See also: trainer, Trainer, and traïner

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Etymology edit

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.

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  • IPA(key): /tʁɛ.ne/, /tʁe.ne/
  • (file)

Verb edit

traîner

  1. (transitive) to pull, drag
    traîner les pieds
    drag one's feet
  2. (intransitive) to lag behind, dawdle
  3. (intransitive) to lie about, sit around
  4. (intransitive) to drag on, linger
    • 1975, “Et si tu n’existais pas”, in Le Costume blanc, performed by Joe Dassin:
      Et si tu n’existais pas / Dis-moi pourquoi j’existerais / Pour traîner dans un monde sans toi
      And if you didn’t exist / Tell me why I would exist / To linger on in a world without you
  5. (intransitive) to trail, drag (behind)
  6. (intransitive) to hang out
  7. (reflexive) to drag oneself, crawl along

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  • Dutch: traineren

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Etymology edit

From Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere, from Latin trahō, trahere (pull).

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Verb edit

traîner (gerund traîn'nie)

  1. (Jersey) to drag