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Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="drainer" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/drainer" title="drainer – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="drainer" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/drainer" title="drainer – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="drainer" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/drainer" title="drainer – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="drainer" 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href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-drainer.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drainer.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/drain#English" title="drain">drain</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">verb</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-er#English:_agent_noun" title="-er">-er</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">drainer</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/drainers#English" title="drainers">drainers</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>That which drains. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1999</b></span>, Pai Obanya, <cite>The dilemma of education in Africa</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">175</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The radical shift in mentality is even more necessary when analysts see Education simply as a <b>drainer</b> of resources.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2003</b></span>, Gail Waesche Kislevitz, <cite>The Spirit of the Marathon</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">78</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I know that poor form is one of the biggest <b>drainers</b> of energy, so even though I slowed down significantly I made a very conscious effort to maintain good form.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/frame" title="frame">frame</a> or <a href="/wiki/rack" title="rack">rack</a> for allowing <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">washed</a> <a href="/wiki/crockery" title="crockery">crockery</a> etc to <a href="/wiki/dry" title="dry">dry</a> <a href="/wiki/naturally" title="naturally">naturally</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/draining_board#English" title="draining board">draining board</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/perforate" title="perforate">perforated</a> <a href="/wiki/rack" title="rack">rack</a> on which <a href="/wiki/wash" title="wash">washed</a> <a href="/wiki/dish" title="dish">dishes</a>, etc. may be placed in order to <a href="/wiki/dry" title="dry">dry</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/dish_rack#English" title="dish rack">dish rack</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=drying_rack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="drying rack (page does not exist)">drying rack</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=dish_drainer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="dish drainer (page does not exist)">dish drainer</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/fandom" title="fandom">fandom</a> <a href="/wiki/slang" title="slang">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Drainer#English" title="Drainer">Drainer</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-frame_or_rack"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">frame or rack</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="frame or rack"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9gouttoir#French" title="égouttoir">égouttoir</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A9gouttoir" class="extiw" title="fr:égouttoir">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-draining_board"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">draining board <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/draining_board#Translations" title="draining board">draining board</a></div></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-dish_rack"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">dish rack <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/dish_rack#Translations" title="dish rack">dish rack</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/drain#English" title="drain">drain</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">noun</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-er#English:_occupation" title="-er">-er</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">drainer</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/drainers#English" title="drainers">drainers</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A person who explores drains, tunnels, or sewers.</li> <li>Alternative spelling of <a href="/wiki/Drainer" title="Drainer">Drainer</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Reinard#English" title="Reinard">Reinard</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/darrein#English" title="darrein">darrein</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/randier#English" title="randier">randier</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/redrain#English" title="redrain">redrain</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borrowing from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/drain#English" title="drain">drain</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:French_pronunciation" title="Appendix:French pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.ne/</span> ~ <span class="IPA">/dʁe.ne/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="Fr-drainer.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Fr-drainer.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/Fr-drainer.ogg/Fr-drainer.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Fr-drainer.ogg" title="File:Fr-drainer.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fr">drainer</strong></span> </p> <ol><li>to <a href="/wiki/drain" title="drain">drain</a></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative" title="Appendix:Glossary">figuratively</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> to <a href="/wiki/drain" title="drain">drain</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conjugation">Conjugation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Conjugation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" style="clear:both"> <div class="NavHead" align="left">Conjugation of <i>drainer</i> <span style="font-size:90%;">(see also <a href="/wiki/Appendix:French_verbs" title="Appendix:French verbs">Appendix:French verbs</a>)</span></div> <div class="NavContent" align="center"> <table style="background:#F0F0F0;width:100%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:2px" class="inflection-table"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="background:#e2e4c0"><span title="infinitif">infinitive</span> </th> <th colspan="1" style="height:3em;background:#e2e4c0"><small>simple</small> </th> <td>drainer </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="1" style="height:3em;background:#e2e4c0"><small>compound</small> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:#DEDEDE"><i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="background:#e2e4c0"><span title="participe présent">present participle</span> or <span title="">gerund</span><sup>1</sup> </th> <th colspan="1" style="height:3em;background:#e2e4c0"><small>simple</small> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr ppr-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainant#French" title="drainant">drainant</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nɑ̃/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nɑ̃/</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="1" style="height:3em;background:#e2e4c0"><small>compound</small> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:#DEDEDE"><i><a href="/wiki/ayant" title="ayant">ayant</a></i> + past participle </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background:#e2e4c0"><span title="participe passé">past participle</span> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr pp-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drain%C3%A9#French" title="drainé">drainé</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.ne/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.ne/</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="3" style="background:#C0C0C0">singular </th> <th colspan="3" style="background:#C0C0C0">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%">first </th> <th style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%">second </th> <th style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%">third </th> <th style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%">first </th> <th style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%">second </th> <th style="background:#C0C0C0;width:12.5%">third </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#c0cfe4" colspan="2"><span title="indicatif">indicative</span> </th> <th style="background:#c0cfe4">je (j’) </th> <th style="background:#c0cfe4">tu </th> <th style="background:#c0cfe4">il, elle, on </th> <th style="background:#c0cfe4">nous </th> <th style="background:#c0cfe4">vous </th> <th style="background:#c0cfe4">ils, elles </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5" style="background:#c0cfe4"><small>(simple<br />tenses)</small> </th> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4"><span title="présent">present</span> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|s|pres|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draine#French" title="draine">draine</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|s|pres|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draines#French" title="draines">draines</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|s|pres|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draine#French" title="draine">draine</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|p|pres|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainons#French" title="drainons">drainons</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nɔ̃/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nɔ̃/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|p|pres|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainez#French" title="drainez">drainez</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.ne/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.ne/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|p|pres|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainent#French" title="drainent">drainent</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn/</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4"><span title="imparfait">imperfect</span> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|s|impf|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainais#French" title="drainais">drainais</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nɛ/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nɛ/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|s|impf|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainais#French" title="drainais">drainais</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nɛ/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nɛ/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|s|impf|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainait#French" title="drainait">drainait</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nɛ/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nɛ/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|p|impf|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainions#French" title="drainions">drainions</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.njɔ̃/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.njɔ̃/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|p|impf|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainiez#French" title="drainiez">drainiez</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nje/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nje/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|p|impf|indc-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainaient#French" title="drainaient">drainaient</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nɛ/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nɛ/</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4"><span title="passé simple">past historic</span><sup>2</sup> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|s|phis-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainai#French" title="drainai">drainai</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.ne/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.ne/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|s|phis-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainas#French" title="drainas">drainas</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.na/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.na/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|s|phis-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draina#French" title="draina">draina</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.na/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.na/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|p|phis-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drain%C3%A2mes#French" title="drainâmes">drainâmes</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nam/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nam/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|p|phis-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drain%C3%A2tes#French" title="drainâtes">drainâtes</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nat/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nat/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|p|phis-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drain%C3%A8rent#French" title="drainèrent">drainèrent</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nɛʁ/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nɛʁ/</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4"><span title="futur simple">future</span> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|s|futr-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainerai#French" title="drainerai">drainerai</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn.ʁe/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|s|futr-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draineras#French" title="draineras">draineras</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn.ʁa/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|s|futr-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainera#French" title="drainera">drainera</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn.ʁa/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|p|futr-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainerons#French" title="drainerons">drainerons</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|p|futr-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainerez#French" title="drainerez">drainerez</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn.ʁe/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|p|futr-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draineront#French" title="draineront">draineront</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn.ʁɔ̃/</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4"><span title="conditionnel présent">conditional</span> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|s|cond-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainerais#French" title="drainerais">drainerais</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn.ʁɛ/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|s|cond-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainerais#French" title="drainerais">drainerais</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn.ʁɛ/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|s|cond-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainerait#French" title="drainerait">drainerait</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn.ʁɛ/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|p|cond-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainerions#French" title="drainerions">drainerions</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|p|cond-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draineriez#French" title="draineriez">draineriez</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nə.ʁje/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nə.ʁje/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|p|cond-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draineraient#French" title="draineraient">draineraient</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn.ʁɛ/</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5" style="background:#c0cfe4"><small>(compound<br />tenses)</small> </th> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4"><span title="passé composé">present perfect</span> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:#DEDEDE">present indicative of <i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4"><span title="plus-que-parfait">pluperfect</span> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:#DEDEDE">imperfect indicative of <i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4"><span title="passé antérieur">past anterior</span><sup>2</sup> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:#DEDEDE">past historic of <i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4"><span title="futur antérieur">future perfect</span> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:#DEDEDE">future of <i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0cfe4"><span title="conditionnel passé">conditional perfect</span> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:#DEDEDE">conditional of <i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#c0e4c0" colspan="2"><span title="subjonctif">subjunctive</span> </th> <th style="background:#c0e4c0">que je (j’) </th> <th style="background:#c0e4c0">que tu </th> <th style="background:#c0e4c0">qu’il, qu’elle </th> <th style="background:#c0e4c0">que nous </th> <th style="background:#c0e4c0">que vous </th> <th style="background:#c0e4c0">qu’ils, qu’elles </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#c0e4c0"><small>(simple<br />tenses)</small> </th> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0e4c0"><span title="subjonctif présent">present</span> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|s|pres|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draine#French" title="draine">draine</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|s|pres|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draines#French" title="draines">draines</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|s|pres|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draine#French" title="draine">draine</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|p|pres|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainions#French" title="drainions">drainions</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.njɔ̃/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.njɔ̃/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|p|pres|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainiez#French" title="drainiez">drainiez</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nje/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nje/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|p|pres|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainent#French" title="drainent">drainent</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn/</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0e4c0" rowspan="1"><span title="subjonctif imparfait">imperfect</span><sup>2</sup> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|s|impf|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainasse#French" title="drainasse">drainasse</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nas/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nas/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|s|impf|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainasses#French" title="drainasses">drainasses</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nas/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nas/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|s|impf|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drain%C3%A2t#French" title="drainât">drainât</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.na/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.na/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|p|impf|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainassions#French" title="drainassions">drainassions</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.na.sjɔ̃/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.na.sjɔ̃/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|p|impf|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainassiez#French" title="drainassiez">drainassiez</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.na.sje/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.na.sje/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 3|p|impf|subj-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainassent#French" title="drainassent">drainassent</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nas/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nas/</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#c0e4c0"><small>(compound<br />tenses)</small> </th> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0e4c0"><span title="subjonctif passé">past</span> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:#DEDEDE">present subjunctive of <i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#c0e4c0"><span title="subjonctif plus-que-parfait">pluperfect</span><sup>2</sup> </th> <th colspan="6" style="background:#DEDEDE">imperfect subjunctive of <i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background:#e4d4c0"><span title="impératif">imperative</span> </th> <th style="background:#e4d4c0">– </th> <th style="background:#e4d4c0"><s>tu</s> </th> <th style="background:#e4d4c0">– </th> <th style="background:#e4d4c0"><s>nous</s> </th> <th style="background:#e4d4c0"><s>vous</s> </th> <th style="background:#e4d4c0">– </th></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#e4d4c0" colspan="2"><span title="">simple</span> </th> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|s|impr-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/draine#French" title="draine">draine</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛn/</span></span> </td> <td>— </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 1|p|impr-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainons#French" title="drainons">drainons</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.nɔ̃/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.nɔ̃/</span></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-fr 2|p|impr-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/drainez#French" title="drainez">drainez</a></span><br /><span style="color:#7F7F7F"><span class="IPA">/dʁɛ.ne/</span> or <span class="IPA">/dʁe.ne/</span></span> </td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <th style="height:3em;background:#e4d4c0" colspan="2"><span title="">compound</span> </th> <td>— </td> <th style="background:#DEDEDE">simple imperative of <i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th> <td>— </td> <th style="background:#DEDEDE">simple imperative of <i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th> <th style="background:#DEDEDE">simple imperative of <i><a href="/wiki/avoir" title="avoir">avoir</a></i> + past participle </th> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8"><sup>1</sup> The French gerund is usable only with the preposition <i><a href="/wiki/en" title="en">en</a></i>. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8"><sup>2</sup> In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: <ul><li>past historic → present perfect</li> <li>past anterior → pluperfect</li> <li>imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive</li> <li>pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive</li></ul> <p>(Christopher Kendris [1995], <i>Master the Basics: French</i>, pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.fr/books?id=g4G4jg5GWMwC&pg=PA77">77</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.fr/books?id=g4G4jg5GWMwC&pg=PA78">78</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.fr/books?id=g4G4jg5GWMwC&pg=PA79">79</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.fr/books?id=g4G4jg5GWMwC&pg=PA81">81</a>). </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/drenar#Catalan" title="drenar">drenar</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/drenar#Galician" title="drenar">drenar</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/drenare#Italian" title="drenare">drenare</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/drenar#Portuguese" title="drenar">drenar</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/drenar#Spanish" title="drenar">drenar</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=drainer&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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