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Donner
Donner
See also: donner
German
Etymology
From Old High German donar (akin to Old Saxon thunar and Icelandic þruma), from Proto-Germanic *þunraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂-. Compare Dutch donder, English thunder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɔnɐ]
Noun
Donner m (genitive Donners, plural Donner)
Declension
Declension of Donner
Derived terms
donner
donner
See also: Donner
English
Verb
donner (third-person singular simple present donners, present participle donnering, simple past and past participle donnered)
- (South Africa, slang) To beat up, clobber, thrash
- 2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex, Zebra Press (2005), ISBN 1770070931, page 167:
- They went into the pub and started a fight. One that was just bad enough for someone to call the boere. When the gattas arrived they got donnered for their trouble.
- 2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex, Zebra Press (2005), ISBN 1770070931, page 167:
References
French
Etymology
From Middle French donner, from Old French doner, from Latin dōnāre, present active infinitive of dōnō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔ.ne/
Verb
donner
- to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else.
- to donate
- (intransitive) To come across
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
- Finalement, ayant perdu l’esprit sans ressource, il vint à donner dans la plus étrange pensée dont jamais fou se fût avisé dans le monde.
- Finally, having lost his mind completely, he happened to come across the strangest thought in the world of which a crazy person ever conceived.
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Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of donner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | donner | avoir donné | |||||
| gerund | en donnant | en ayant donné | |||||
| present participle | donnant /dɔ.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | donné /dɔ.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | donne /dɔn/ |
donnes /dɔn/ |
donne /dɔn/ |
donnons /dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
donnez /dɔ.ne/ |
donnent /dɔn/ |
| imperfect | donnais /dɔ.nɛ/ |
donnais /dɔ.nɛ/ |
donnait /dɔ.nɛ/ |
donnions /dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
donniez /dɔ.nje/ |
donnaient /dɔ.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | donnai /dɔ.ne/ |
donnas /dɔ.na/ |
donna /dɔ.na/ |
donnâmes /dɔ.nam/ |
donnâtes /dɔ.nat/ |
donnèrent /dɔ.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | donnerai /dɔn.ʁe/ |
donneras /dɔn.ʁa/ |
donnera /dɔn.ʁa/ |
donnerons /dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
donnerez /dɔn.ʁe/ |
donneront /dɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | donnerais /dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
donnerais /dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
donnerait /dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
donnerions /dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
donneriez /dɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
donneraient /dɔn.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | donne /dɔn/ |
donnes /dɔn/ |
donne /dɔn/ |
donnions /dɔ.njɔ̃/ |
donniez /dɔ.nje/ |
donnent /dɔn/ |
| imperfect1 |
donnasse /dɔ.nas/ |
donnasses /dɔ.nas/ |
donnât /dɔ.na/ |
donnassions /dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
donnassiez /dɔ.na.sje/ |
donnassent /dɔ.nas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | donne /dɔn/ |
— | donnons /dɔ.nɔ̃/ |
donnez /dɔ.ne/ |
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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French doner, from Latin dōnō, dōnāre.
Verb
donner
- to give
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of donner
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | donner | avoir donné | |||||
| gerund | en donnant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | donnant | ||||||
| past participle | donné | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | donne | donnes | donne | donnons | donnez | donnent |
| imperfect | donnois, donnoys | donnois, donnoys | donnoit, donnoyt | donnions, donnyons | donniez, donnyez | donnoient, donnoyent | |
| past historic | donna | donnas | donna | donnasmes | donnastes | donnerent | |
| future | donnerai, donneray | donneras | donnera | donnerons | donnerez | donneront | |
| conditional | donnerois, donneroys | donnerois, donneroys | donneroit, donneroyt | donnerions, donneryons | donneriez, donneryez | donneroient, donneroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | donne | donnes | donne | donnons | donnez | donnent |
| imperfect | donnasse | donnasses | donnast | donnassions | donnassiez | donnassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | donne | — | donnons | donnez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: donner
Norman
Alternative forms
- dounnaïr (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French doner, from Latin dōnō, dōnāre (“give a present; bestow, grant”), from dōnum (“gift, present”).
Pronunciation
Verb
donner
- (Jersey) to give
- (Jersey, card games) to deal
Synonyms
Antonyms
- prendre (“to take”)
Derived terms
Terms derived from donner
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Scots
Verb
donner (third-person singular present donners, present participle donnerin, past donnert, past participle donnert)
- to stun, shock, stupefy
- 1879, Mrs. Finlay Cameron, The Auld Hoose: Glimpses of Scottish Life, The Edinburgh Publishing Company (1879), page 69:
- "Doited or no doited, it's a fact thae hae queer daein's aboot thae toons. I haena seen mony o' them; but as for Glasgow, it quite donnered me; and Edinburgh wasna muckle better. […]
- 1879, Mrs. Finlay Cameron, The Auld Hoose: Glimpses of Scottish Life, The Edinburgh Publishing Company (1879), page 69: