doner

By ellipsis.

• döner

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

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

doner (plural doners)

1. doner kebab

From done +‎ -er. Compare goner.

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.

From done +‎ -er (comparative suffix).

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

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

• done and doner

See donor.

doner (plural doners)

1. Misspelling of donor.

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

From dona +‎ -er.

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

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

1. womanizing

   Synonyms: faldiller, femeller

doner m (plural doners)

1. womanizer

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

dōner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dōnō

doner

1. imperative of donere

• duner
• dunner

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.

doner

1. to give

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.

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

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