donor
Syllables: do·norUK/ˈdəʊnə//ˈdoʊnɚ/
donor noun: one who makes a donation.
Noun
donor (plural donors)
- One who makes a donation.
- The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.
- The hospital is seeking an organ donor.
- An object, typically broken beyond repair, that is used for spare parts.
- You'll need to lengthen the plug for the fan switch and swap its connector for that of the donor.2004, Aaron Bonk, Honda Engine Swaps, CarTech, →ISBN, page 41
- A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.
- a carbonyl donor molecule
donor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
donor in Hindi
- one who donates
- दानी dānī, दाता dātā
donor in Tamil
- குருதிக் கொடையாளர், கொடையாளி, கொடையாளி கொடையளிப்பவர், அளிப்பான், வழங்கி, கொடை அணு
donor in Marathi
- दाता, देणगीदार
donor in Urdu
- بخشنے والا, دینے والا
More languagesFewer languages
- donor in Bengali
- দাতা
- donor in Malayalam
- ദായകൻ dāyakaṉ, ദാതാവ് dātāvŭ
- donor in Kannada
- ದಾನಿ, ದಾತ, ವಂತಿಗೆದಾರ, ವೀರ್ಯ
- donor in Punjabi
- ਦਾਨੀ, ਦਾਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ, ਦਾਨ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ
- donor in Gujarati
- દાતા, દાન આપનાર
- donor in Odia
- ଦାତା, ଦାନକାରୀ
- donor in Sanskrit
- त्यागिन् tyāgin, दानपति dānapati
- donor in Nepali
- दाता, दानदाता, दानकर्ता
- donor in Arabic
- مُتَبَرِّع mutabarriʕ
- donor in Indonesian
- donor
Examples of donor in a sentence
- An anonymous donor has provided us with a lovely new Torah.
- I was impregnated at a clinic but don't know who the sperm donor is.
- The flood victims received an eleemosynous shipment of supplies from donors in nearby towns.
Synonyms of donor
Forms of donor
| plural | donors |
|---|---|
| alternative form | donour |
Origin of donor
From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur).
Words formed from donor
- ambassadonor
- blood donor
- dibling
- donator
- donor card
- donor class
- donorcycle
- donoress
- donor fatigue
- donorless
- donor offspring
- donorship
- donor-specific antibody
- electron donor
- interdonor
- living donor
- megadonor
- Michael donor
- multidonor
- necrodonor
- nondonor
- organ donor
- phosphodonor
- sperm donor
- straw donor
- superdonor
- universal donor
Phrases with donor
Words that rhyme with donor
Questions about donor
- What does donor mean?
- Donor means one who makes a donation.
- What is donor in Hindi?
- Donor in Hindi is दानी (dānī), दाता (dātā). See Donor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is donor?
- Donor is a noun.
- How do you pronounce donor?
- Donor is pronounced /ˈdəʊnə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of donor?
- The plural of donor is donors.
Words near donor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: donor (page history and authors); donor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); donor (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); donor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); donor (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); त्यागिन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); donor (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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