canner
See also: Canner
English
Etymology
From Middle English canner; equivalent to can + -er.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ænə(r)
Noun
canner (plural canners)
- Someone or something which cans.
- 1937, Technology Review (volume 40, page 100)
- One machine in which Mr. Taylor takes special pride is a salmon canner, which engulfs a whole salmon, decapitates and decaudates it, skins it, blows out its viscera, cuts it into pieces, deposits them in the can, sterilizes them […]
- 1937, Technology Review (volume 40, page 100)
- A large pot used for processing jars when preserving food, either in a boiling water bath or by capturing steam to elevate the pressure and temperature.
- (US, slang) Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
Quotations
One who lives off container deposits
| 2007 2009 | |||||||
| ME « | 15th c. | 16th c. | 17th c. | 18th c. | 19th c. | 20th c. | 21st c. |
- 2007, Jon Mooallem, The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration, New York Times, May 27, 2007, p. 7:
- Yet many canners told me that they can easily earn a daily wage of 20 or 30 dollars; each then recycles upward of 600 containers every day.
- 2009, Camilo Jose Vergara, 125th and Lex: The most complicated, disturbing, and lively intersection in New York City. A photo essay., Slate.com, December 3, 2009:
- Among the crowds are ordinary working people shopping at the Pathmark, as well as down-and-out "canners" bringing their cans and bottles to the recycling station on East 124th Street.
French
Conjugation
Conjugation of canner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | cannant /ka.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | canné /ka.ne/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | canner | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | cannant /ka.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | canne /kan/ |
cannes /kan/ |
canne /kan/ |
cannons /ka.nɔ̃/ |
cannez /ka.ne/ |
cannent /kan/ |
| imperfect | cannais /ka.nɛ/ |
cannais /ka.nɛ/ |
cannait /ka.nɛ/ |
cannions /ka.njɔ̃/ |
canniez /ka.nje/ |
cannaient /ka.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cannai /ka.ne/ |
cannas /ka.na/ |
canna /ka.na/ |
cannâmes /ka.nam/ |
cannâtes /ka.nat/ |
cannèrent /ka.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | cannerai /kan.ʁe/ |
canneras /kan.ʁa/ |
cannera /kan.ʁa/ |
cannerons /kan.ʁɔ̃/ |
cannerez /kan.ʁe/ |
canneront /kan.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | cannerais /kan.ʁɛ/ |
cannerais /kan.ʁɛ/ |
cannerait /kan.ʁɛ/ |
cannerions /ka.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
canneriez /ka.nə.ʁje/ |
canneraient /kan.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 | canne /kan/ |
cannes /kan/ |
canne /kan/ |
cannions /ka.njɔ̃/ |
canniez /ka.nje/ |
cannent /kan/ |
| imperfect2 | cannasse /ka.nas/ |
cannasses /ka.nas/ |
cannât /ka.na/ |
cannassions /ka.na.sjɔ̃/ |
cannassiez /ka.na.sje/ |
cannassent /ka.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | canne /kan/ |
— | cannons /ka.nɔ̃/ |
cannez /ka.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
- (to can): mettre en conserve
- (to die): mourir, clamser, clamecer, passer l'arme à gauche
Further reading
- “canner” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkanər(ə)/
Noun
canner
- (rare) A manufacturer of cans.
- (rare, Late Middle English) A machine that removes impurities from wine.
Descendants
- English: canner
References
- “canner (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-23.
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