benefactor
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English
Alternative forms
- benefactour (obsolete)
Etymology
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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɛnəˌfaktə/
- (General American) enPR: bĕn'əfăktər, IPA(key): /ˈbɛnəˌfæktɚ/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: ben‧e‧fac‧tor
Noun
benefactor (plural benefactors)
Derived terms
Related terms
- benefactive
- benefactress
- benefactrix
- beneficiary (near antonym)
- beneficent
- benevolent
Translations
on who gives gifts or help
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Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin benefactōrem.
Pronunciation
Noun
benefactor m (plural benefactors, feminine benefactora)
Related terms
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, 2025
- “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 benefaciō or benefactus + -tor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /be.neˈfak.tor/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /be.neˈfak.tor/,
Noun
benefactor m (genitive benefactōris); third declension
- (Late Latin) benefactor; one who confers a favour
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | benefactor | benefactōrēs |
| genitive | benefactōris | benefactōrum |
| dative | benefactōrī | benefactōribus |
| accusative | benefactōrem | benefactōrēs |
| ablative | benefactōre | benefactōribus |
| vocative | benefactor | benefactōrēs |
Antonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- French: bienfaiteur
- Friulian: benfatôr
- Galician: benfeitor
- Italian: benefattore
- Norman: beinfaiteur
- Old Catalan: benfaytor
- Portuguese: benfeitor
- Romanian: binefăcător
- Sicilian: benifatturi
- Spanish: bienhechor
- Venetan: benefator
- → Catalan: benefactor
- → English: benefactor
- → Spanish: benefactor
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 benefaciō. Compare the inherited doublet bienhechor.
Pronunciation
Noun
benefactor m (plural benefactores, feminine benefactora, feminine plural benefactoras)
Related terms
Further reading
- “benefactor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10