benefactor
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- benefactour (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English benefactor, borrowed from Medieval Latin benefactor (“he who bestows a favor”), from Latin benefaciō (“benefit someone”), from bene (“good”) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɛnəˌfaktə/
- (General American) enPR: bĕn'əfăktər, IPA(key): /ˈbɛnəˌfæktɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: ben‧e‧fac‧tor
Noun
[edit]benefactor (plural benefactors)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- benefactive
- benefactress
- benefactrix
- beneficiary (near antonym)
- beneficent
- benevolent
Translations
[edit]on who gives gifts or help
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Catalan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin benefactōrem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]benefactor m (plural benefactors, feminine benefactora)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “benefactor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “benefactor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “benefactor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “benefactor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From benefaciō or benefactus + -tor.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /be.neˈfak.tor/, [bɛnɛˈfäkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.neˈfak.tor/, [beneˈfäkt̪or]
Noun
[edit]benefactor m (genitive benefactōris); third declension
- (Late Latin) benefactor; one who confers a favour
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | benefactor | benefactōrēs |
Genitive | benefactōris | benefactōrum |
Dative | benefactōrī | benefactōribus |
Accusative | benefactōrem | benefactōrēs |
Ablative | benefactōre | benefactōribus |
Vocative | benefactor | benefactōrēs |
Antonyms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- French: bienfaiteur
- Friulian: benfatôr
- Galician: benfeitor
- Italian: benefattore
- Norman: beinfaiteur
- Old Catalan: benfaytor
- Portuguese: benfeitor
- Romanian: binefăcător
- Sicilian: benifatturi
- Spanish: bienhechor
- Venetian: benefator
- → Catalan: benefactor
- → English: benefactor
- → Spanish: benefactor
References
[edit]- “benefactor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- benefactor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin benefactor, from Latin benefaciō. Compare the inherited doublet bienhechor.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]benefactor m (plural benefactores, feminine benefactora, feminine plural benefactoras)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “benefactor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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