doner
/ˈdoʊ.nɚ/noun, adjective
doner is a noun meaning “Doner kebab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-O-N-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 7 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of doner is döners or doners.
What does doner mean?
noun
- 1
Doner kebab.
- 2
Goner; someone who is done for.
adjective
- 1
comparative form of done: more done
noun
- 1
Alternative form of doner (“doner kebab”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce doner?
- UK /ˈdɒn.ə/
- US /ˈdoʊ.nɚ/
As an adjective: /ˈdʌn.ə/, /ˈdʌn.ɚ/.
Doner has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-doner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of doner
- döners plural
- doners plural
- döner
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is doner?
Doner appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does doner come from?
Ellipsis of doner kebab.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).