traîner

== French == === Alternative forms === trainer (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere (see traire), from Latin trahere (“to pull”). Compare Italian trascinare, Catalan traginar, Spanish trajinar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʁɛ.ne/ ~ /tʁe.ne/ === Verb === traîner (transitive) to pull, drag traîner les pieds ― to drag one's feet traîner une chaise ― to drag a chair traîner une table ― to drag a table traîner un homme en prison ― to drag a man to prison (transitive, with après) to bring (something bad) (transitive or intransitive) to suffer (from), to linger (transitive) to drag along (intransitive) to lag behind, to trail (intransitive, of people or objects) to lie about, sit around; to hang around (intransitive) to drag on (reflexive) to drag oneself, crawl along ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: traineren → Portuguese: treinar === Further reading === “traîner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === rentrai, ternira, terrain == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere, from Latin trahō, trahere (“pull”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === traîner (gerund traîn'nie) (Jersey) to drag