tanner

See also: Tanner

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtænɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: Tanner
• Rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)

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.
2. A person who applies a tan (especially a spray tan) on someone's skin.

   Hyponym: spray-tanner

   • 2023 June 17, “New bronze age: fake tan is back, and it won’t turn you orange”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Eighty-one-year-old [Martha] Stewart says that a spray tan before her debut Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover boosted her confidence. Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken in Barbie, had a personal tanner on set.

Translations

person whose occupation is to tan

• Arabic: دَبَّاغ (ar) (dabbāḡ)

  Egyptian Arabic: دباغ m (dabbāḡ)

• Armenian: դաբաղ (hy) (dabaġ)
• Azerbaijani: dabbağ
• Belarusian: гарбар m (harbar), дубільшчык m (dubilʹščyk)
• Breton: kivijer (br) m
• Bulgarian: дерач m (derač)
• Catalan: adober m, adobera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮匠 (zh) (píjiàng)

• Czech: koželuh m
• Danish: garver c
• Esperanto: tanisto
• Estonian: parksepp, parkal, nahkur, nahaparkija
• Finnish: parkitsija (fi)
• French: tanneur (fr)
• German: Gerber (de) m
• Greek: βυρσοδέψης (el) m (vyrsodépsis)

  Ancient: βυρσοδέψης m (bursodépsēs), (later) βυρσεύς m (burseús)

• Hebrew: בורסקאי m (bursekai)
• Hungarian: tímár (hu)
• Ingrian: nahkuri
• Irish: súdaire m, tonnadóir m, tonnleasaitheoir m
• Italian: pellaio (it) m, conciatore (it) m
• Japanese: 皮鞣し (かわなめし, kawanameshi)
• Macedonian: кожар m (kožar)
• Plautdietsch: Ladajoawa m
• Polish: garbarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: curtidor (pt) m
• Romanian: tăbăcar (ro) m, argăsitor (ro) m, pielar (ro) m
• Russian: коже́вник (ru) m (kožévnik), дуби́льщик (ru) m (dubílʹščik)
• Serbo-Croatian: kožar (sh) m, štavljač (sh) m
• Slovak: garbiar m
• Spanish: curtidor (es) m, curtidora (es) f
• Tagalog: mangungulti
• Telugu: చర్మకారుడు (te) (carmakāruḍu)
• Turkish: sepici (tr)
• Ukrainian: козолуп m (kozolup)
• Welsh: barcer m, crwynwr m, tanner m
• Yiddish: גאַרבער m (garber)

Etymology 2

Named after John Sigismund Tanner (1705–1775), who designed a sixpence for the Royal Mint during the reign of King George II.

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

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

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

   • 1851, George Borrow, chapter III, in Lavengro; the Scholar—the Gypsy—the Priest. […], volume II, London: John Murray […], →OCLC, page 32:

     [A]s you are so flash of your money, though you say you are poor, you may give me a tanner to buy a little baccy with; […]

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 469:

     They'd say hello, maybe slip you a tanner.

Translations

sixpence coin

• Russian: шестипе́нсовик (ru) m (šestipénsovik)

Etymology 3

Probably from the taxonomic eponym tanneri in the species name Chionoecetes tanneri, named after American naval officer Zera Luther Tanner (1835–1906).

Noun

tanner (plural tanners)

1. Any of several spider crabs of the genus Chionoecetes, especially Chionoecetes bairdi and Chionoecetes opilio.

   Near-synonym: snow crab

   • 1979, United States. Bureau of Land Management, Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale:

     The new plant is assumed to result in additions to the resident fleet during the tanner and dungeness crab seasons and function as a port of call for an increased number of trollers, resulting in more local seafood processing.

   • 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 7:

     There were a few Dungeness, a couple of blue kings and one small and indignant squid, but mostly the pot was filled with tanners, Chionoecetes bairdi & Chionoecetes opilio.

   • 1993, Spike Walker, Working on the Edge, →ISBN:

     We had come here to catch tanner crab, which the Japanese were buying up as fast as we could catch them.

Etymology 4

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tanner (genitive tandri, partitive tandrit)

1. Alternative form of tander

Inflection

Declension of tanner (ÕS type 3/vaher, nd-nn gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tanner	tandrid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tandri
genitive			tandrite
partitive		tandrit	tandreid
illative		tandrisse	tandritesse tandreisse
inessive		tandris	tandrites tandreis
elative		tandrist	tandritest tandreist
allative		tandrile	tandritele tandreile
adessive		tandril	tandritel tandreil
ablative		tandrilt	tandritelt tandreilt
translative		tandriks	tandriteks tandreiks
terminative		tandrini	tandriteni
essive		tandrina	tandritena
abessive		tandrita	tandriteta
comitative		tandriga	tandritega

Finnish

Alternative forms

• tantere

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tandër. Equivalent to *tante- +‎ -re. Cognate to Karelian tanner, Karelian tannar, Veps tandar, Veps tandarta (“to tread down”), Veps tandreh, Estonian tanderdada, Estonian tandermik (“playground”), Proto-Samic *tuontër (“a kind of mountain in Lapland”). Probably derived from Proto-Uralic *tante-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑnːer/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝nːe̞r]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑnːer
• Hyphenation^(key): tan‧ner

Noun

tanner

1. an open flat area of land: field, yard
2. hard tamped or packed soil or snow

Declension

Inflection of tanner (Kotus type 49*J/askel, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		tanner tantere	tanteret tantereet
genitive		tanteren tantereen	tanterien tannerten tantereiden tantereitten
partitive		tannerta tanteretta	tanteria tantereita
illative		tantereen tantereeseen	tanteriin tantereisiin tantereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tanner tantere	tanteret tantereet
accusative	nom.	tanner tantere	tanteret tantereet
	gen.	tanteren tantereen
genitive		tanteren tantereen	tanterien tannerten tantereiden tantereitten
partitive		tannerta tanteretta	tanteria tantereita
inessive		tanteressa tantereessa	tanterissa tantereissa
elative		tanteresta tantereesta	tanterista tantereista
illative		tantereen tantereeseen	tanteriin tantereisiin tantereihin
adessive		tanterella tantereella	tanterilla tantereilla
ablative		tanterelta tantereelta	tanterilta tantereilta
allative		tanterelle tantereelle	tanterille tantereille
essive		tanterena tantereena	tanterina tantereina
translative		tantereksi tantereeksi	tanteriksi tantereiksi
abessive		tanteretta tantereetta	tanteritta tantereitta
instructive		—	tanterin tanterein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tanner (Kotus type 49*J/askel, nt-nn gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tantereni tantereeni tantereni tantereeni accusative nom. tantereni tantereeni tantereni tantereeni gen. tantereni tantereeni genitive tantereni tantereeni tanterieni tannerteni tantereideni tantereitteni partitive tannertani tanterettani tanteriani tantereitani inessive tanteressani tantereessani tanterissani tantereissani elative tanterestani tantereestani tanteristani tantereistani illative tantereeni tantereeseeni tanteriini tantereisiini tantereihini adessive tanterellani tantereellani tanterillani tantereillani ablative tantereltani tantereeltani tanteriltani tantereiltani allative tanterelleni tantereelleni tanterilleni tantereilleni essive tanterenani tantereenani tanterinani tantereinani translative tanterekseni tantereekseni tanterikseni tantereikseni abessive tanterettani tantereettani tanterittani tantereittani instructive — — comitative — tanterineni tantereineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tanteresi tantereesi tanteresi tantereesi accusative nom. tanteresi tantereesi tanteresi tantereesi gen. tanteresi tantereesi genitive tanteresi tantereesi tanteriesi tannertesi tantereidesi tantereittesi partitive tannertasi tanterettasi tanteriasi tantereitasi inessive tanteressasi tantereessasi tanterissasi tantereissasi elative tanterestasi tantereestasi tanteristasi tantereistasi illative tantereesi tantereeseesi tanteriisi tantereisiisi tantereihisi adessive tanterellasi tantereellasi tanterillasi tantereillasi ablative tantereltasi tantereeltasi tanteriltasi tantereiltasi allative tanterellesi tantereellesi tanterillesi tantereillesi essive tanterenasi tantereenasi tanterinasi tantereinasi translative tantereksesi tantereeksesi tanteriksesi tantereiksesi abessive tanterettasi tantereettasi tanterittasi tantereittasi instructive — — comitative — tanterinesi tantereinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tanteremme tantereemme tanteremme tantereemme accusative nom. tanteremme tantereemme tanteremme tantereemme gen. tanteremme tantereemme genitive tanteremme tantereemme tanteriemme tannertemme tantereidemme tantereittemme partitive tannertamme tanterettamme tanteriamme tantereitamme inessive tanteressamme tantereessamme tanterissamme tantereissamme elative tanterestamme tantereestamme tanteristamme tantereistamme illative tantereemme tantereeseemme tanteriimme tantereisiimme tantereihimme adessive tanterellamme tantereellamme tanterillamme tantereillamme ablative tantereltamme tantereeltamme tanteriltamme tantereiltamme allative tanterellemme tantereellemme tanterillemme tantereillemme essive tanterenamme tantereenamme tanterinamme tantereinamme translative tantereksemme tantereeksemme tanteriksemme tantereiksemme abessive tanterettamme tantereettamme tanterittamme tantereittamme instructive — — comitative — tanterinemme tantereinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tanterenne tantereenne tanterenne tantereenne accusative nom. tanterenne tantereenne tanterenne tantereenne gen. tanterenne tantereenne genitive tanterenne tantereenne tanterienne tannertenne tantereidenne tantereittenne partitive tannertanne tanterettanne tanterianne tantereitanne inessive tanteressanne tantereessanne tanterissanne tantereissanne elative tanterestanne tantereestanne tanteristanne tantereistanne illative tantereenne tantereeseenne tanteriinne tantereisiinne tantereihinne adessive tanterellanne tantereellanne tanterillanne tantereillanne ablative tantereltanne tantereeltanne tanteriltanne tantereiltanne allative tanterellenne tantereellenne tanterillenne tantereillenne essive tanterenanne tantereenanne tanterinanne tantereinanne translative tantereksenne tantereeksenne tanteriksenne tantereiksenne abessive tanterettanne tantereettanne tanterittanne tantereittanne instructive — — comitative — tanterinenne tantereinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tanterensa tantereensa tanterensa tantereensa accusative nom. tanterensa tantereensa tanterensa tantereensa gen. tanterensa tantereensa genitive tanterensa tantereensa tanteriensa tannertensa tantereidensa tantereittensa partitive tannertaan tanterettaan tannertansa tanterettansa tanteriaan tantereitaan tanteriansa tantereitansa inessive tanteressaan tantereessaan tanteressansa tantereessansa tanterissaan tantereissaan tanterissansa tantereissansa elative tanterestaan tantereestaan tanterestansa tantereestansa tanteristaan tantereistaan tanteristansa tantereistansa illative tantereensa tantereeseensa tanteriinsa tantereisiinsa tantereihinsa adessive tanterellaan tantereellaan tanterellansa tantereellansa tanterillaan tantereillaan tanterillansa tantereillansa ablative tantereltaan tantereeltaan tantereltansa tantereeltansa tanteriltaan tantereiltaan tanteriltansa tantereiltansa allative tanterelleen tantereelleen tanterellensa tantereellensa tanterilleen tantereilleen tanterillensa tantereillensa essive tanterenaan tantereenaan tanterenansa tantereenansa tanterinaan tantereinaan tanterinansa tantereinansa translative tanterekseen tantereekseen tantereksensa tantereeksensa tanterikseen tantereikseen tanteriksensa tantereiksensa abessive tanterettaan tantereettaan tanterettansa tantereettansa tanterittaan tantereittaan tanterittansa tantereittansa instructive — — comitative — tanterineen tantereineen tanterinensa tantereinensa

Derived terms

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

 

compounds

• puimatanner
• sotatanner
• taistelutanner

 

See also

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

Further reading

• “tanner”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

From tan +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ne/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: tannai, tanné, tannée, tannées, tannés, tannez

Verb

tanner

1. (transitive) to tan (in leather-making)
2. (transitive) to beat physically, whip, thrash
3. (transitive) to exasperate, annoy, make someone sick of something

Conjugation

Conjugation of tanner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tanner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tannant /ta.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tanné /ta.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tanne /tan/	tannes /tan/	tanne /tan/	tannons /ta.nɔ̃/	tannez /ta.ne/	tannent /tan/
	imperfect	tannais /ta.nɛ/	tannais /ta.nɛ/	tannait /ta.nɛ/	tannions /ta.njɔ̃/	tanniez /ta.nje/	tannaient /ta.nɛ/
	past historic2	tannai /ta.ne/	tannas /ta.na/	tanna /ta.na/	tannâmes /ta.nam/	tannâtes /ta.nat/	tannèrent /ta.nɛʁ/
	future	tannerai /tan.ʁe/	tanneras /tan.ʁa/	tannera /tan.ʁa/	tannerons /tan.ʁɔ̃/	tannerez /tan.ʁe/	tanneront /tan.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tannerais /tan.ʁɛ/	tannerais /tan.ʁɛ/	tannerait /tan.ʁɛ/	tannerions /ta.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	tanneriez /ta.nə.ʁje/	tanneraient /tan.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	tanne /tan/	tannes /tan/	tanne /tan/	tannions /ta.njɔ̃/	tanniez /ta.nje/	tannent /tan/
	imperfect2	tannasse /ta.nas/	tannasses /ta.nas/	tannât /ta.na/	tannassions /ta.na.sjɔ̃/	tannassiez /ta.na.sje/	tannassent /ta.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tanne /tan/	—	tannons /ta.nɔ̃/	tannez /ta.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).

Further reading

• “tanner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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.

    Conjugation of tanner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tanner			avoir tanné
gerund		en tannant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		tannant
past participle		tanné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	tan	tannes	tanne	tannons	tannez	tannent
	imperfect	tannoie, tanneie, tannoe, tanneve	tannoies, tanneies, tannoes, tanneves	tannoit, tanneit, tannot, tanneve	tanniiens, tanniens	tanniiez, tanniez	tannoient, tanneient, tannoent, tannevent
	preterite	tannai	tannas	tanna	tannames	tannastes	tannerent
	future	tannerai	tanneras	tannera	tannerons	tanneroiz, tannereiz, tannerez	tanneront
	conditional	tanneroie, tannereie	tanneroies, tannereies	tanneroit, tannereit	tanneriiens, tanneriens	tanneriiez, tanneriez	tanneroient, tannereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	tan	tans	tant	tannons	tannez	tannent
	imperfect	tannasse	tannasses	tannast	tannissons, tannissiens	tannissoiz, tannissez, tannissiez	tannassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	tanne	—	tannons	tannez	—

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَنُّور (tannūr).

Noun

tanner (definite accusative tanneri, plural tannerler)

1. plate
2. dish

Synonyms

• tabak