doner

See also: Doner, döner, Döner, and dönər

English

Etymology 1

By ellipsis.

Alternative forms

• döner

Pronunciation

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

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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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌn.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌn.ɚ/

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

• done and doner

Etymology 4

See donor.

Noun

doner (plural doners)

1. Misspelling of donor.

Anagrams

• Drone, Roden, drone, nerdo, orned, redon, renod, ronde

Catalan

Etymology

From dona +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [duˈne]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [doˈne]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [doˈneɾ]

Adjective

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

1. womanizing

   Synonyms: faldiller, femeller

Noun

doner m (plural doners)

1. womanizer

Further reading

• “doner” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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.

    Conjugation of doner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		doner			avoir doné
gerund		en donant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		donant
past participle		doné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	doing, doins	dones	done	donons	donez	donent
	imperfect	donoie, doneie, donoe, doneve	donoies, doneies, donoes, doneves	donoit, doneit, donot, doneve	doniiens, doniens	doniiez, doniez	donoient, doneient, donoent, donevent
	preterite	donai	donas	dona	donames	donastes	donerent
	future	donrai, dorrai, dorai	donras, dorras, doras	donra, dorra, dora	donrons, dorrons, dorons	donroiz, donreiz, donrez, dorroiz, dorreiz, dorrez, doroiz, doreiz, dorez	donront, dorront, doront
	conditional	donroie, donreie, dorroie, dorreie, doroie, doreie	donroies, donreies, dorroies, dorreies, doroies, doreies	donroit, donreit, dorroit, dorreit, doroit, doreit	donriiens, donriens, dorriiens, dorriens, doriiens, doriens	donriiez, donriez, dorriiez, dorriez, doriiez, doriez	donroient, donreient, dorroient, dorreient, doroient, doreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	doigne, doinse	doignes, doinses	doigne, doint, dont, doinse, doinst	donons, doigniens, doignons, doinsiens, doinsons	donez, doigniez, doinsiez	doignent, doinsent
	imperfect	donasse	donasses	donast	donissons, donissiens	donissoiz, donissez, donissiez	donassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	done	—	donons	donez	—

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