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English

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Etymology

From scan +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

scanner (plural scanners)

  1. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium.
    He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family.
  2. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal.
  3. A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
      Chorban: I'm using a small scanner to gather readings on the keepers.
      Chorban: So far, I've had mixed results. I find it difficult to get near the creatures.
  4. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).
  5. One who scans.

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants of scanner in other languages

Translations

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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from English scanner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɛ.nər/
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  • Hyphenation: scan‧ner

Noun

scanner m (plural scanners, diminutive scannertje n)

  1. scanner (scanning device)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English scan.

Pronunciation

Verb

scanner

  1. to scan (to create a digital copy of an image using a scanner)

Conjugation

Conjugation of scanner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple scanner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple scannant
/ska.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle scanné
/ska.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present scanne
/skan/ 		scannes
/skan/ 		scanne
/skan/ 		scannons
/ska.nɔ̃/ 		scannez
/ska.ne/ 		scannent
/skan/
imperfect scannais
/ska.nɛ/ 		scannais
/ska.nɛ/ 		scannait
/ska.nɛ/ 		scannions
/ska.njɔ̃/ 		scanniez
/ska.nje/ 		scannaient
/ska.nɛ/
past historic2 scannai
/ska.ne/ 		scannas
/ska.na/ 		scanna
/ska.na/ 		scannâmes
/ska.nam/ 		scannâtes
/ska.nat/ 		scannèrent
/ska.nɛʁ/
future scannerai
/skan.ʁe/ 		scanneras
/skan.ʁa/ 		scannera
/skan.ʁa/ 		scannerons
/skan.ʁɔ̃/ 		scannerez
/skan.ʁe/ 		scanneront
/skan.ʁɔ̃/
conditional scannerais
/skan.ʁɛ/ 		scannerais
/skan.ʁɛ/ 		scannerait
/skan.ʁɛ/ 		scannerions
/ska.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		scanneriez
/ska.nə.ʁje/ 		scanneraient
/skan.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 scanne
/skan/ 		scannes
/skan/ 		scanne
/skan/ 		scannions
/ska.njɔ̃/ 		scanniez
/ska.nje/ 		scannent
/skan/
imperfect2 scannasse
/ska.nas/ 		scannasses
/ska.nas/ 		scannât
/ska.na/ 		scannassions
/ska.na.sjɔ̃/ 		scannassiez
/ska.na.sje/ 		scannassent
/ska.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — scanne
/skan/ 		— scannons
/ska.nɔ̃/ 		scannez
/ska.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).

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Further reading

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English scan +‎ -er.

Verb

scanner (gerund scann'nie)

  1. (Jersey, computing, etc.) to scan

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English scanner.

Noun

scanner m (plural scanners)

  1. Alternative form of escâner
  2. Alternative form of scâner

Spanish

Noun

scanner m (plural scanners or scanner)

  1. Alternative spelling of escáner

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

scanner c

  1. a scanner (e.g. a document scanner or barcode reader)
    Synonym: bildläsare

Declension

Declension of scanner 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative scanner scannern scannrar scannrarna
Genitive scanners scannerns scannrars scannrarnas

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