piner
See also: Piner
English
Noun
piner (plural piners)
Etymology 2
Apparently from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), pijner (Dutch pijnder), from pinen, pijnen (“to labour, toil”).
Noun
piner (plural piners)
- (Tasmania) Someone who fells Huon pine trees; a logger, someone involved in the Huon timber trade. [from 19th c.]
- 2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 152:
- Then there was Bunny D—, an Aboriginal piner who had been in the camps with Dad and who was famed for his bush skills.
- (Southern US) Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander. [from 19th c.]
Danish
Etymology 1
See pine (“torment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piːnər/, [ˈpʰiːnɐ]
Etymology 2
See pine (“to torment, torture”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piːnər/, [ˈpʰiːˀnɐ]
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.ne/
Audio (file)
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
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