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adorner

English

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Etymology

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From adorn +‎ -er.

Noun

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adorner (plural adorners)

  1. One who places adornments; one who adorns.
  2. (graphical user interface) A visual element used to decorate or enhance another element to which it is attached.
    • 2010, Phillip Beadle, Mahesh Krishnan, Microsoft Silverlight 4 For Dummies:
      Click one of the margin adorners. The shape of the margin adorner changes […]

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French

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Etymology

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Circa 1331 adourner, circa 1370 adorner. Borrowed from Latin adōrnāre and from Latin adōrdinō.[1] Replaced Old French, Middle French aorner, a borrowing from the same sources.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.dɔʁ.ne/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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adorner

  1. (literary or dated) to adorn; to decorate

Conjugation

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Conjugation of adorner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple adorner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple adornant
/a.dɔʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle adorné
/a.dɔʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present adorne
/a.dɔʁn/ 		adornes
/a.dɔʁn/ 		adorne
/a.dɔʁn/ 		adornons
/a.dɔʁ.nɔ̃/ 		adornez
/a.dɔʁ.ne/ 		adornent
/a.dɔʁn/
imperfect adornais
/a.dɔʁ.nɛ/ 		adornais
/a.dɔʁ.nɛ/ 		adornait
/a.dɔʁ.nɛ/ 		adornions
/a.dɔʁ.njɔ̃/ 		adorniez
/a.dɔʁ.nje/ 		adornaient
/a.dɔʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 adornai
/a.dɔʁ.ne/ 		adornas
/a.dɔʁ.na/ 		adorna
/a.dɔʁ.na/ 		adornâmes
/a.dɔʁ.nam/ 		adornâtes
/a.dɔʁ.nat/ 		adornèrent
/a.dɔʁ.nɛʁ/
future adornerai
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		adorneras
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		adornera
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		adornerons
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ 		adornerez
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		adorneront
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional adornerais
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		adornerais
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		adornerait
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		adornerions
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		adorneriez
/a.dɔʁ.nə.ʁje/ 		adorneraient
/a.dɔʁ.nə.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 adorne
/a.dɔʁn/ 		adornes
/a.dɔʁn/ 		adorne
/a.dɔʁn/ 		adornions
/a.dɔʁ.njɔ̃/ 		adorniez
/a.dɔʁ.nje/ 		adornent
/a.dɔʁn/
imperfect2 adornasse
/a.dɔʁ.nas/ 		adornasses
/a.dɔʁ.nas/ 		adornât
/a.dɔʁ.na/ 		adornassions
/a.dɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		adornassiez
/a.dɔʁ.na.sje/ 		adornassent
/a.dɔʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — adorne
/a.dɔʁn/ 		— adornons
/a.dɔʁ.nɔ̃/ 		adornez
/a.dɔʁ.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).

References

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  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “adordinare; adornare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 178

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Latin

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Verb

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adōrner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adōrnō
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