pranker

English

Etymology

prank +‎ -er

Noun

pranker (plural prankers)

1. (obsolete) One who dresses in a flashy manner.

   Synonym: prinker

   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

     a pranker or a dancer

2. A prankster.

French

Alternative forms

• pranquer (rare)

Etymology

From English prank +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɑ̃.kœʁ/ (noun)
• IPA^(key): /pʁɑ̃.ke/ (verb)
• Rhymes: -œʁ, -e

Noun

pranker m (plural prankers)

1. (informal, anglicism) Alternative form of prankeur

Verb

pranker

1. (informal, anglicism) to prank (play a joke)

   Synonym: piéger

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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).