aligner
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈlaɪnɚ/
- Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
Noun
aligner (plural aligners)
- One who, or that which, aligns.
- (electronics) A system that produces integrated circuits by precision photolithography.
- A thin flexible orthodontic tool that is fitted over the teeth to move them gradually.
Translations
one who, or that which, aligns
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from a- + lignier, from Latin lineāre (from linea (“line”)). Equivalent to a- + ligne + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.li.ɲe/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophones: alignai, aligné, alignée, alignées, alignés, alignez, aligniez
Verb
aligner
- to align
Conjugation
Conjugation of aligner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | aligner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | alignant /a.li.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | aligné /a.li.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | aligne /a.liɲ/ |
alignes /a.liɲ/ |
aligne /a.liɲ/ |
alignons /a.li.ɲɔ̃/ |
alignez /a.li.ɲe/ |
alignent /a.liɲ/ |
| imperfect | alignais /a.li.ɲɛ/ |
alignais /a.li.ɲɛ/ |
alignait /a.li.ɲɛ/ |
alignions /a.li.ɲjɔ̃/ |
aligniez /a.li.ɲje/ |
alignaient /a.li.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | alignai /a.li.ɲe/ |
alignas /a.li.ɲa/ |
aligna /a.li.ɲa/ |
alignâmes /a.li.ɲam/ |
alignâtes /a.li.ɲat/ |
alignèrent /a.li.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | alignerai /a.li.ɲə.ʁe/ |
aligneras /a.li.ɲə.ʁa/ |
alignera /a.li.ɲə.ʁa/ |
alignerons /a.li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
alignerez /a.li.ɲə.ʁe/ |
aligneront /a.li.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | alignerais /a.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
alignerais /a.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
alignerait /a.li.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
alignerions /a.li.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
aligneriez /a.li.ɲə.ʁje/ |
aligneraient /a.li.ɲə.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 | aligne /a.liɲ/ |
alignes /a.liɲ/ |
aligne /a.liɲ/ |
alignions /a.li.ɲjɔ̃/ |
aligniez /a.li.ɲje/ |
alignent /a.liɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | alignasse /a.li.ɲas/ |
alignasses /a.li.ɲas/ |
alignât /a.li.ɲa/ |
alignassions /a.li.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
alignassiez /a.li.ɲa.sje/ |
alignassent /a.li.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | aligne /a.liɲ/ |
— | alignons /a.li.ɲɔ̃/ |
alignez /a.li.ɲe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “aligner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012