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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Middle English donacion , donation , from Middle French donation , from Latin dōnātiō ("a present"), from dōnō ("to give"), from dōnum ("a gift"). Recorded in English since the 15th century. Equivalent to donate + -ion .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]donation (plural donations )
- A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
- They were collecting donations for the elderly at Christmas.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, "The Tempest", in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [...] (First Folio), London: [...] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
- And some donation freely to estate
On the bless'd lovers.
- The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
- After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.
Derived terms
[edit ]Related terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
- Afrikaans: donasie , skenking
- Albanian: dhurim (sq)
- Arabic: تَبَرُّع m (tabarruʕ), هِبَة (ar) f (hiba)
- Armenian: նվիրատվություն (hy) (nviratvutʻyun)
- Asturian: donación f
- Azerbaijani: bağışlama , ianə
- Belarusian: ахвярава́нне n (axvjaravánnje), дар m (dar)
- Bulgarian: дарение (bg) n (darenie), дар (bg) m (dar), подаря́ване n (podarjávane), дари́телство n (darítelstvo)
- Catalan: donació (ca) f, donatiu m
- Chinese:
- Czech: dar (cs) m
- Danish: donation (da) c, gave (da) c, bidrag n
- Dutch: schenking (nl) f
- Esperanto: donaco
- Estonian: annetamine
- Finnish: lahja (fi) , lahjoitus (fi)
- French: donation (fr) f, don (fr) m
- Galician: doazón (gl) f, donativo m, dádiva f
- Georgian: შენაწირი (šenac̣iri), შეწირულობა (šec̣iruloba), შეწირულება (šec̣iruleba), დონაცია (donacia) (proscribed)
- German: Spende (de) f, Abgabe (de) f
- Greek: δωρεά (el) f (doreá), συνεισφορά (el) f (syneisforá), εισφορά (el) f (eisforá)
- Hebrew: תרומה (he) f (truma)
- Hindi: दान (hi) m (dān)
- Hungarian: adomány (hu) , donáció (hu)
- Ido: donaco (io)
- Indonesian: sumbangan (id) , donasi (id)
- Italian: donazione (it) f
- Japanese: 寄付 (ja) (きふ, kifu)
- Korean: 기부금(寄附金) (ko) (gibugeum)
- Latin: stips f, dōnātiō f, condonatio f
- Latvian: dāvana (lv)
- Leonese:
- Old Leonese: donaçión
- Lithuanian: dovana f
- Malay: sumbangan (ms) , derma (ms)
- Malayalam: സംഭാവന (sambhāvana), ദാനം (ml) (dānaṁ)
- Marathi: दान (dān)
- Norwegian:
- Persian: دهش (fa) (daheš), داشن (fa) (dâšan)
- Plautdietsch: Gow f
- Polish: dar (pl) m, darowizna (pl) f, donacja (pl) f, datek (pl) m
- Portuguese: doação (pt) f
- Romanian: donație (ro) f
- Russian: поже́ртвование (ru) n (požértvovanije), дар (ru) m (dar), дона́т (ru) m (donát)
- Sanskrit: दक्षिणा (sa) f (dakṣiṇā), दान (sa) (dāna)
- Scottish Gaelic: tiodhlac m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: date (sk) m, darowizna f
- Slovene: donacija f
- Spanish: donación (es) f, donativo m
- Swahili: mchango (sw)
- Swedish: donation (sv)
- Tamil: நன்கொடை (ta) (naṉkoṭai)
- Telugu: చందా (te) (candā), విరాళము (te) (virāḷamu)
- Turkish: bağişlama , bağış (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: هبه (hibe)
- Ukrainian: поже́ртва (uk) f (požértva), поже́ртвування n (požértvuvannja), дар (uk) m (dar)
- Uyghur: iane
- Vietnamese: sự tặng (vi)
- Welsh: cyfraniad (cy)
- Yiddish: בײַשטײַער (bayshtayer)
See also
[edit ]Anagrams
[edit ]Danish
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]donation c (singular definite donationen , plural indefinite donationer )
Declension
[edit ]| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | donation | donationen | donationer | donationerne |
| genitive | donations | donationens | donationers | donationernes |
Further reading
[edit ]French
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Middle French donation , from Latin dōnātiōnem .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]donation f (plural donations )
Related terms
[edit ]Descendants
[edit ]- → Romanian: donație
Further reading
[edit ]- "donation", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle French
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Latin dōnātiōnem , accusative singular of dōnātiō .
Noun
[edit ]donation f (plural donations )
Descendants
[edit ]Swedish
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Latin dōnātiō , attested from 1620.[1]
Noun
[edit ]donation c
- donation (act or instance of donating)
Declension
[edit ]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | donation | donations |
| definite | donationen | donationens | |
| plural | indefinite | donationer | donationers |
| definite | donationerna | donationernas |
Derived terms
[edit ]Related terms
[edit ]References
[edit ]- "donation", in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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