aligner

English

Etymology

From align +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈlaɪnɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)

Noun

aligner (plural aligners)

1. One who, or that which, aligns.
2. (electronics) A system that produces integrated circuits by precision photolithography.
3. A thin flexible orthodontic tool that is fitted over the teeth to move them gradually.

Translations

one who, or that which, aligns

Portuguese: alinhador m

Anagrams

• Relangi, engrail, inlarge, learing, nargile, realign, reginal

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/

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• Homophones: alignai, aligné, alignée, alignées, alignés, alignez, aligniez

Verb

aligner

1. 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• alignement
• patin à roues alignées
• patinage à roues alignées

Further reading

• “aligner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lignera