-dor

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dor"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -tōrem, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

Pronunciation

(after continuants, except [ɫ⁓l] and /ʎ/)

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈ-ðo/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈ-ðoɾ/

(elsewhere)

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈ-do/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈ-doɾ/

Suffix

-dor m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dors, feminine -dora)

1. forms agent nouns and adjectives from verbs; the vowel of the infinitive is kept, i.e. -ador, -edor, -idor
2. forms agent nouns from another noun associated with the action

   ‎llenya (“firewood”) + ‎-dor → ‎llenyador (“wood cutter”)

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -dor

Related terms

• -triu

See also

• -er

Galician

Etymology

From Latin -tōrem, accusative of -tor, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

Suffix

-dor m (plural -dores, feminine -dora, feminine plural -doras)

1. forms agent nouns from verbs; -er, -or

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -dor

Further reading

• “-dor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du(ː)r/, /du/

Etymology

From Old Norse -dórr, from Þórr. Cognate with Faroese -dórur, and Icelandic -dór.

Prefiks

-dor m (definite -doren)

1. Thor (used in male given names)

Related terms

• Arndor
• Eidor
• Guddor, Gudor
• Halldor
• Idor
• Ingdor
• Kjelldor
• Maldor
• Mandor
• Sandor
• Tor

 

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -dor, from Latin -tōrem (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʁ/ [ˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʁ/ [ˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʁ/ [ˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdoɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ

Suffix

-dor m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dores, feminine -dora or -triz, feminine plural -doras or -trizes)

1. forms agent nouns from verbs; -er, -or

   ‎matar (“to kill”) + ‎-dor → ‎matador (“killer”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -dor

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -ador, -edor, -idor

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

Suffix

-dor m (plural -dores, feminine -dora, feminine plural -doras) (noun)
-dor (feminine -dora, masculine plural -dores, feminine plural -doras) (adjective)

1. -er, -or Forms nouns (usually agent nouns) and adjectives from verbs. The vowel before the suffix depends on the conjugation of the verb to which the suffix is added: -ar verbs use -ador (-adora), -er verbs use -edor (-edora), and -ir verbs use -idor (-idora).

   ‎abrir (“open”) + ‎-dor → ‎abridor (“opener”)

   ‎contaminar (“pollute”) + ‎-dor → ‎contaminador (“polluter”)

   ‎coordinar (“coordinate”) + ‎-dor → ‎coordinador (“coordinator”)

   ‎maltratar (“beat / abuse / batter”) + ‎-dor → ‎maltratador (“beater / abuser / batterer”)

2. Forms derivatives of other nouns.

   ‎leña (“firewood”) + ‎-dor → ‎leñador (“wood cutter”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -dor

Further reading

• “-dor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic	-дор (-dor)‍
Latin	-dor‍
Perso-Arabic	ـدار‎

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai ـدار‎, from Persian ـدار‎ (-dâr).

Suffix

-dor

1. having, possessing, holding

   ‎hukm + ‎-dor → ‎hukmdor

Derived terms

Uzbek terms suffixed with -dor