doner

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See also: Doner, döner, Döner, and dönər

English

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Etymology 1

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By ellipsis.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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doner (plural doners)

  1. doner kebab

Etymology 2

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From done +‎ -er. Compare goner.

Noun

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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

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From done +‎ -er (comparative suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Etymology 4

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See donor.

Noun

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doner (plural doners)

  1. Misspelling of donor.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From dona +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. womanizing
    Synonyms: faldiller, femeller

Noun

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doner m (plural doners)

  1. womanizer

Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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dōner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dōnō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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doner

  1. imperative of donere

Old French

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Alternative forms

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  • duner
  • dunner

Etymology

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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

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doner

  1. to give

Conjugation

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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

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

References

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