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Rainer
Rainer
See also: rainer
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel by the gods”) + *harjaz (“army”). Cognate to Scandinavian Ragnar.
Pronunciation
- Homophone: reiner
Proper noun
Rainer ? (genitive Rainer)
- A male given name.
- A patronymic surname.
rainer
rainer
See also: Rainer
English
Noun
rainer (plural rainers)
- (rare) That which rains, or dispenses something in a shower.
- rainers of treasure
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.ne/
Verb
rainer
- (transitive) to groove (make a groove in)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rainer | avoir rainé | |||||
| gerund | en rainant | en ayant rainé | |||||
| present participle | rainant /ʁɛ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rainé /ʁɛ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | raine /ʁɛn/ |
raines /ʁɛn/ |
raine /ʁɛn/ |
rainons /ʁɛ.nɔ̃/ |
rainez /ʁɛ.ne/ |
rainent /ʁɛn/ |
| imperfect | rainais /ʁɛ.nɛ/ |
rainais /ʁɛ.nɛ/ |
rainait /ʁɛ.nɛ/ |
rainions /ʁɛ.njɔ̃/ |
rainiez /ʁɛ.nje/ |
rainaient /ʁɛ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rainai /ʁɛ.ne/ |
rainas /ʁɛ.na/ |
raina /ʁɛ.na/ |
rainâmes /ʁɛ.nam/ |
rainâtes /ʁɛ.nat/ |
rainèrent /ʁɛ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | rainerai /ʁɛn.ʁe/ |
raineras /ʁɛn.ʁa/ |
rainera /ʁɛn.ʁa/ |
rainerons /ʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
rainerez /ʁɛn.ʁe/ |
raineront /ʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rainerais /ʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
rainerais /ʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
rainerait /ʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
rainerions /ʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
raineriez /ʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
raineraient /ʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | raine /ʁɛn/ |
raines /ʁɛn/ |
raine /ʁɛn/ |
rainions /ʁɛ.njɔ̃/ |
rainiez /ʁɛ.nje/ |
rainent /ʁɛn/ |
| imperfect1 |
rainasse /ʁɛ.nas/ |
rainasses /ʁɛ.nas/ |
rainât /ʁɛ.na/ |
rainassions /ʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
rainassiez /ʁɛ.na.sje/ |
rainassent /ʁɛ.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | raine /ʁɛn/ |
— | rainons /ʁɛ.nɔ̃/ |
rainez /ʁɛ.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Old French
Verb
rainer
- 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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | raine | — | rainons | rainez | — | ||