ/ 		rainions
/ʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.njɔ̃/ 		rainiez
/ʁɛ.nje/ or /ʁe.nje/ 		rainaient
/ʁɛ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.nɛ/
past historic2 rainai
/ʁɛ.ne/ or /ʁe.ne/ 		rainas
/ʁɛ.na/ or /ʁe.na/ 		raina
/ʁɛ.na/ or /ʁe.na/ 		rainâmes
/ʁɛ.nam/ or /ʁe.nam/ 		rainâtes
/ʁɛ.nat/ or /ʁe.nat/ 		rainèrent
/ʁɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ʁe.nɛʁ/
future rainerai
/ʁɛn.ʁe/ 		raineras
/ʁɛn.ʁa/ 		rainera
/ʁɛn.ʁa/ 		rainerons
/ʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ 		rainerez
/ʁɛn.ʁe/ 		raineront
/ʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rainerais
/ʁɛn.ʁɛ/ 		rainerais
/ʁɛn.ʁɛ/ 		rainerait
/ʁɛn.ʁɛ/ 		rainerions
/ʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		raineriez
/ʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.nə.ʁje/ 		raineraient
/ʁɛn.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 raine
/ʁɛn/ 		raines
/ʁɛn/ 		raine
/ʁɛn/ 		rainions
/ʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.njɔ̃/ 		rainiez
/ʁɛ.nje/ or /ʁe.nje/ 		rainent
/ʁɛn/
imperfect2 rainasse
/ʁɛ.nas/ or /ʁe.nas/ 		rainasses
/ʁɛ.nas/ or /ʁe.nas/ 		rainât
/ʁɛ.na/ or /ʁe.na/ 		rainassions
/ʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.na.sjɔ̃/ 		rainassiez
/ʁɛ.na.sje/ or /ʁe.na.sje/ 		rainassent
/ʁɛ.nas/ or /ʁe.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — raine
/ʁɛn/ 		— rainons
/ʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.nɔ̃/ 		rainez
/ʁɛ.ne/ or /ʁe.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Old French

Verb

rainer

  1. Alternative form of reignier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of rainer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive rainer avoir rainé
gerund en rainant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle rainant
past participle rainé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present rain raines raine rainons rainez rainent
imperfect rainoie, raineie, rainoe, raineve rainoies, raineies, rainoes, raineves rainoit, raineit, rainot, raineve rainiiens, rainiens rainiiez, rainiez rainoient, raineient, rainoent, rainevent
preterite rainai rainas raina rainames rainastes rainerent
future rainerai raineras rainera rainerons raineroiz, rainereiz, rainerez raineront
conditional raineroie, rainereie raineroies, rainereies raineroit, rainereit raineriiens, raineriens raineriiez, raineriez raineroient, rainereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present rain rains raint rainons rainez rainent
imperfect rainasse rainasses rainast rainissons, rainissiens rainissoiz, rainissez, rainissiez rainassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— raine — rainons rainez —
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