pranker
English
Etymology
Noun
pranker (plural prankers)
- (obsolete) One who dresses in a flashy manner.[1]
- Synonym: prinker
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
- a pranker or a dancer
- A prankster.
References
- ^ “pranker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Alternative forms
- pranquer (rare)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɑ̃.kœʁ/ (noun)
- IPA(key): /pʁɑ̃.ke/ (verb)
- Rhymes: -œʁ, -e
Noun
pranker m (plural prankers)
- (informal, anglicism) alternative form of prankeur
Verb
pranker
Conjugation
Conjugation of pranker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pranker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | prankant /pʁɑ̃.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pranké /pʁɑ̃.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pranke /pʁɑ̃k/ |
prankes /pʁɑ̃k/ |
pranke /pʁɑ̃k/ |
prankons /pʁɑ̃.kɔ̃/ |
prankez /pʁɑ̃.ke/ |
prankent /pʁɑ̃k/ |
| imperfect | prankais /pʁɑ̃.kɛ/ |
prankais /pʁɑ̃.kɛ/ |
prankait /pʁɑ̃.kɛ/ |
prankions /pʁɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
prankiez /pʁɑ̃.kje/ |
prankaient /pʁɑ̃.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | prankai /pʁɑ̃.ke/ |
prankas /pʁɑ̃.ka/ |
pranka /pʁɑ̃.ka/ |
prankâmes /pʁɑ̃.kam/ |
prankâtes /pʁɑ̃.kat/ |
prankèrent /pʁɑ̃.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | prankerai /pʁɑ̃.kʁe/ |
prankeras /pʁɑ̃.kʁa/ |
prankera /pʁɑ̃.kʁa/ |
prankerons /pʁɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ |
prankerez /pʁɑ̃.kʁe/ |
prankeront /pʁɑ̃.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | prankerais /pʁɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
prankerais /pʁɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
prankerait /pʁɑ̃.kʁɛ/ |
prankerions /pʁɑ̃.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
prankeriez /pʁɑ̃.kə.ʁje/ |
prankeraient /pʁɑ̃.kʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | pranke /pʁɑ̃k/ |
prankes /pʁɑ̃k/ |
pranke /pʁɑ̃k/ |
prankions /pʁɑ̃.kjɔ̃/ |
prankiez /pʁɑ̃.kje/ |
prankent /pʁɑ̃k/ |
| imperfect2 | prankasse /pʁɑ̃.kas/ |
prankasses /pʁɑ̃.kas/ |
prankât /pʁɑ̃.ka/ |
prankassions /pʁɑ̃.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
prankassiez /pʁɑ̃.ka.sje/ |
prankassent /pʁɑ̃.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pranke /pʁɑ̃k/ |
— | prankons /pʁɑ̃.kɔ̃/ |
prankez /pʁɑ̃.ke/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||