See also: Piner

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From pine (languish, grieve) +‎ -er.

Noun edit

piner (plural piners)

  1. (obsolete) A torturer. [10th–17th c.]
  2. An animal or creature starving or suffering from a wasting disease. [from 19th c.]
  3. (rare) Someone who is pining for something.

Etymology 2 edit

Apparently from Middle Dutch piner, pijner (Dutch pijnder), from pinen, pijnen (to labour, toil).

Noun edit

piner (plural piners)

  1. (Scotland) A labourer, especially a turf cutter. [from 15th c.]

Etymology 3 edit

From pine (type of tree) +‎ -er.

Noun edit

piner (plural piners)

  1. (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.
  2. (Southern US) Someone who lives in a region where pine trees grow; a pinelander. [from 19th c.]

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

See pine (torment).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /piːnər/, [ˈpʰiːnɐ]

Noun edit

piner c

  1. indefinite plural of pine

Etymology 2 edit

See pine (to torment, torture).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /piːnər/, [ˈpʰiːˀnɐ]

Verb edit

piner

  1. present of pine

French edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pi.ne/
  • (file)

Verb edit

piner

  1. (vulgar) to fuck, to dick

Conjugation edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Noun edit

piner m or f

  1. indefinite plural of pine

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

piner f

  1. indefinite plural of pine