contribution

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Etymology

From Middle English contribucioun, contribucion, from Old French contribution, from Latin contribūtiōnem, contribūtiō, from Latin contribuēre. By surface analysis, contribute +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑntɹɪˈbjuʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒntɹɪˈbjuːʃən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːʃən
• Hyphenation: con‧tri‧bu‧tion

Noun

contribution (countable and uncountable, plural contributions)

1. Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
   • 2019 June 2, Joscelyn Duffy, “The Power of Perspective Taking”, in Pyschology Today‎:

     Whether we believe in the power of our daily rituals or hold a powerful world-shifting viewpoint, acknowledging and respecting the perspectives of others is the tool that fuels the depth, value, and meaning of our contribution to and relationships with them.

2. An amount of money given toward something.

   He made a contribution of $100 for the victims of the flood.

3. The act of contributing.
4. The taking part, often with the idea that it has led to (scientific etc.) progress.

Derived terms

• contributional
• contribution base
• cuntribution
• defined contribution
• defined contributions
• goal contribution
• microcontribution
• noncontribution
• overcontribution
• recontribution

Translations

something given or offered that adds to a larger whole

Afrikaans: bydrae (af) Arabic: مُسَاهَمَة f (musāhama) Armenian: ներդրում (hy) (nerdrum), օժանդակություն (hy) (ōžandakutʻyun), աջակցություն (hy) (aǰakcʻutʻyun), ավանդ (hy) (avand) Belarusian: унёсак m (unjósak), укла́д m (uklád) Bulgarian: при́нос (bg) m (prínos), уча́стие (bg) n (učástie) (participation) Catalan: contribució (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 貢獻 / 贡献 (zh) (gòngxiàn) Crimean Tatar: isse Czech: příspěvek (cs) m Danish: bidrag n Dutch: bijdrage (nl) f, contributie (nl) Esperanto: kontribuo Estonian: panus Finnish: myötävaikutus French: contribution (fr) f Galician: contribución (gl) f Georgian: წვლილი (c̣vlili) German: Beitrag (de) m Greek: εισφορά (el) f (eisforá) Ancient: εἰσφορά f (eisphorá) Hebrew: תְּרוּמָה (he) f (truma) Hindi: योगदान (hi) m (yogdān) Hungarian: hozzájárulás (hu) Ido: kontributajo (io) Indonesian: kontribusi (id), peranan (id) Italian: contributo (it) m Japanese: 貢献 (ja) (こうけん, kōken) Korean: 기여(寄與) (ko) (giyeo), 공헌(貢獻) (ko) (gongheon) Latin: stips f Luxembourgish: Kontributioun f Macedonian: придонес m (pridones) Malayalam: സംഭാവന (sambhāvana) Maori: whakapoha (refers to food) Navajo: akʼeʼeeshchínígíí Nepali: योगदान (yogadān) Norwegian: Bokmål: bidrag n Nynorsk: bidrag n Persian: همکاری (fa) (hamkâri) Plautdietsch: Beschäarunk f, Biedrach m Polish: wkład (pl) m Portuguese: contribuição (pt) f Romanian: contribuție (ro) f Russian: вклад (ru) m (vklad), уча́стие (ru) n (učástije) (participation) Scots: contreibution Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: до̏принос m, контрибу́ција f Roman: dȍprinos (sh) m, kontribúcija (sh) f Slovak: príspevok m Slovene: prispevek (sl) m Spanish: contribución (es) f, aporte (es) m, cotización (es) Swedish: bidrag (sv) n Tagalog: ambag (tl), tap-ong Turkish: katkı (tr), katılım payı Ukrainian: вне́сок (uk) (vnésok) Welsh: cyfraniad (cy) m Yiddish: בײַשטײַערונג f (bayshtayerung)

an amount of money given toward something

Afrikaans: bydrae (af) Armenian: մուծում (hy) (mucum), վճար (hy) (včar) Belarusian: узно́с m (uznós), ахвярава́нне n (axvjaravánnje), нада́нне n (nadánnje), фу́ндуш m (fúnduš), унёсак m (unjósak) Bulgarian: при́нос (bg) m (prínos), дан (bg) f (dan), пожертвува́ние (bg) n (požertvuvánie) Catalan: contribució (ca) f Czech: příspěvek (cs) m Danish: bidrag Dutch: bijdrage (nl) f, financiële bijdrage f, contributie (nl) Finnish: tuki (fi), avustus (fi) French: contribution (fr) f, contribution financière f Galician: contribución (gl) f Georgian: შენატანი (šenaṭani), შეწირულობა (šec̣iruloba), შესატანი (šesaṭani), შენაწირი (šenac̣iri), შესაწირი (šesac̣iri) German: Beitrag (de) m, finanzieller Beitrag m Greek: εισφορά (el) f (eisforá) Hebrew: (an amount of money given for charity) תרומה (he) f (truma) Hungarian: hozzájárulás (hu), anyagi hozzájárulás, adomány (hu), pénzadomány (hu) Ido: kontributajo (io) Indonesian: iuran (id), sumbangan (id) Irish: ranníocaíocht f Latin: stips f Malayalam: സംഭാവന (sambhāvana) Meänkieli: piitraaki Norwegian: Bokmål: bidrag n Nynorsk: bidrag n Persian: همکاری (fa) (hamkâri) Polish: datek (pl) m Portuguese: contribuição (pt) f, doação (pt) f Romanian: donație (ro) f Russian: взнос (ru) m (vznos), поже́ртвование (ru) n (požértvovanije), дань (ru) f (danʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: до̏принос m, контрибу́ција f Roman: dȍprinos (sh) m, kontribúcija (sh) f Spanish: contribución (es) f Swedish: bidrag (sv) n Ukrainian: вне́сок (uk) m (vnésok), поже́ртвування n (požértvuvannja), офірува́ння n (ofiruvánnja), данина́ f (danyná), дань f (danʹ), поже́ртва (uk) (požértva)

the act of contributing

Afrikaans: bydrae (af) Arabic: مُسَاهَمَة f (musāhama) Armenian: ներդրում (hy) (nerdrum) Azerbaijani: töhfə (az) Belarusian: унёсак m (unjósak), укла́д m (uklád) Catalan: contribució (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 貢獻 / 贡献 (zh) (gòngxiàn) Czech: přispění n Danish: bidrag Dutch: bijdrage (nl) f, bijdragen (nl) n Finnish: avustaminen (fi) French: contribution (fr) f Galician: contribución (gl) f Georgian: წვლილი (c̣vlili), კონტრიბუცია (ḳonṭribucia) German: Beitrag (de) f, Beitragen n Greek: συνεισφορά (el) f (syneisforá) Hebrew: תרומה (he) f (truma) Hungarian: hozzájárulás (hu), közreműködés (hu) Ido: kontributo (io) Indonesian: sumbangsih (id) Italian: contribuzione (it) Japanese: 貢献 (ja) (こうけん, kōken) Malay: sumbangan (ms) Persian: همکاری (fa) (hamkâri) Polish: kontrybucja (pl) f, wniesienie wkładu n Portuguese: contribuição (pt) f Romanian: contribuire, contribuție (ro) Russian: вклад (ru) m (vklad) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: доприношење n Roman: doprinošenje n Spanish: contribución (es) Tagalog: abuloy (tl), ambag (tl), kontribusyon Ukrainian: вне́сок (uk) m (vnésok)

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contribūtiō. By surface analysis, contribuer +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

contribution f (plural contributions)

1. contribution
2. (archaic) contribution: levy or impost
   • 1791, National Constituent Assembly, Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 4:

     Pour l'entretien de la force publique, et pour les dépenses d'administration, une contribution commune est indispensable; elle doit être également répartie entre les citoyens, en raison de leurs facultés.

     For the maintenance of the public force, and for the expenses of the administration, a common contribution is indispensable; it must be equally distributed among the citizens, with regard to their faculties.

Derived terms

• mettre à contribution

Further reading

• “contribution”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.