doner

See also: Doner, döner, Döner, and dönər

English

Etymology 1

By ellipsis.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒn.ə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdoʊ.nɚ/
  • (file)

Noun

doner (plural doners)

  1. doner kebab

Etymology 2

From done + -er. Compare goner.

Noun

doner

  1. (Dublin slang) Goner; someone who is done for.
    • 1922 (1984), James Joyce, Ulysses, page 86:
      One whiff of that and you're a doner.

Etymology 3

From done + -er (comparative suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

doner

  1. (humorous, dialect) comparative form of done: more done
    • 1999 March 10, “WHAT'S THE BEEF ?”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch:
      With these cuts we generally recommend cooking no doner than medium-rare for a juicier product
    • 2007 June 3, “Suddenly, the field is level”, in Austin American-Statesman:
      Doner than a flank steak at a West Texas truck stop. Doner than Michael Vick's chances at next year's NFL citizenship award
    • 2008, Porochista Khakpour, Sons and Other Flammable Objects, page 228:
      they feared sounding stupid even to themselves out loud—and besides, the conversation was doner than done to them

See also

Etymology 4

See donor.

Noun

doner (plural doners)

  1. Misspelling of donor.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From dona + -er.

Pronunciation

Adjective

doner (feminine donera, masculine plural doners, feminine plural doneres)

  1. womanizing
    Synonyms: faldiller, femeller

Noun

doner m (plural doners)

  1. womanizer

Further reading

Latin

Verb

dōner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dōnō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

doner

  1. imperative of donere

Old French

Alternative forms

  • duner
  • dunner

Etymology

From Latin donāre, present active infinitive of dōnō. Forms in -ing and -gn- are from *dōneō, second conjugation variant of dōnō, while the formation of future stem is caused by syncopation from infinitive suffix common in strong verbs (laier, lerra). Compare Old Occitan donar.

Verb

doner

  1. to give

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

  • Middle French: donner
    • French: donner
      • Romanian: dona
    • Dutch: doneren
  • Norman: douner
  • Picard: donner
  • Walloon: dner, diner

References

  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 153
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