different between mainer vs mariner

English

Etymology

main +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?me?n?/

Noun

mainer (plural mainers)

1. (US slang) A needle for (illicit) drug administration.

Translations

Anagrams

• Amrine, Armine, Marine, Marnie, Merina, Minear, Reiman, Rieman, airmen, marine, remain

French

Etymology

Derived from main (“hand”) +? -er.

Verb

mainer

1. (Louisiana, Cajun French) to carry

English

Etymology

From Middle English mariner, marinere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mariner, marinier, from Old French marinier, maronnier, from marin; perhaps corresponding to a post-Classical or Vulgar Latin marinarius (“sailor”), from mar?nus (“marine; relating to the sea”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English marinel, marynell (“mariner, sailor”) borrowed from Old French marinel.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæ??n?/
• Rhymes: -æ??n?(?)

Noun

mariner (plural mariners)

1. A sailor.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From marí. Compare Spanish marinero, Portuguese marinheiro, French marinier, Italian marinaio. Cf. also Vulgar Latin marinarius.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m?.?i?ne/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ma.?i?ne?/

Adjective

mariner (feminine marinera, masculine plural mariners, feminine plural marineres)

1. marine, sea
2. seaworthy

Noun

mariner m (plural mariners, feminine marinera)

1. sailor, seaman

Related terms

• mar
• marí

Further reading

• “mariner” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mariner” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “mariner” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mariner” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Originally "to pickle in brine or seawater", from marin (“of the sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?i.ne/

Verb

mariner

1. to marinate

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ranimer

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mariner m

1. indefinite plural of marine

Verb

mariner

1. imperative of marinere

Old French

Alternative forms

• marinier

Etymology

marin +? -er.

Noun

mariner m (oblique plural mariners, nominative singular mariners, nominative plural mariner)

1. seaman; sailor

Descendants

• English: mariner
• Middle French: marinier
  • French: marinier

References

• mariner on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Swedish

Noun

mariner

1. indefinite plural of marin

Anagrams

• minerar