voluntar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English voluntary, French volontaire, Italian voluntà, Spanish voluntario, ultimately from Latin voluntās, from velle, present active infinitive of volō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Paronym to volar and volontario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vo.lun.ˈtar/, /vɔ.lun.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

voluntar (present tense voluntas, past tense voluntis, future tense voluntos, imperative voluntez, conditional voluntus)

1. (transitive) to be willing to; to have no objection to

   Me voluntas facar to.

   I'm willing to do that.

2. (intransitive, polite) to be so kind as, be pleased to

   Ka vu voluntas donar a me la salo.

   Would you be so kind as to pass me the salt.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of voluntar

		present		past		future
infinitive		voluntar		voluntir		voluntor
tense		voluntas		voluntis		voluntos
conditional		voluntus
imperative		voluntez
adjective active participle		voluntanta		voluntinta		voluntonta
adverbial active participle		voluntante		voluntinte		voluntonte
nominal active participle	singular	voluntanto		voluntinto		voluntonto
	plural	voluntanti		voluntinti		voluntonti
adjective passive participle		voluntata		voluntita		voluntota
adverbial passive participle		voluntate		voluntite		voluntote
nominal passive participle	singular	voluntato		voluntito		voluntoto
	plural	voluntati		voluntiti		voluntoti

Derived terms

• volunto (“willingness, goodwill”)
• volunta (“voluntary, willingly”)
• voluntala (“voluntary, willingly”)
• voluntanta (“voluntary, willingly”)
• voluntez (“please”)
• volunte (“gladly, readily, willingly”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French volontaire, from Latin voluntarius.

Adjective

voluntar m or n (feminine singular voluntară, masculine plural voluntari, feminine and neuter plural voluntare)

1. voluntary

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	voluntar		voluntară		voluntari	voluntare
	definite	voluntarul		voluntara		voluntarii	voluntarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	voluntar		voluntare		voluntari	voluntare
	definite	voluntarului		voluntarei		voluntarilor	voluntarelor

Noun

voluntar m (plural voluntari, feminine equivalent voluntară)

1. volunteer (one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	voluntar	voluntarul		voluntari	voluntarii
genitive-dative	voluntar	voluntarului		voluntari	voluntarilor
vocative	voluntarule			voluntarilor