"donor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdoʊnɚ/ [General-American], /ˈdəʊnə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-donor.ogg Forms: donors [plural]
Rhymes: (General American) -oʊnəɹ, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊnə, -əʊnə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|donoure}} Middle English donoure, {{der|en|xno|donour}} Anglo-Norman donour, {{der|en|fro|doneur}} Old French doneur, {{cog|fr|donneur}} French donneur Head templates: {{en-noun}} donor (plural donors)
  1. One who makes a donation. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who donates): مُتَبَرِّع (mutabarriʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), дари́тел (darítel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), donador [masculine] (Catalan), donadora [feminine] (Catalan), donant [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 捐贈者 (Chinese Mandarin), 捐赠者 (juānzèngzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), dárce [masculine] (Czech), schenker [masculine] (Dutch), donor [masculine] (Dutch), donanto (Esperanto), lahjoittaja (Finnish), donateur [masculine] (French), donneur [feminine] (French), doador [masculine] (Galician), doadora [feminine] (Galician), doante [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Spender [masculine] (German), Spenderin [feminine] (German), תורם (torem) [masculine] (Hebrew), תורמת (toremet) [feminine] (Hebrew), بَخْشَنْدِه (baxšande) (Iranian Persian), donante [masculine] (Italian), 寄贈者 (kizōsha) (alt: きぞうしゃ) (Japanese), 기부자 (gibuja) (alt: 寄附者) (Korean), 기증자 (gijeungja) (alt: 寄贈者) (Korean), donator [masculine] (Latin), ദായകൻ (dāyakaṉ) [masculine] (Malayalam), ദാതാവ് (dātāvŭ) (Malayalam), bexşîner [neuter] (Northern Kurdish), donador [masculine] (Occitan), donaire [masculine] (Occitan), balhaire [masculine] (Occitan), darczyńca (Polish), ofiarodawca [masculine] (Polish), dawca [masculine] (Polish), doador (Portuguese), donator [masculine] (Romanian), же́ртвователь (žértvovatelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), до́нор (dónor) [masculine] (Russian), дона́тор (donátor) [masculine] (Russian), да́валац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dávalac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), donador [masculine] (Spanish), donante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), givare [common-gender] (Swedish), donator [common-gender] (Swedish), bağışçı (Turkish), donör (Turkish), verici (Turkish), до́нор (dónor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), до́норка (dónorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), жертвода́вець (žertvodávecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-donor-en-noun--B94v09e Disambiguation of People: 40 18 41 Disambiguation of 'one who donates': 54 24 21
  2. An object, typically broken beyond repair, that is used for spare parts. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-donor-en-noun-CQZsAeOa Disambiguation of People: 40 18 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 54 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 55 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 6 22 52 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 24 53 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 20 55 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 55 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 54 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 30 46 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 56 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 21 58 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 54 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 57 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 23 54 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 24 54 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 58 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 58 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 54 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 21 58 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 21 58 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 52 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 21 62 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 23 56 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 27 51 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 53 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 26 52 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 54 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 58 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 28 50 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 58 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 54 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 54 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 54 24
  3. (chemistry) A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor. Categories (topical): Chemistry, People
    Sense id: en-donor-en-noun-bA1nXx~- Disambiguation of People: 40 18 41 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: donater [person], donator [person], donour [obsolete] Related terms: donee

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "dāyakaṉ",
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          "word": "ദായകൻ"
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          "sense": "one who donates",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who donates",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "one who donates",
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          "roman": "žértvovatelʹ",
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          "roman": "dónor",
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          "roman": "donátor",
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          "sense": "one who donates",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one who donates",
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          "roman": "žertvodávecʹ",
          "sense": "one who donates",
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balhaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "baxšande",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "word": "بَخْشَنْدِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "word": "darczyńca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ofiarodawca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dawca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "word": "doador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žértvovatelʹ",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "же́ртвователь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dónor",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́нор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "donátor",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дона́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "да́валац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dávalac"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "givare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "donator"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "word": "bağışçı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "word": "donör"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "word": "verici"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dónor",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "до́нор"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dónorka",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́норка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "žertvodávecʹ",
      "sense": "one who donates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "жертвода́вець"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "donor"
  ],
  "word": "donor"
}

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