ONG

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ong"

English

Alternative forms

• ong

Adverb

ONG (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of on God.

   that was a great movie, ONG.

Adjective

ONG (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of orange (hair color).

References

• Codes for Fingerprint Cards

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.ɛn.ʒe/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

ONG f (plural ONGs)

1. initialism of organisation non gouvernementale = NGO (non-governmental organisation)

Italian

Noun

ONG f

1. initialism of organizzazione non governativa = NGO (non-governmental organisation)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõɡ/, /ˈõ.ɡi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõɡ/, /ˈõ.ɡi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈõɡ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ ˈɛ.nɨ ˈʒe/

Noun

ONG f (plural ONGs)

1. NGO:
   1. (Brazil) acronym of organização não-governamental
   2. (Portugal) initialism of organização não-governamental

Further reading

• “ONG”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ONG”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Acronym of organizație neguvernamentală.

Noun

ONG n (plural ONG-uri)

1. NGO

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ONG	ONG-ul		ONG-uri	ONG-urile
genitive-dative	ONG	ONG-ului		ONG-uri	ONG-urilor
vocative	ONG-ule			ONG-urilor

Spanish

Etymology

Initialism of organización no gubernamental.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o ˌene ˈxe/ [o ˌe.ne ˈxe]

Noun

ONG f (plural ONG)

1. NGO (non-governmental organisation)
   • 2022 June 30, Ángela Reyes Haczek, “Dejar el hogar y empezar el viaje: quiénes son los que migran a EE.UU. y por qué lo hacen”, in CNN en Español‎:

     De acuerdo a la ONG Ayuda en Acción, en Centroamérica una de cada dos mujeres migra “por miedo a perder la vida o a sufrir daños físicos y emocionales en sus comunidades de origen”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “ONG”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024