"Donner" meaning in English

See Donner in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Donner.wav [US] Forms: Donder [alternative], Dunder [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɒnə(ɹ) Etymology: First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. Named from Dutch donder (“thunder”), and perhaps influenced by the German form Donner. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|donder||thunder}} Dutch donder (“thunder”), {{der|en|de|-}} German Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Donner
  1. The seventh reindeer of Santa Claus. Coordinate_terms (Santa Claus's reindeer): Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dancer, Dasher, Prancer, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Vixen Translations (reindeer of Santa Claus): (Léi) (Chinese Mandarin), Ukkonen (Finnish), Tonnerre [masculine] (French), Trono [masculine] (Galician), Βροντή (Vrontí) [feminine] (Greek), Tuono [masculine] (Italian), ドナー (Donā) (Japanese), Profesorek [masculine] (Polish), Trovão [masculine] (Portuguese), Trueno [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Donner-en-name-TgJeFoST Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Fictional characters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 85 15 Disambiguation of "Santa Claus's reindeer": 94 6 Disambiguation of 'reindeer of Santa Claus': 99 1
  2. A surname. Derived forms: donder and blitzen
    Sense id: en-Donner-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Christmas Disambiguation of Christmas: 0 0
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