-dor

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

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈðoɾ]

(elsewhere)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdoɾ]

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

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”)

• -triu

• -er

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾ/ [ˈd̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: -dor

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

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

-dor (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -dora, masculine plural -dores, feminine plural -doras)

1. -y, -ous, -ing, -ive; forms adjectives indicating habitually performing the specified verb

   ‎durmir (“to sleep”) + ‎-dor → ‎durmidor (“sleepy”)

   ‎encantar (“to enchant”) + ‎-dor → ‎encantador (“charming”)

   ‎falar (“to talk”) + ‎-dor → ‎falador (“talkative”)

• “-dor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /du(ː)r/, /du/

-dor m (definite -doren)

1. Thor (used in male given names)

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

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

-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”)

• -ador, -edor, -idor

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoɾ/ [ˈd̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: -dor

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

1. -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”)

2. forms derivatives of other nouns

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

• 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).

• “-dor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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

-dor

1. having, possessing, holding

   ‎hukm + ‎-dor → ‎hukmdor