different between benefactor vs giver

English

Alternative forms

• benefactour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English benefactor, borrowed from Medieval Latin benefactor (“he who bestows a favor”), from Latin benefaci? (“benefit someone”), from bene (“good”) + faci? (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: b?n'?f?kt?r, IPA^(key): /?b?n??fækt?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?n??fakt?/
• Hyphenation: ben?e?fac?tor

Noun

benefactor (plural benefactors, feminine benefactress or benefactoress or benefactrix)

1. Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
2. Someone who performs good or noble deeds.

Related terms

• benefactive
• benefactress
• benefactrix
• beneficiary (near antonym)
• beneficent

Translations

Catalan

Alternative forms

• benfactor

Etymology

From Late Latin benefactor.

Noun

benefactor m (plural benefactors, feminine benefactora)

1. benefactor

Related terms

• malfactor, malefactor

Further reading

• “benefactor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “benefactor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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

Etymology

From benefaci? or benefactus +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /be.ne?fak.tor/, [b?n??fäkt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.ne?fak.tor/, [b?n??f?kt??r]

Noun

benefactor m (genitive benefact?ris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) benefactor; one who confers a favour

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Antonyms

• malefactor

Related terms

• benefactus

Descendants

References

• 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin benefactor, from Latin benefacio. Compare the inherited doublet bienhechor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benefa??to?/, [be.ne.fa???t?o?]
• Hyphenation: be?ne?fac?tor

Noun

benefactor m (plural benefactores, feminine benefactora, feminine plural benefactoras)

1. benefactor

Related terms

• bienfacer

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English gyffare, yevere, ?evere, ?yvere, equivalent to give +? -er. Cognate with German Geber (“donor”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?v?(r)

Noun

giver (plural givers)

1. One who gives; a donor or contributor.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:giver

Antonyms

• See Thesaurus:taker

Derived terms

• Indian giver

Translations

Anagrams

• Viger, virge

Danish

Etymology 1

From give (“to give”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???i???], [???i?w?]

Noun

giver c (singular definite giveren, plural indefinite givere)

1. giver
2. donor
3. dealer

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• gi'r (representing the spoken language)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???i???], (formal) IPA^(key): [???i???], [???iw??]

Verb

giver

1. present of give

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

giver m (definite singular giveren, indefinite plural givere, definite plural giverne)

1. a donor
2. a giver

Derived terms

• blodgiver
• långiver

See also

• givar (Nynorsk)
• gjevar (Nynorsk)

References

• “giver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

giver

1. present tense of giva. commonly contracted to ger, based on ge

Anagrams

• viger