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donna

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See also: Donna, dónna, dònna, and Dønna

English

WOTD – 23 November 2013, 23 November 2014

Etymology

From Italian donna. Doublet of dame and domina.

Pronunciation

Noun

donna (plural donnas)

  1. A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
    Synonyms: lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman
    Coordinate term: don
    • 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

Etymology

From Swedish donna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdonːɑ/, [ˈdo̞nːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -onːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): don‧na
  • Hyphenation(key): don‧na

Noun

donna (slang)

  1. woman

Declension

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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

donna

  1. third-person singular past historic of donner

Irish

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

donna

  1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of donn (“brown”)

Mutation

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔn.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔnna
  • Hyphenation: dòn‧na

Noun

donna f (plural donne, diminutive (sometimes derogatory or endearing) donnétta; donnìna or donnìno m (also, “house-husband”), augmentative donnóna or donnóne m, pejorative donnàccia (“bad-tempered woman or woman of bad habits”), derogatory donnàccola (“common womman; gossip”) or donnùcola (“poor woman in bad conditions”) or donnàcchera (“filthy or cowardly woman”), diminutive-derogatory donnùccia or donnicciòla (also, “weak or gossipy man”))

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

Descendants

  • → English: donna
  • → Swedish: donna

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

donna f (definite singular donnaa, indefinite plural donnaer, definite plural donnaene)

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Old French

Noun

donna oblique singular, ? (oblique plural donnas, nominative singular donna, nominative plural donnas)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) lady

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • ronna (rhoticized)

Etymology

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“lady, mistress of an estate or household”), from dominus (“master”), from domus (“home”). Cognate with Italian donna, French dame, Portuguese dona, Spanish donna and dueña.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔn.na/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɾɔn.na/ (rhoticized)
  • Hyphenation: dòn‧na

Noun

donna f (plural donni)

  1. (honorific) A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership; a mistress
    Synonyms: gna, massara, mastra, matruna
  2. (card games) queen
    Synonym: fìmmina
  3. (archaic, noble title) lady
    Synonyms: signura, madama, marchisa
  4. (non common) woman
    Synonym: fìmmina
    Antonym: omu
  5. (non common, by extension) wife
    Synonym: mugghieri

Coordinate terms

  • (masculine form) don

Derived terms

  • donna di coppi
  • donna di dinari
  • donna di mazzi
  • donna di oru
  • donna di spati
  • donna di vastuna
  • madonna
  • prima donna
  • Cavadonna
  • Donnafugata
  • Donnalucata
  • Mànniri-donni

Descendants

  • → Italian: donna (regional)

See also

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian donna. Attested since 1841.

Noun

donna c

  1. (colloquial, often ironic or somewhat derogatory) a (younger) woman
    Nisse kom på besök med sin nya donna
    Nisse dropped by with his new girlfriend
  2. a donna

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

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Yilan Creole

Etymology

Derived from Japanese どんな (“like what?”)

Pronoun

donna

  1. (~ no) what kind of...; what is ... like
  2. how
    Synonyms: donnasite, donnate, donnnani

References

  • Chien Yuehchen (2023), “Yilan Creole”, in Handbook of Formosan Languages Online: The Indigenous Languages of Taiwan‎, number 44, →ISSN
  • 真田信治 [Shinji Sanada] (2015), “宜蘭クレオールにおけるsound substitutionについて [On the sound substitution of Yilan Creole]”, in 奈良大学紀要 [Memoirs of Nara University]‎ (in Japanese), number 43
  • Chien Yuehchen (2019), “日本語を上層とする 宜蘭クレオールの指示詞”, in 社会言語科学 [The Japanese Journal of Language in Society]‎, volume 21, number 2, pages 50-65
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