drainer

See also: Drainer

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Etymology 1

drain (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

drainer (plural drainers)

  1. 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.
  2. A frame or rack for allowing washed crockery etc to dry naturally.
    Synonym: draining board
  3. A perforated rack on which washed dishes, etc. may be placed in order to dry.
    Synonyms: dish rack, drying rack, dish drainer
  4. (fandom slang) Alternative form of Drainer
Translations
draining board — see draining board
dish rack — see dish rack

Etymology 2

drain (noun) +‎ -er

Noun

drainer (plural drainers)

  1. A person who explores drains, tunnels, or sewers.
  2. Alternative spelling of Drainer

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English drain.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʁɛ.ne/, /dʁe.ne/
  • (file)

Verb

drainer

  1. to drain
  2. (figuratively) to drain

Conjugation
Conjugation of drainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple drainer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple drainant
/dʁɛ.nɑ̃/ or /dʁe.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle drainé
/dʁɛ.ne/ or /dʁe.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present draine
/dʁɛn/		 draines
/dʁɛn/		 draine
/dʁɛn/		 drainons
/dʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /dʁe.nɔ̃/		 drainez
/dʁɛ.ne/ or /dʁe.ne/		 drainent
/dʁɛn/
imperfect drainais
/dʁɛ.nɛ/ or /dʁe.nɛ/		 drainais
/dʁɛ.nɛ/ or /dʁe.nɛ/		 drainait
/dʁɛ.nɛ/ or /dʁe.nɛ/		 drainions
/dʁɛ.njɔ̃/ or /dʁe.njɔ̃/		 drainiez
/dʁɛ.nje/ or /dʁe.nje/		 drainaient
/dʁɛ.nɛ/ or /dʁe.nɛ/
past historic2 drainai
/dʁɛ.ne/ or /dʁe.ne/		 drainas
/dʁɛ.na/ or /dʁe.na/		 draina
/dʁɛ.na/ or /dʁe.na/		 drainâmes
/dʁɛ.nam/ or /dʁe.nam/		 drainâtes
/dʁɛ.nat/ or /dʁe.nat/		 drainèrent
/dʁɛ.nɛʁ/ or /dʁe.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/ or /dʁe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 draineriez
/dʁɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /dʁe.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/ or /dʁe.njɔ̃/		 drainiez
/dʁɛ.nje/ or /dʁe.nje/		 drainent
/dʁɛn/
imperfect2 drainasse
/dʁɛ.nas/ or /dʁe.nas/		 drainasses
/dʁɛ.nas/ or /dʁe.nas/		 drainât
/dʁɛ.na/ or /dʁe.na/		 drainassions
/dʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /dʁe.na.sjɔ̃/		 drainassiez
/dʁɛ.na.sje/ or /dʁe.na.sje/		 drainassent
/dʁɛ.nas/ or /dʁe.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — draine
/dʁɛn/		 — drainons
/dʁɛ.nɔ̃/ or /dʁe.nɔ̃/		 drainez
/dʁɛ.ne/ or /dʁe.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants
  • Catalan: drenar
  • Galician: drenar
  • Italian: drenare
  • Portuguese: drenar
  • Spanish: drenar

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