cloner

English

Etymology

From clone +‎ -er.

Noun

cloner (plural cloners)

1. Someone who clones something.
   • 2012, Haig H. Kazazian, Moyra Smith, Nicholas Wright Gillham, Genetic Breakthroughs:

     We set up a meeting with the factor VIII gene cloners at the Genetics Institute, a biotech company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

2. (computing) A software program that duplicates media.
   • 2014, Darren R. Hayes, A Practical Guide to Computer Forensics Investigations:

     Higher-end hard disk cloners have the ability to create multiple copies simultaneously.

3. (science fiction) A device capable of duplicating physical objects.

Anagrams

• Lorenc, cornel, cronel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔ.ne/

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Verb

cloner

1. to clone

Conjugation

Conjugation of cloner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cloner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	clonant /klɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cloné /klɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	clone /klɔn/	clones /klɔn/	clone /klɔn/	clonons /klɔ.nɔ̃/	clonez /klɔ.ne/	clonent /klɔn/
	imperfect	clonais /klɔ.nɛ/	clonais /klɔ.nɛ/	clonait /klɔ.nɛ/	clonions /klɔ.njɔ̃/	cloniez /klɔ.nje/	clonaient /klɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	clonai /klɔ.ne/	clonas /klɔ.na/	clona /klɔ.na/	clonâmes /klɔ.nam/	clonâtes /klɔ.nat/	clonèrent /klɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	clonerai /klɔn.ʁe/	cloneras /klɔn.ʁa/	clonera /klɔn.ʁa/	clonerons /klɔn.ʁɔ̃/	clonerez /klɔn.ʁe/	cloneront /klɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	clonerais /klɔn.ʁɛ/	clonerais /klɔn.ʁɛ/	clonerait /klɔn.ʁɛ/	clonerions /klɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	cloneriez /klɔ.nə.ʁje/	cloneraient /klɔn.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	clone /klɔn/	clones /klɔn/	clone /klɔn/	clonions /klɔ.njɔ̃/	cloniez /klɔ.nje/	clonent /klɔn/
	imperfect2	clonasse /klɔ.nas/	clonasses /klɔ.nas/	clonât /klɔ.na/	clonassions /klɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	clonassiez /klɔ.na.sje/	clonassent /klɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	clone /klɔn/	—	clonons /klɔ.nɔ̃/	clonez /klɔ.ne/	—
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).

Related terms

• clone
• clonage