# doer
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈduː.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈduː.ɚ/
* Rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
* Homophones: dewar, Dewar

### Noun

doer (plural doers)
* Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:doer
    Antonyms: (versus agent) doee; patient; (versus active person) idler; see also Thesaurus:idler
    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
### Anagrams

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

## Afrikaans

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### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

doer
* 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, 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: [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)
* (intransitive) to ache, hurt; to cause pain
* (pronominal) to take pity

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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: /ˈdoːər(ə)/

### Noun

doer (plural doers)
* doer, agent (someone who does, performs, or executes)
* offender (criminal who commits a specified crime)
* (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
* 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: /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(h)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(h)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /doˈe(ɾ)/, /duˈe(ɾ)/ [dʊˈe(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /doˈe(ʁ)/ [doˈe(χ)], /duˈe(ʁ)/ [dʊˈe(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwe(ʁ)/ [ˈdwe(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /doˈe(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdweɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdweɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈdwe.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: do‧er

### Verb

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

#### 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, 2008–2025
* “doer”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “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, 2003–2025
* “doer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “doer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* deler, deuer (imperative)

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈdoːɨ̯r/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈdɔi̯r/
* Rhymes: -oːɨ̯r
* Homophone: doir (South Wales)

### Verb

doer
* (literary) present subjunctive/imperative impersonal literary of dod

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.