benefactor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnəˌfæktəː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈbɛnəˌfækthəː]
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈbɛnəˌfæktɚ/
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• Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈbɛnəˌfækthɚ] ~ [ˈbɛnəˌfækthɹ̩]
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• /ˈbɪ̟nəˌfæktɚ/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
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• [ˈbɪ̟nəˌfækthɚ] ~ [ˈbɪ̟nəˌfækthɹ̩] Southern US, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger
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• CMU ARPABET: B EH1 N AH0 F AE2 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: weldoener — on who gives gifts or help
• Arabic: مُتَبَرِّع (mutabarriʕ) — on who gives gifts or help
• Armenian: բարերար (barerar) — on who gives gifts or help
• Belarusian: дабрачы́нец (dabračýnjec) — on who gives gifts or help
• Belarusian: дабрачы́нка (dabračýnka) — on who gives gifts or help
• Belarusian: дабрадзе́й (dabradzjéj) — on who gives gifts or help
• Belarusian: дабрадзе́йка (dabradzjéjka) — on who gives gifts or help
• Bulgarian: благотвори́тел (blagotvorítel) — on who gives gifts or help
• Bulgarian: благотвори́телка (blagotvorítelka) — on who gives gifts or help
• Bulgarian: благоде́тел (blagodétel) — on who gives gifts or help
• Bulgarian: благоде́телка (blagodételka) — on who gives gifts or help
• Catalan: benefactor — on who gives gifts or help
• Chinese Mandarin: 恩人 (ēnrén) — on who gives gifts or help
• Coptic: ⲉⲩⲉⲣⲅⲉⲧⲏⲥ (euergetēs) — on who gives gifts or help
• Czech: dobrodinec — on who gives gifts or help
• Danish: velgører — on who gives gifts or help
• Dutch: weldoener — on who gives gifts or help
• Dutch: weldoenster — on who gives gifts or help
• Esperanto: bonfaranto — on who gives gifts or help
• Estonian: heategija — on who gives gifts or help
• Finnish: hyväntekijä — on who gives gifts or help
• Finnish: lahjoittaja — on who gives gifts or help
• French: bienfaiteur — on who gives gifts or help
• French: bienfaitrice — on who gives gifts or help
• Friulian: benfatôr — on who gives gifts or help
• German: Wohltäter — on who gives gifts or help
• German: Wohltäterin — on who gives gifts or help
• German: Benefaktor — on who gives gifts or help
• Greek: ευεργέτης (evergétis) — on who gives gifts or help
• Greek: δωρητής (doritís) — on who gives gifts or help
• Ancient Greek: εὐεργέτης (euergétēs) — on who gives gifts or help
• Hungarian: jótevő — on who gives gifts or help
• Ido: bonfacanto — on who gives gifts or help
• Italian: benefattore — on who gives gifts or help
• Italian: benefattrice — on who gives gifts or help
• Japanese: 恩人 (onjin) — on who gives gifts or help
• Khmer: អ្នកមានគុណ (ʼnɑɑkmiənkun) — on who gives gifts or help
• Korean: 은인 (eunin) — on who gives gifts or help
• Latin: benefactor — on who gives gifts or help
• Latvian: labdaris — on who gives gifts or help
• Lithuanian: geradarys — on who gives gifts or help
• Macedonian: добротвор (dobrotvor) — on who gives gifts or help
• Māori: kaitautoko — on who gives gifts or help
• Māori: kaioha — on who gives gifts or help
• Norman: beinfaiteur — on who gives gifts or help
• Norwegian Bokmål: velgjører — on who gives gifts or help
• Old English: wel-doend — on who gives gifts or help
• Persian: نیکوکار (nikukâr) — on who gives gifts or help
• Persian: کرفهگر (kerfe-gar) — on who gives gifts or help
• Polish: dobroczyńca — on who gives gifts or help
• Polish: ofiarodawca — on who gives gifts or help
• Polish: ofiarodawczyni — on who gives gifts or help
• Polish: benefaktor — on who gives gifts or help
• Polish: benefaktorka — on who gives gifts or help
• Portuguese: benfeitor — on who gives gifts or help
• Romanian: binefăcător — on who gives gifts or help
• Romanian: binefăcătoare — on who gives gifts or help
• Russian: благоде́тель (blagodételʹ) — on who gives gifts or help
• Russian: благоде́тельница (blagodételʹnica) — on who gives gifts or help
• Russian: благотвори́тель (blagotvorítelʹ) — on who gives gifts or help
• Russian: благотвори́тельница (blagotvorítelʹnica) — on who gives gifts or help
• Serbo-Croatian: dobročinac — on who gives gifts or help
• Serbo-Croatian: dobročinitelj — on who gives gifts or help
• Serbo-Croatian: dobročiniteljka — on who gives gifts or help
• Serbo-Croatian: dobročinilac — on who gives gifts or help
• Serbo-Croatian: dobrotvor — on who gives gifts or help
• Slovak: dobrodinec — on who gives gifts or help
• Slovene: dobrotnik — on who gives gifts or help
• Slovene: dobrotnica — on who gives gifts or help
• Spanish: bienhechor — on who gives gifts or help
• Spanish: benefactor — on who gives gifts or help
• Spanish: bienfechor — on who gives gifts or help
• Swedish: välgörare — on who gives gifts or help
• Thai: ผู้อุปถัมภ์ — on who gives gifts or help
• Thai: ผู้อุปการะ — on who gives gifts or help
• Tocharian B: kärtse-yāmi — on who gives gifts or help
• Tocharian B: tanāpate — on who gives gifts or help
• Turkish: hayırsever — on who gives gifts or help
• Ukrainian: благоді́йник (blahodíjnyk) — on who gives gifts or help
• Ukrainian: благоді́йниця (blahodíjnycja) — on who gives gifts or help
• Ukrainian: доброчи́нець (dobročýnecʹ) — on who gives gifts or help
• Ukrainian: доброді́йник (dobrodíjnyk) — on who gives gifts or help
• Ukrainian: доброді́йниця (dobrodíjnycja) — on who gives gifts or help
• Ukrainian: доброді́й (dobrodíj) — on who gives gifts or help
• Ukrainian: доброді́йка (dobrodíjka) — on who gives gifts or help
• Venetan: benefator — on who gives gifts or help
• Vietnamese: ân nhân — on who gives gifts or help
• Volapük: benodan — on who gives gifts or help
• Volapük: hibenodan — on who gives gifts or help
• Volapük: jibenodan — on who gives gifts or help
• Welsh: cymwynaswr — on who gives gifts or help
• Welsh: cymwynaswraig — on who gives gifts or help