different between tanner vs canner

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?tæn?/
• Homophone: Tanner
• Rhymes: -æn?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English tannere, from Old English tannere; and Old French tannour, equivalent to tan +? -er.

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

1. A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably from the name of the coin designer, John Sigismund Tanner (died 1775)

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

1. (Britain, colloquial) A former British coin worth six old pence.

   Synonyms: hog, (from Cockney rhyming slang) lord, sixpence

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

1. A type of commercially-fished crab, Chionoecetes bairdi or Chionoecetes opilio.

Adjective

tanner

1. comparative form of tan: more tan
   • 2011, Jasmine Rodriguez, Hematite (page 173)

     He was a lot tanner than I remembered, or maybe he just looked darker because of the change of light.

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

tanner (genitive tandri, partitive tandrit)

1. Alternative form of tander

Inflection

Finnish

Alternative forms

• tantere

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tander. Cognate to Karelian tanner, Karelian tannar, Veps tandar, Veps tandarta (“to tread down”), Veps tandreh, Estonian tanderdada (“id., dialectal”), Estonian tandermik (“playground”), Proto-Samic *tuontër (“a kind of mountain in Lapland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?n?er/, [?t??n?e?r]
• Rhymes: -?n?er
• Syllabification: tan?ner

Noun

tanner

1. field
2. ground
3. hard tamped soil or snow
4. yard
5. open flat area

Declension

Derived terms

• tannertaa (“to tread down, tread tough”) (dialectal)

See also

• manner
• mantere
• penger
• penkere
• kinner
• kintere
• Tonttu Tonteri (a traditional name for a pixy)
• Tonteri (a Finnish surname)

Compounds

• taistelutanner
• sotatanner

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

tan +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ne/
• Homophones: tannai, tanné, tannée, tannées, tannés, tannez

Verb

tanner

1. (transitive) to tan (in leather-making)

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Old French

Verb

tanner

1. Alternative form of taner

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-nn, *-nns, *-nnt are modified to n, ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ???????? (tann?r).

Noun

tanner (definite accusative tanneri, plural tannerler)

1. plate
2. dish

Synonyms

• tabak

English

Etymology

From Middle English canner; equivalent to can +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æn?(r)

Noun

canner (plural canners)

1. 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 […]

2. 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.
3. (US, slang) Someone who lives off container deposit refunds from recycling.
   • 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.

4. An animal yielding inferior meat best suited to canning.

   Coordinate term: cutter

   • 1905, United States. Bureau of Corporations, Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef Industry (page 89)

     Bulls and cows used for breeding, when finally sent to market, are inferior for dressed-beef production. Bulls are demanded especially for sausage and similar products. Cows are largely used as cutters and canners […]

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ne/

Verb

canner

1. (Quebec, informal) to can
2. (France, slang) to die

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to can): mettre en conserve
• (to die): mourir, clamser, clamecer, passer l'arme à gauche

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cannere, kannere

Etymology

From canne +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kan?r(?)/

Noun

canner

1. (rare) A manufacturer of cans.
2. (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.