adorner

English

Etymology

adorn +‎ -er

Noun

adorner (plural adorners)

1. One who places adornments; one who adorns.

Translations

one who places adornments

• Portuguese: adornador m

• Ukrainian: оздоблювач (uk) (ozdobljuvač), декоратор (dekorator)

Anagrams

• Reardon, readorn

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔʁ.ne/

Verb

adorner

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

Conjugation

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	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 only usable with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “adorner” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Verb

adōrner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adōrnō