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Vanner
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vanner
vanner
See also: vänner
English
Noun
vanner (plural vanners)
- One who owns and drives a van.
- A machine for concentrating ore.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.ne/
Etymology 1
Verb
vanner
- (agriculture, transitive) to winnow
- (transitive) to shake about, jolt, jostle
- (transitive) to scrutinise (analyse thoroughly)
- (colloquial) to knacker, tire out, flush
- (cooking) to stir (a sauce or soup) to avoid the formation of a skin
Conjugation
  Conjugation of vanner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vanner | avoir vanné | |||||
| gerund | en vannant | en ayant vanné | |||||
| present participle | vannant /va.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | vanné /va.ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | vanne /van/ | vannes /van/ | vanne /van/ | vannons /va.nɔ̃/ | vannez /va.ne/ | vannent /van/ | 
| imperfect | vannais /va.nɛ/ | vannais /va.nɛ/ | vannait /va.nɛ/ | vannions /va.njɔ̃/ | vanniez /va.nje/ | vannaient /va.nɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | vannai /va.ne/ | vannas /va.na/ | vanna /va.na/ | vannâmes /va.nam/ | vannâtes /va.nat/ | vannèrent /va.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | vannerai /van.ʁe/ | vanneras /van.ʁa/ | vannera /van.ʁa/ | vannerons /van.ʁɔ̃/ | vannerez /van.ʁe/ | vanneront /van.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vannerais /van.ʁɛ/ | vannerais /van.ʁɛ/ | vannerait /van.ʁɛ/ | vannerions /va.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vanneriez /va.nə.ʁje/ | vanneraient /van.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 | vanne /van/ | vannes /van/ | vanne /van/ | vannions /va.njɔ̃/ | vanniez /va.nje/ | vannent /van/ | 
| imperfect1 | vannasse /va.nas/ | vannasses /va.nas/ | vannât /va.na/ | vannassions /va.na.sjɔ̃/ | vannassiez /va.na.sje/ | vannassent /va.nas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | vanne /van/ | — | vannons /va.nɔ̃/ | vannez /va.ne/ | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- vannage
- vannure
Etymology 2
Verb
vanner
- (transitive) to provide [a river] with sluice gates or floodgates
Conjugation
  Conjugation of vanner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vanner | avoir vanné | |||||
| gerund | en vannant | en ayant vanné | |||||
| present participle | vannant /va.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | vanné /va.ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | vanne /van/ | vannes /van/ | vanne /van/ | vannons /va.nɔ̃/ | vannez /va.ne/ | vannent /van/ | 
| imperfect | vannais /va.nɛ/ | vannais /va.nɛ/ | vannait /va.nɛ/ | vannions /va.njɔ̃/ | vanniez /va.nje/ | vannaient /va.nɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | vannai /va.ne/ | vannas /va.na/ | vanna /va.na/ | vannâmes /va.nam/ | vannâtes /va.nat/ | vannèrent /va.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | vannerai /van.ʁe/ | vanneras /van.ʁa/ | vannera /van.ʁa/ | vannerons /van.ʁɔ̃/ | vannerez /van.ʁe/ | vanneront /van.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vannerais /van.ʁɛ/ | vannerais /van.ʁɛ/ | vannerait /van.ʁɛ/ | vannerions /va.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vanneriez /va.nə.ʁje/ | vanneraient /van.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 | vanne /van/ | vannes /van/ | vanne /van/ | vannions /va.njɔ̃/ | vanniez /va.nje/ | vannent /van/ | 
| imperfect1 | vannasse /va.nas/ | vannasses /va.nas/ | vannât /va.na/ | vannassions /va.na.sjɔ̃/ | vannassiez /va.na.sje/ | vannassent /va.nas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | vanne /van/ | — | vannons /va.nɔ̃/ | vannez /va.ne/ | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Etymology 3
Verb
vanner
Conjugation
  Conjugation of vanner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | vanner | avoir vanné | |||||
| gerund | en vannant | en ayant vanné | |||||
| present participle | vannant /va.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | vanné /va.ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses | present | vanne /van/ | vannes /van/ | vanne /van/ | vannons /va.nɔ̃/ | vannez /va.ne/ | vannent /van/ | 
| imperfect | vannais /va.nɛ/ | vannais /va.nɛ/ | vannait /va.nɛ/ | vannions /va.njɔ̃/ | vanniez /va.nje/ | vannaient /va.nɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | vannai /va.ne/ | vannas /va.na/ | vanna /va.na/ | vannâmes /va.nam/ | vannâtes /va.nat/ | vannèrent /va.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | vannerai /van.ʁe/ | vanneras /van.ʁa/ | vannera /van.ʁa/ | vannerons /van.ʁɔ̃/ | vannerez /van.ʁe/ | vanneront /van.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | vannerais /van.ʁɛ/ | vannerais /van.ʁɛ/ | vannerait /van.ʁɛ/ | vannerions /va.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vanneriez /va.nə.ʁje/ | vanneraient /van.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 | vanne /van/ | vannes /van/ | vanne /van/ | vannions /va.njɔ̃/ | vanniez /va.nje/ | vannent /van/ | 
| imperfect1 | vannasse /va.nas/ | vannasses /va.nas/ | vannât /va.na/ | vannassions /va.na.sjɔ̃/ | vannassiez /va.na.sje/ | vannassent /va.nas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | vanne /van/ | — | vannons /va.nɔ̃/ | vannez /va.ne/ | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||