donator

English

Alternative forms

• donatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English donatour, from Latin dōnātor and Old French; equivalent to donate +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

donator (plural donators)

1. (rare) Donor, one who donates.

Usage notes

Most commonly used in legal documents.

Synonyms

• donater
• donor

Related terms

• donatress
• donatrix

Translations

one who donates

• Danish: donator c
• Dutch: schenker (nl) m, donateur (nl) m, begunstiger (nl) m, begiftiger m
• French: donateur (fr) m, donatrice (fr) f
• German: Spender (de) m
• Hebrew: תורם m (torém)
• Italian: donatore (it) m, donatrice f
• Malay: pederma
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: donator (no) m

  Nynorsk: donator m

• Swedish: donator (sv)

Anagrams

• odorant, tandoor, tornado

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dōnātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪oˈnat̪ɔr]
• Hyphenation: do‧na‧tor

Noun

donator (plural)

1. Alternative spelling of donatur (“donor”).

Interlingua

Noun

donator (plural donatores)

1. donor, donator

Latin

Verb

dōnātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dōnō

References

• “donator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• donator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• donator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dōnātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈna.tɔr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: do‧na‧tor

Noun

donator m pers (female equivalent donatorka)

1. donor

   Synonyms: ofiarodawca, dawca, darczyńca, dobroczyńca, fundator

Declension

Declension of donator

	singular	plural
nominative	donator	donatorzy/donatorowie
genitive	donatora	donatorów
dative	donatorowi	donatorom
accusative	donatora	donatorów
instrumental	donatorem	donatorami
locative	donatorze	donatorach
vocative	donatorze	donatorzy/donatorowie

Further reading

• donator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• donator in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French donateur. Equivalent to dona +‎ -tor.

Noun

donator m (plural donatori)

1. donor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	donator	donatorul		donatori	donatorii
genitive-dative	donator	donatorului		donatori	donatorilor
vocative	donatorule			donatorilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǒnaːtor/
• Hyphenation: do‧na‧tor

Noun

dònātor m (Cyrillic spelling до̀на̄тор)

1. donor, donator

Declension

Declension of donator

	singular	plural
nominative	donator	donatori
genitive	donatora	donatora
dative	donatoru	donatorima
accusative	donatora	donatore
vocative	donatore	donatori
locative	donatoru	donatorima
instrumental	donatorom	donatorima

Swedish

Noun

donator c

1. a donor
2. (chemistry) a donor

Declension

Declension of donator

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	donator	donators
	definite	donatorn	donatorns
plural	indefinite	donatorer	donatorers
	definite	donatorerna	donatorernas

Derived terms

• organdonator
• spermadonator
• äggdonator

Related terms

• donation
• donera

References

• donator in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• donator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• donator in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)