égrener

French

Etymology

From é- +‎ grain +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ɡʁə.ne/

Verb

égrener

1. to shell, pod (maize, peas, wheat etc.)
2. to gin (cotton)
3. to ripple (flax)
4. (reflexive) to drop off the stalk or bunch
5. to dish out
6. to rattle off, go through (a list)
   • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 12:

     Il chut de tout son long, égrenant à nouveau un chapelet d'horribles jurons.

     He fell full length, reeling off another string of appalling curses.

   • 1973, Claude Simon, Tryptique, Éditions de Minuit 1973, p. 12

     Les sons de la cloche égrenant les quarts, les demies et les heures...

     The sounds of the clock rattling off the quarters, the halves and the hours...

Synonyms

• (to shell): écosser

Derived terms

• égrenage

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• générer