piner
See also: Piner
English
Etymology 1
From pine (“languish, grieve”) + -er.
Noun
piner (plural piners)
- (obsolete) A torturer. [10th–17th c.]
- An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease. [from 19th c.]
- (rare) Someone who is pining for something.
Etymology 2
Apparently from Middle Dutch piner, pijner (Dutch pijnder), from pinen, pijnen (“to labour, toil”).
Noun
piner (plural piners)
Etymology 3
From pine (“type of tree”) + -er.
Noun
piner (plural piners)
- (Tasmania) Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade. [from 19th c.]
- 2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 152:
- Then there was Bunny D—, an Aboriginal piner who had been in the camps with Dad and who was famed for his bush skills.
- (Southern US) Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander. [from 19th c.]
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
See pine (“torment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piːnər/, [ˈpʰiːnɐ]
Noun
piner c
- indefinite plural of pine
Etymology 2
See pine (“to torment, torture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piːnər/, [ˈpʰiːˀnɐ]
Verb
piner
- present of pine
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.ne/
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Verb
piner
Conjugation
Conjugation of piner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | piner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pinant /pi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | piné /pi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pine /pin/ |
pines /pin/ |
pine /pin/ |
pinons /pi.nɔ̃/ |
pinez /pi.ne/ |
pinent /pin/ |
| imperfect | pinais /pi.nɛ/ |
pinais /pi.nɛ/ |
pinait /pi.nɛ/ |
pinions /pi.njɔ̃/ |
piniez /pi.nje/ |
pinaient /pi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pinai /pi.ne/ |
pinas /pi.na/ |
pina /pi.na/ |
pinâmes /pi.nam/ |
pinâtes /pi.nat/ |
pinèrent /pi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | pinerai /pin.ʁe/ |
pineras /pin.ʁa/ |
pinera /pin.ʁa/ |
pinerons /pin.ʁɔ̃/ |
pinerez /pin.ʁe/ |
pineront /pin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pinerais /pin.ʁɛ/ |
pinerais /pin.ʁɛ/ |
pinerait /pin.ʁɛ/ |
pinerions /pi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pineriez /pi.nə.ʁje/ |
pineraient /pin.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 | pine /pin/ |
pines /pin/ |
pine /pin/ |
pinions /pi.njɔ̃/ |
piniez /pi.nje/ |
pinent /pin/ |
| imperfect2 | pinasse /pi.nas/ |
pinasses /pi.nas/ |
pinât /pi.na/ |
pinassions /pi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
pinassiez /pi.na.sje/ |
pinassent /pi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pine /pin/ |
— | pinons /pi.nɔ̃/ |
pinez /pi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
piner m or f
- indefinite plural of pine
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
piner f
- indefinite plural of pine
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
piner m (plural pinerau)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| piner | biner | mhiner | phiner |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “piner”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “piner”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies