tanner

Tanner (French word) can have a few meanings depending on the context:

1. As a verb (tanner)
   In French, "tanner" means to tan (as in tanning leather or tanning skin).

• Meaning:

  • To transform animal hides into leather by treating them with tannins or other chemicals.
  • To cause skin to darken or become bronzed by exposure to the sun.

• Origin:
  The verb comes from the noun "tan," which refers to tannin, a substance used in the tanning process.

• Synonyms:

  • For tanning leather: décaper (strip or clean in some contexts), but none exact.
  • For tanning skin: bronzer (to tan, to bronzify).

• Antonyms:

  • For tanning skin: pâlir (to turn pale), blanchir (to whiten).

2. As a noun (tanner)
   Less common, but it can mean a person who tans hides — a tanner in English, i.e., someone working in the trade of converting hides into leather.

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Summary:

If you want to know about the English noun tanner, it usually refers to the profession or sometimes archaically to a coin worth sixpence in Britain. But in French, the focus is generally on the verb and the making of leather.