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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

1. Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary

#* volunteer companies
#* volunteer fire brigade
#* volunteer advice

1. 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: ��� (jis�-no)
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Noun
en-noun

1. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will, especially when done without pay.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. context|Law A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
5. 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: dobrovolník m
Finnish: vapaaehtoinen
German: t|de|Freiwilliger|m
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Japanese: ������ (borantia)
Russian: доб�оволе� (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: ��� (shiganh�)
Russian: доб�оволе� (dobrovól'ec) m, волон��� (volont'ór) m
Serbian: dobrovoljac m
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trans-top|one who acts without legal onbligation
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Japanese: ��� (shigansha)
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trans-top|a volunteer plant
Finnish: villikasvi
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Japanese: ���� (jis�-shokubutsu)
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|�تط�ع unicode|(mu�a�áwwa�) m
ttbc|Chinese: ���, ��� (zhìyuànzh�)
ttbc|Dutch: vrijwilliger m
ttbc|French: volontaire m, bénévole m
ttbc|Hebrew: �תנ�� (mitn�dev) m, �תנ��ת (mitn�devet) f
ttbc|Italian: volontario m
ttbc|Korean: ��� (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

1. intransitive To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
2. 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: ���� (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: ���� (shigan-suru)
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References
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