different between vanner vs vainer

English

Etymology

van +? -er

Noun

vanner (plural vanners)

1. One who owns and drives a van.
2. A machine for concentrating ore.

Derived terms

• Frue vanner

Anagrams

• Vänern

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ne/

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin vann?re, from Latin vannere, vann?.

Verb

vanner

1. (agriculture, transitive) to winnow
2. (transitive) to shake about, jolt, jostle
3. (transitive) to scrutinise (analyse thoroughly)
4. (colloquial) to knacker, tire out, flush
5. (cooking) to stir (a sauce or soup) to avoid the formation of a skin

Conjugation

Derived terms

• fourche à vanner
• vannage
• vannure

Etymology 2

From vanne (“floodgate”) +? -er.

Verb

vanner

1. (transitive) to provide [a river] with sluice gates or floodgates

Etymology 3

From vanne (“wisecrack”) +? -er.

Verb

vanner

1. (intransitive) to kid, joke, crack jokes

   Synonym: déconner

2. (transitive, colloquial) to kid, tease, rib someone

   Synonym: chambrer

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vanner

1. present of vanne

English

Adjective

vainer

1. comparative form of vain: more vain

Anagrams

• Averni, Erivan, naiver, naïver, ravine