-dor
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin -tōrem, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.
Pronunciation edit
(after continuants, except [ɫ⁓l] and /ʎ/)
(elsewhere)
Suffix edit
-dor m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dors, feminine -dora)
- forms agent nouns and adjectives from verbs; the vowel of the infinitive is kept, i.e. -ador, -edor, -idor
- forms agent nouns from another noun associated with the action
Derived terms edit
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Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin -tōrem, accusative of -tor, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.
Suffix edit
-dor m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dores, feminine -dora, feminine plural -doras)
Suffix edit
-dor (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -dora, masculine plural -dores, feminine plural -doras)
Derived terms edit
From
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Further reading edit
- “-dor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse -dórr, from Þórr. Cognate with Faroese -dórur, and Icelandic -dór.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-dor m (definite -doren)
- Thor (used in male given names)
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese -dor, from Latin -tōrem (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-dor m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dores, feminine -dora or -triz, feminine plural -doras or -trizes)
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.
Suffix edit
-dor m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dores, feminine -dora, feminine plural -doras)
-dor (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -dora, masculine plural -dores, feminine plural -doras)
- -er, -or forms nouns (usually agent nouns) and adjectives from verbs
- abrir (“open”) + -dor → abridor (“opener”)
- contaminar (“pollute”) + -dor → contaminador (“polluter”)
- coordinar (“coordinate”) + -dor → coordinador (“coordinator”)
- maltratar (“beat / abuse / batter”) + -dor → maltratador (“beater / abuser / batterer”)
- forms derivatives of other nouns
Usage notes edit
- 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).
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “-dor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Uzbek edit
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Cyrillic | -дор (-dor) |
Latin | -dor |
Perso-Arabic | ـدار |
Etymology edit
Inherited from Chagatai ـدار, from Persian ـدار (-dâr).
Suffix edit
-dor