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語源

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”).

発音

• (General American) enPR: bĕn'əfăktər, IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnəˌfæktɚ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛnəˌfaktə/
• ハイフネーション: ben‧e‧fac‧tor

名詞

benefactor (複数形 benefactors, feminine benefactress または benefactoress または benefactrix)

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

関連する語

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

Latin

語源

From benefaciō or benefactus +‎ -tor.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /be.neˈfak.tor/, [bɛnɛˈfäkt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /be.neˈfak.tor/, [beneˈfäkt̪or]

名詞

benefactor m (genitive benefactōris); third declension

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

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

反意語

• malefactor

関連する語

• benefactus

派生した語

参照

• “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