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Etymology
From MF. voluntaire (French: volontaire) noun use of adjective meaning voluntary. Adjective is from the noun.
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-volunteer.ogg|Audio (US)
Adjective
en-adj
- Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary
#* volunteer companies
#* volunteer fire brigade
#* volunteer advice
- context|Agriculture Growing spontaneously without being sow#Verb|sown.
Translations
trans-top|of or pertaining to volunteers
Finnish: vapaaehtoinen
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trans-top|growing spontaneously
Finnish: villi
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Japanese: èªçã® (jisÄ-no)
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Noun
en-noun
- One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will, especially when done without pay.
- context|Military One who enters into military service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
- rfv-sense A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made.
- context|Law A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
- context|Agriculture A volunteer plant.
Translations
trans-top|one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service
Croatian: t|hr|volonter|m, t|hr|dobrovoljac|m
Czech: dobrovolnÃk m
Finnish: vapaaehtoinen
German: t|de|Freiwilliger|m
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Japanese: ãã©ã³ãã£ã¢ (borantia)
Russian: добÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¾Ð»ÐµÑ (dobrovól'ec) m
Scottish Gaelic: neach-deònach m|f
Serbian: dobrovoljac m
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trans-top|a voluntary soldier
Croatian: t|hr|volonter|m, t|hr|dobrovoljac|m
Finnish: vapaaehtoinen
German: t|de|Freiwilliger|m
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Japanese: å¿é¡å
µ (shiganhÄ)
Russian: добÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¾Ð»ÐµÑ (dobrovól'ec) m, волонÑÑÑ (volont'ór) m
Serbian: dobrovoljac m
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trans-top|one who acts without legal onbligation
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Japanese: å¿é¡è
(shigansha)
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trans-top|a volunteer plant
Finnish: villikasvi
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Japanese: èªçæ¤ç© (jisÄ-shokubutsu)
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trans-top|Translations to be checked
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|Ù
تطÙع unicode|(muÊaÊáwwaÊ) m
ttbc|Chinese: å¿é¡è
, å¿æ¿è
(zhìyuà nzhÄ)
ttbc|Dutch: vrijwilliger m
ttbc|French: volontaire m, bénévole m
ttbc|Hebrew: ××ª× ×× (mitnÉdev) m, ××ª× ××ת (mitnÉdevet) f
ttbc|Italian: volontario m
ttbc|Korean: ì§ìì (jiweonja)
ttbc|Portuguese: voluntário m
ttbc|Spanish: voluntario m
ttbc|Swedish: frivillig
ttbc|Welsh: gwirfoddolwr (person); gwirfoddoli (v.)
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Verb
en-verb
- intransitive To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
- transitive To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
#* to volunteer for doing the dishes
#* to volunteer an explanation
Translations
trans-top|to enlist oneself as a volunteer
Finnish: ilmoittautua vapaaehtoinen|vapaaehtoiseksi
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Japanese: å¿é¡ãã (shigan-suru)
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trans-top|to do or offer to do something voluntarily
Finnish: ehdottaa, tarjota, tarjoutua
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Japanese: å¿é¡ãã (shigan-suru)
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