donate

donate

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See also: Donate

English

Etymology

Circa 1845, back-formation from donation, chiefly in American English. Ultimately from Latin dōnāre (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dəʊˈneɪt/, /dəˈneɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊˌneɪt/, /doʊˈneɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

donate (third-person singular simple present donates, present participle donating, simple past and past participle donated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

   She donates 100 dollars to Red Cross every year.

   He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.

Derived terms

• donater
• donator
• donatress
• donatrix

Translations

to give away something of value

Albanian: dhuroj (sq) Arabic: تَبَرَّعَ‎ (tabarraʿa) Armenian: նվիրել (hy) (nvirel) Basque: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: дарявам (bg) (darjavam) Catalan: donar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 捐獻／捐献 (zh) (juānxiàn), 捐贈／捐赠 (zh) (juānzèng), 捐助 (zh) (juānzhù) Czech: věnovat (cs), darovat (cs) Danish: donere (da) Esperanto: donaci Estonian: kinkima (et) Finnish: lahjoittaa (fi) French: donner (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: spenden (de), stiften (de), schenken (de) Hebrew: תרם‎ (he) (tarám) Hindi: दान करना (dān karnā) Hungarian: adományoz (hu), adakozik (hu) Ido: donacar (io) Italian: donare (it) Japanese: 寄付する (ja) (きふする, kifu suru), 寄贈する (ja) (きぞうする, kizō suru) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Latgalian: pazīduot Latvian: ziedot Lithuanian: paaukoti, padovanoti Malay: derma Maori: takoha Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Polish: podarować (pl) pf Portuguese: doar (pt) Romanian: a dona (ro) Russian: дари́ть (ru) impf (darítʹ), подари́ть (ru) pf (podarítʹ), жа́ловать (ru) impf (žálovatʹ), пожа́ловать (ru) pf (požálovatʹ), же́ртвовать (ru) impf (žértvovatʹ), поже́ртвовать (ru) pf (požértvovatʹ), дава́ть (ru) impf (davátʹ), дать (ru) pf (datʹ) Spanish: donar (es) Swedish: skänka (sv), donera (sv) Thai: บริจาค (th) (bor-rí-jàark) Ukrainian: дарувати impf (daruvaty), подарувати pf (podaruvaty), жертвувати (uk) impf (žertvuvaty), пожертвувати pf (požertvuvaty), донатити (uk) (donatyty) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: rhoi (cy)

Anagrams

• Deaton, antode, atoned

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Esperanto

Adverb

donate

1. present adverbial passive participle of doni

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Italian

Verb

donate

1. inflection of donare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

donate f pl

1. feminine plural of donato

Anagrams

• datone, denota, detona, ondate

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Latin

Verb

dōnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dōnō