donor

donor

See also: Donor

English

Alternative forms

• donour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊnɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊnə/

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• Hyphenation: do‧nor

Noun

donor (plural donors)

1. One who makes a donation.

   The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.

   The hospital is seeking an organ donor.

   • 1838 (date written)​, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, OCLC 1000392275, page 104:

     "You prefer, then, having the money to the ornaments which I had intended for you?"/"Oh! the hundred pounds, certainly," exclaimed Isabella, colouring a little at the idea of trespassing on the donor's generosity.

2. (chemistry) A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.

   a carbonyl donor molecule

Synonyms

• (person): donater, donator

Derived terms

• blood donor
• donator
• donor card
• donoress
• donor fatigue
• donor-specific antibody
• electron donor
• megadonor
• Michael donor
• organ donor
• sperm donor
• straw donor
• universal donor

 

Related terms

• donee

Translations

one who donates

Arabic: مُتَبَرِّع‎ m (mutabarriʿ) Bulgarian: дарител (bg) m (daritel) Catalan: donador (ca) m, donadora (ca) f, donant (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 捐贈者／捐赠者 (zh) (juānzèngzhě) Czech: dárce (cs) m Dutch: schenker (nl) m, donor (nl) m Esperanto: donanto Finnish: lahjoittaja (fi) French: donateur (fr) m, donneur (fr) f Galician: doador (gl) m, doadora f, doante (gl) m or f German: Spender (de) m, Spenderin (de) f Hebrew: תורם‎ m (torem), תורמת‎ f (toremet) Italian: donante (it) m Japanese: 寄贈者 (きぞうしゃ, kizōsha) Korean: 기부자 (gibuja), 기증자 (gijeungja) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: bexşîner (ku) n Latin: donator m Occitan: donador m, donaire m, balhaire m Persian: بخشنده‎ (fa) (baxŝanda(e)) Polish: darczyńca (pl), ofiarodawca (pl) m, dawca (pl) m Portuguese: doador (pt) Romanian: donator (ro) m Russian: же́ртвователь (ru) m (žértvovatelʹ), до́нор (ru) m (dónor) Serbo-Croatian: davalac (sh) m Spanish: donador m, donante (es) m or f Swedish: givare (sv) c, donator (sv) c Turkish: bağışçı (tr), donör (tr), verici (tr)

Anagrams

• Noord, rondo

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English donor, from Middle English donoure, from Old French doneur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.nɔr/

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• Hyphenation: do‧nor

Noun

donor m (plural donoren or donors)

1. A donor.

   Synonyms: donateur, gever, schenker

2. An organ donor.

   Synonym: orgaandonor

Derived terms

• bloeddonor
• donorbloed
• donorgeld
• donorhart
• donorland
• donornier
• donororgaan
• donormoeheid
• donorweefsel
• donorzaad
• eiceldonor
• gelddonor
• orgaandonor
• spermadonor
• zaaddonor

Related terms

• donateur
• donatie
• doneren

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Latin

Verb

dōnor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of dōnō

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Romanian

Etymology

From French donneur.

Noun

donor m (plural donori)

1. donor

Declension

Declension of donor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) donor	donorul	(niște) donori	donorii
genitive/dative	(unui) donor	donorului	(unor) donori	donorilor
vocative	donorule		donorilor