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Webster 1913 Edition

Tanner

Tan′ner

Noun.

One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tanner

TAN'NER

Noun.

One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

Definition 2024

Tanner

See also: tanner

English

Proper noun

Tanner

An occupational surname for a tanner.
A male given name, modern transferred use of the surname.

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From tanner ‎(“field, ground”), but with different declension.

Proper noun

Tanner

A surname.

Declension

Inflection of Tanner (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Tanner	Tannerit
genitive		Tannerin	Tannerien
partitive		Tanneria	Tannereja
illative		Tanneriin	Tannereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Tanner	Tannerit
accusative	nom.	Tanner	Tannerit
accusative	gen.	Tannerin	Tannerit
genitive		Tannerin	Tannerien
partitive		Tanneria	Tannereja
inessive		Tannerissa	Tannereissa
elative		Tannerista	Tannereista
illative		Tanneriin	Tannereihin
adessive		Tannerilla	Tannereilla
ablative		Tannerilta	Tannereilta
allative		Tannerille	Tannereille
essive		Tannerina	Tannereina
translative		Tanneriksi	Tannereiksi
instructive		—	Tannerein
abessive		Tanneritta	Tannereitta
comitative		—	Tannereineen

tanner

See also: Tanner

English

Noun

tanner ‎(plural tanners)

A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

Translations

person whose occupation is to tan

Chinese:
Mandarin: 皮匠 (zh) ‎(píjiàng)
Czech: koželuh m
Danish: garver c
Finnish: parkitsija
French: tanneur (fr)
German: Gerber (de) m
Greek: βυρσοδέψης (el) m ‎(vyrsodépsis)
Hebrew: בורסקאי m ‎(bursekai)
Hungarian: tímár (hu)

Irish: súdaire m, tonnadóir m, tonnleasaitheoir m
Italian: pellaio (it) m, conciatore (it) m
Japanese: 皮鞣し ‎(かわなめし, kawanameshi)
Portuguese: curtidor m
Romanian: tăbăcar (ro) m, argăsitor (ro) m, pielar (ro) m
Russian: коже́вник (ru) m ‎(kožévnik), дуби́льщик (ru) m ‎(dubílʹščik)
Spanish: curtidor (es) m, curtidora (es) f
Tagalog: mangungulti
Telugu: చర్మకారుడు (te) ‎(carmakāruḍu)
Yiddish: גאַרבער m ‎(garber)

Etymology 2

Probably from the name of the coin designer, John Sigismund Tanner (died 1775)

Noun

tanner ‎(plural tanners)

(Britain, colloquial) A former British coin, worth six old pence

Synonyms

sixpence
hog
(via Cockney rhyming slang) lord

Translations

a sixpence

Russian: шестипе́нсовик (ru) m ‎(šestipénsovik)

Etymology 3

Adjective

tanner

comparative form of tan: more tan.

Estonian

Noun

tanner ‎(genitive tandri, partitive tandrit)

Alternative form of tander

Inflection

Inflection of tanner (ÕS type 3/vaher, nd-nn gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	tanner	tandrid
accusative	tandri	tandrid
genitive	tandri	tandrite
partitive	tandrit	tandreid
illative	tandrisse	tandritesse tandreisse
inessive	tandris	tandrites tandreis
elative	tandrist	tandritest tandreist
allative	tandrile	tandritele tandreile
adessive	tandril	tandritel tandreil
ablative	tandrilt	tandritelt tandreilt
translative	tandriks	tandriteks tandreiks
terminative	tandrini	tandriteni
essive	tandrina	tandritena
abessive	tandrita	tandriteta
comitative	tandriga	tandritega

Finnish

Alternative forms

tantere

Pronunciation

Noun

tanner

field
ground

Declension

Declension of tanner (type askel)

	singular	plural
nominative	tanner tantere	tanteret tantereet
genitive	tanteren tantereen	tanterien tannerten tantereiden tantereitten
partitive	tannerta tanteretta	tanteria tantereita
accusative	tanner tanteren tantereen	tanteret
inessive	tanteressa tantereessa	tanterissa tantereissa
elative	tanteresta tantereesta	tanterista tantereista
illative	tantereen tantereeseen	tanteriin tantereisiin
adessive	tanterella tantereella	tanterilla tantereilla
ablative	tanterelta tantereelta	tanterilta tantereilta
allative	tanterelle tantereelle	tanterille tantereille
essive	tanterena tantereena	tanterina tantereina
translative	tantereksi tantereeksi	tanteriksi tantereiksi
instructive	–	tanterin tanterein
abessive	tanteretta tantereetta	tanteritta tantereitta
comitative	–	tanterineen tantereineen

Compounds

taistelutanner

French

Etymology

tan +‎ -er

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ta.ne/

Verb

tanner

(transitive) to tan (in leather-making)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tanner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tanner			avoir tanné
gerund		en tannant			en ayant tanné
present participle		tannant /ta.nɑ̃/
past participle		tanné /ta.ne/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	tanne /tan/	tannes /tan/	tanne /tan/	tannons /ta.nɔ̃/	tannez /ta.ne/	tannent /tan/
	imperfect	tannais /ta.nɛ/	tannais /ta.nɛ/	tannait /ta.nɛ/	tannions /ta.njɔ̃/	tanniez /ta.nje/	tannaient /ta.nɛ/
	past historic¹	tannai /ta.ne/	tannas /ta.na/	tanna /ta.na/	tannâmes /ta.nam/	tannâtes /ta.nat/	tannèrent /ta.nɛʁ/
	future	tannerai /tan.ʁe/	tanneras /tan.ʁa/	tannera /tan.ʁa/	tannerons /tan.ʁɔ̃/	tannerez /tan.ʁe/	tanneront /tan.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tannerais /tan.ʁɛ/	tannerais /tan.ʁɛ/	tannerait /tan.ʁɛ/	tannerions /ta.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	tanneriez /ta.nə.ʁje/	tanneraient /tan.ʁɛ/
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	tanne /tan/	tannes /tan/	tanne /tan/	tannions /ta.njɔ̃/	tanniez /ta.nje/	tannent /tan/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	tannasse /ta.nas/	tannasses /ta.nas/	tannât /ta.na/	tannassions /ta.na.sjɔ̃/	tannassiez /ta.na.sje/	tannassent /ta.nas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	tanne /tan/	—	tannons /ta.nɔ̃/	tannez /ta.ne/	—
¹literary tenses

Old French

Verb

tanner

Alternative form of taner

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-nn, *-nns, *-nnt are modified to n, ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of tanner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tanner			avoir tanné
gerund		en tannant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		tannant
past participle		tanné
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tan	tannes	tanne	tannons	tannez	tannent
	imperfect	tannoie, tanneie, tannoe, tanneve	tannoies, tanneies, tannoes, tanneves	tannoit, tanneit, tannot, tanneve	tanniiens, tanniens	tanniiez, tanniez	tannoient, tanneient, tannoent, tannevent
	preterite	tannai	tannas	tanna	tannames	tannastes	tannerent
	future	tannerai	tanneras	tannera	tannerons	tanneroiz, tannereiz, tannerez	tanneront
	conditional	tanneroie, tannereie	tanneroies, tannereies	tanneroit, tannereit	tanneriiens, tanneriens	tanneriiez, tanneriez	tanneroient, tannereient
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	tan	tans	tant	tannons	tannez	tannent
simple tenses	imperfect	tannasse	tannasses	tannast	tannissons, tannissiens	tannissoiz, tannissez, tannissiez	tannassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	tanne	—	tannons	tannez	—

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic تَنُّور ‎(tannūr).

Noun

tanner ‎(definite accusative tanneri, plural tannerler)

plate
dish

Synonyms

tabak

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Tanner

Tanner

English

Proper noun

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tanner

tanner

English

Noun

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Noun

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Estonian

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Finnish

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