drainer
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪnə(r)
Noun
drainer (plural drainers)
- That which drains.
- 1999, Pai Obanya, The dilemma of education in Africa (page 175)
- The radical shift in mentality is even more necessary when analysts see Education simply as a drainer of resources.
- 2003, Gail Waesche Kislevitz, The Spirit of the Marathon (page 78)
- I know that poor form is one of the biggest drainers of energy, so even though I slowed down significantly I made a very conscious effort to maintain good form.
- 1999, Pai Obanya, The dilemma of education in Africa (page 175)
- A frame or rack for allowing washed crockery etc to dry naturally.
- A person who explores drains, tunnels, and/or sewers.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʁɛ.ne/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of drainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | drainant /dʁɛ.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | drainé /dʁɛ.ne/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | drainer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | drainant /dʁɛ.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 | draine /dʁɛn/ |
draines /dʁɛn/ |
draine /dʁɛn/ |
drainons /dʁɛ.nɔ̃/ |
drainez /dʁɛ.ne/ |
drainent /dʁɛn/ |
| imperfect | drainais /dʁɛ.nɛ/ |
drainais /dʁɛ.nɛ/ |
drainait /dʁɛ.nɛ/ |
drainions /dʁɛ.njɔ̃/ |
drainiez /dʁɛ.nje/ |
drainaient /dʁɛ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | drainai /dʁɛ.ne/ |
drainas /dʁɛ.na/ |
draina /dʁɛ.na/ |
drainâmes /dʁɛ.nam/ |
drainâtes /dʁɛ.nat/ |
drainèrent /dʁɛ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | drainerai /dʁɛn.ʁe/ |
draineras /dʁɛn.ʁa/ |
drainera /dʁɛn.ʁa/ |
drainerons /dʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ |
drainerez /dʁɛn.ʁe/ |
draineront /dʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | drainerais /dʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
drainerais /dʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
drainerait /dʁɛn.ʁɛ/ |
drainerions /dʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
draineriez /dʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ |
draineraient /dʁɛn.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 | draine /dʁɛn/ |
draines /dʁɛn/ |
draine /dʁɛn/ |
drainions /dʁɛ.njɔ̃/ |
drainiez /dʁɛ.nje/ |
drainent /dʁɛn/ |
| imperfect2 | drainasse /dʁɛ.nas/ |
drainasses /dʁɛ.nas/ |
drainât /dʁɛ.na/ |
drainassions /dʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
drainassiez /dʁɛ.na.sje/ |
drainassent /dʁɛ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | draine /dʁɛn/ |
— | drainons /dʁɛ.nɔ̃/ |
drainez /dʁɛ.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “drainer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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