different between grainer vs trainer

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???e??.n?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???e??.n?/

Etymology

From grain +? -er.

Noun

grainer (plural grainers)

1. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
2. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
3. One who grains (paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc).
4. A brush or tool used for such painting.
5. (rail transportation, US) A type of railroad car that carries grain.

Anagrams

• Garnier, Granier, angrier, earring, rangier, rearing

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e.ne/, /???.ne/

Verb

grainer

1. to granulate
2. to seed

Conjugation

Derived terms

• grainage

Further reading

• “grainer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

train +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /?t?e?n?/
• (US): enPR: tr??n?r, IPA^(key): /?t?e?n?/
• Rhymes: -e?n?(?)

Noun

trainer (plural trainers)

1. A person who trains another; a coach.
2. (sports) A person responsible for treating injuries sustained by players during matches; a physiotherapist.
3. (Britain) A running shoe or sneaker.
4. (video games, slang) A patch for a video game that applies cheats.
   • 2000, "Phil", I need trainer for version 1.10.021 (on newsgroup alt.games.rctycoon)

     I actually never got a trainer for RCT, but needed one for my brother when I installed it on his computer. He is 10, and is only concerned with making "cool" coasters. I also completed CF before getting trainers.

   • 2001, "LJames4728", Good C64 Game Sites? (on newsgroup alt.c64)

     Are there any sites that have original copies of games? (ie: Summer/Winter/World Games with Fast Loading). Just looking for games without the trainers/intros.

5. (cycling) A piece of indoor equipment allowing a bicycle to be ridden while stationary.
6. attributive form of trainers

   There was chewing gum stuck to my trainer soles.

Synonyms

• (person who trains another; coach): coach
• (running shoe): dap (UK), plimsoll (UK), running shoe, tennis shoe, see also Thesaurus:sports shoe

Derived terms

• personal trainer

Related terms

• train

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: trainor
  • ? English: trainor

Translations

Anagrams

• rantier, retrain, terrain

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

trainer m or f (plural trainers, diminutive trainertje n, feminine trainster)

1. trainer
2. coach

French

Verb

trainer

1. Post-1990 spelling of traîner.

Conjugation

Further reading

• “trainer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rentrai, ternira, terrain

Old French

Alternative forms

• trahiner, traïner (diaereses are not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *trag?n?re, from *tragere (see treire), from Latin trah?, trahere (“I pull”).

Verb

trainer

1. to drag

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• French: traîner
• Norman: traîner
• ? Galician: treinar
• ? Italian: trainare
• ? Middle English: trainen, traynen
  • English: train
  • Scots: train
  • Portuguese: treinar