donna

See also: Donna, dónna, dònna, and Dønna

English
WOTD – 23 November 2014

Etymology

From Italian donna.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒn.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.nə/
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Noun

donna (plural donnas)

  1. A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
    • 1837, Thomas Tod Stoddart, Angling reminiscences (page 65)
      What are the songs of Italy, sung as they are by the donnas of the scenic board, but a replication of squalls and quavers, infinitely more annoying than the gibberish of crones […]
    • 2005, Burton D. Fisher, Mozart's Don Giovanni, page 22
      In Don Giovanni's three female characters, the diverse spectrum of womanhood is rendered complete: the great opera seria character of the avenging Donna Anna, the sentimental and spurned Donna Elvira, and the crafty but sympathetic peasant girl Zerlina.

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Finnish

Noun

donna

  1. (slang) woman

Declension
Inflection of donna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative donna donnat
genitive donnan donnien
partitive donnaa donnia
illative donnaan donniin
singular plural
nominative donna donnat
accusative nom. donna donnat
gen. donnan
genitive donnan donnien
donnainrare
partitive donnaa donnia
inessive donnassa donnissa
elative donnasta donnista
illative donnaan donniin
adessive donnalla donnilla
ablative donnalta donnilta
allative donnalle donnille
essive donnana donnina
translative donnaksi donniksi
instructive — donnin
abessive donnatta donnitta
comitative — donnineen

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French

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Verb

donna

  1. third-person singular past historic of donner

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠə/

Adjective

donna

  1. nominative, vocative, dative, and strong genitive plural of donn

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
donna dhonna ndonna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“lady, mistress of an estate or household”), from dominus (“master”), from domus (“home”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔn.na/
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  • Hyphenation: dòn‧na

Noun

donna f (plural donne)

  1. woman
    Antonyms: ragazza, uomo
  2. (archaic) lady
    Synonyms: signora, dama
  3. wife
    Synonym: moglie
  4. (card games) queen
    Synonym: regina
  5. actress
    Synonym: attrice

See also
Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text)
re regina,
donna		 torre alfiere cavallo pedone
Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso due tre quattro cinque sei sette
otto nove dieci fante donna,
regina		 re jolly, joker,
matta

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Japanese

Romanization

donna

  1. Rōmaji transcription of どんな

Old French

Noun

donna

  1. (Anglo-Norman) lady
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