doer

See also: dóer and dör

English

Etymology

From Middle English doer, doar, doere, from Old English dōere (“a doer; worker”), equivalent to do +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈduː.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
• Homophones: dewar, Dewar

Noun

doer (plural doers)

1. Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:doer

   Coordinate term: be-er

   • 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:

     The doer and the thinker
     No allowance for the other.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 295:

     Though his name was closely linked to that of Physiocrats, he was less an armchair intellectual like Quesnay or the elder Mirabeau than a doer in the vein of Bertin and Trudaine [...].

   • 2008 March 25, Aleksandra Lojek-Magdziarz, The Guardian:

     In schools, submission, not curiosity, was a highly valued virtue. Thinkers were out, doers were in.

Derived terms

• doerless
• doership
• doer-upperer
• evildoer
• evil-doer
• ill-doer
• rightdoer
• welldoer
• wrongdoer

 

Translations

someone who does

• Aghwan: 𐔱𐔰𐔰𐔾 (baal)
• Arabic: فَاعِل m (fāʕil), فَاعِلَة f (fāʕila)
• Azerbaijani: edən
• Belarusian: выкана́ўца m (vykanáŭca), выкана́вец m (vykanávjec), дзе́яч m (dzjéjač), дзе́ячка f (dzjéjačka)
• Bulgarian: извърши́тел (bg) m (izvǎršítel), извърши́телка f (izvǎršítelka), де́ятел (bg) m (déjatel), де́ятелка f (déjatelka)
• French: faiseur (fr) m, faiseuse (fr) f
• Galician: facedor (gl) m
• German: Macher (de) m, Macherin (de) f
• Hindi: कर्ता (hi) m (kartā)
• Middle English: doer
• Portuguese: fazedor m, fazedora f
• Russian: исполни́тель (ru) m (ispolnítelʹ), исполни́тельница (ru) f (ispolnítelʹnica), де́ятель (ru) m (déjatelʹ), де́ятельница (ru) f (déjatelʹnica)
• Sanskrit: कर्तृ (sa) (kartṛ)
• Tocharian B: yāmätstse ?
• Turkish: eden (tr), fail (tr), yapan (tr)
• Udi: бал (bal)
• Ukrainian: викона́вець m (vykonávecʹ), викона́виця f (vykonávycja), дія́ч (uk) m (dijáč), дія́чка f (dijáčka)

Anagrams

• Dore, EDRO, Oder, dero, orde, redo, rode, roed

Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

doer

1. way over there; far away

   Hulle gesels daar doer. ― They're talking way over there.

   Doer, anderkant die berge! ― Far away, on the other side of the mountains!

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese doer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin dolēre, present active infinitive of doleō, from Proto-Italic *doleō (“hurt, cause pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti (“divide”), from *delh₁- (“cut”). Cognate with Portuguese doer and Spanish doler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doˈeɾ]

Verb

doer (first-person singular present doio, first-person singular preterite doín, past participle doído)
doer (first-person singular present doo, first-person singular preterite doim or doí, past participle doído, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to ache, hurt; to cause pain
2. (pronominal) to take pity

Conjugation

    Conjugation of doer (irregular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	doer
Personal	doer	doeres	doer	doermos	doerdes	doeren
Gerund
	doendo
Past participle
Masculine	doído			doídos
Feminine	doída			doídas
Indicative
Present	doio	does	doe	doemos	doedes	doen
Imperfect	doía	doías	doía	doïamos	doïades	doían
Preterite	doín	doíches	doeu	doemos	doestes	doeron
Pluperfect	doera	doeras	doera	doeramos	doerades	doeran
Future	doerei	doerás	doerá	doeremos	doeredes	doerán
Conditional	doería	doerías	doería	doeriamos	doeriades	doerían
Subjunctive
Present	doia	doias	doia	doiamos	doiades	doian
Imperfect	doese	doeses	doese	doésemos	doésedes	doesen
Future	doer	doeres	doer	doermos	doerdes	doeren
Imperative
Affirmative		doe	doia	doiamos	doede	doian
Negative (non)		non doias	non doia	non doiamos	non doiades	non doian

    Reintegrated conjugation of doer (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	doer
Personal	doer	doeres	doer	doermos	doerdes	doerem
Gerund
	doendo
Past participle
Masculine	doído			doídos
Feminine	doída			doídas
Indicative
Present	doo, doio1	dóis	dói	doemos	doedes, doeis	doem
Imperfect	doía	doías	doía	doíamos	doíades, doíeis, doíais1	doíam
Preterite	doim, doí	doeste, doeche1	doeu	doemos	doestes	doêrom, doeram
Pluperfect	doera	doeras	doera	doêramos	doêrades, doêreis, doêrais1	doeram
Future	doerei	doerás	doerá	doeremos	doeredes, doereis	doerám, doerão
Conditional	doeria	doerias	doeria	doeríamos	doeríades, doeríeis, doeríais1	doeriam
Subjunctive
Present	doa, doia1	doas, doias1	doa, doia1	doamos, doiamos1	doades, doais, doiades1	doam, doiam1
Imperfect	doesse	doesses	doesse	doêssemos	doêssedes, doêsseis	doessem
Future	doer	doeres	doer	doermos	doerdes	doerem
Imperative
Affirmative		dói	doa, doia1	doamos, doiamos1	doede, doei	doam, doiam1
Negative (nom)		nom doas, nom doias1	nom doa, nom doia1	nom doamos, nom doiamos1	nom doades, nom doais, nom doiades1	nom doam, nom doiam1

¹Less recommended.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “doer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “doer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “doer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “doer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “doer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• doere, doar

Etymology

From don +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːər(ə)/

Noun

doer (plural doers)

1. doer, agent (someone who does, performs, or executes)
2. offender (criminal who commits a specified crime)
3. (rare) cause, reason

Derived terms

• yvel doer

Descendants

• English: doer

References

• “dọ̄er(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• do

Noun

doer m or n

1. indefinite plural of do

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese doer, from Latin dolēre, from Proto-Italic *doleō (“hurt, cause pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti (“divide”), from *delh₁- (“cut”). Cognate with Galician doer and Spanish doler.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(h)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(h)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /doˈe(ɾ)/, /duˈe(ɾ)/ [dʊˈe(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(χ)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈe(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdweɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdweɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdwe.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: do‧er

Verb

doer (third-person only, third-person singular present dói, third-person singular preterite doeu, past participle doído)

1. (intransitive) to hurt (be painful)

   Minha perna doía tanto que eu não conseguia andar. ― My leg was hurting so much that I couldn’t walk.

   Injeções doem. ― Injections hurt.

2. (transitive, figurative) to hurt; to pain (cause emotional pain)

   Dói-me ver o sofrimento dessas pessoas. ― It pains me to see these people’s suffering.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of doer (irregular; third-person only) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	doer
Personal	—	—	doer	—	—	doerem
Gerund
	doendo
Past participle
Masculine	doído			doídos
Feminine	doída			doídas
Indicative
Present	—	—	dói	—	—	doem
Imperfect	—	—	doía	—	—	doíam
Preterite	—	—	doeu	—	—	doeram
Pluperfect	—	—	doera	—	—	doeram
Future	—	—	doerá	—	—	doerão
Conditional	—	—	doeria	—	—	doeriam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	doa	—	—	doam
Imperfect	—	—	doesse	—	—	doessem
Future	—	—	doer	—	—	doerem
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	—	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Derived terms

• de doer

Related terms

• adoecer
• doente
• dolorido
• doloroso
• dor
• dorido
• indolor

 

Further reading

• “doer”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “doer”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “doer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “doer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “doer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “doer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Welsh

Alternative forms

• deler, deuer (imperative)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdoːɨ̯r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔi̯r/
• Rhymes: -oːɨ̯r
• Homophone: doir (South Wales)

Verb

doer

1. (literary) present subjunctive/imperative impersonal literary of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
doer	ddoer	noer	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.