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/
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Noun

donor (plural donors)

One who makes a donation.
The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.

The hospital is seeking an organ donor.
(chemistry) A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.
a carbonyl donor molecule

Derived terms

Derived terms

Related terms

donee

Translations

one who donates

Catalan: donador m, donadora f, donant (ca) m, f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 捐贈者 (zh), 捐赠者 (zh) (juānzèngzhě)
Czech: dárce (cs) m
Dutch: schenker (nl) c
Esperanto: donanto
Finnish: lahjoittaja (fi)
French: donateur (fr) m
Galician: doador m, doadora f, doante m, f
German: Schenker (de) m
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)
Persian: بخشنده‎‎ (fa) (baxŝanda(e))
Polish: darczyńca (pl)
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, f
Swedish: givare (sv) c, donator (sv) c

Anagrams

Noord, rondo

Latin

Verb

dōnor

first-person singular present passive indicative of dōnō

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