donation

donation

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English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK), IPA^(key): /dəʊˈneɪʃən/
• (US) enPR: dōnā'shən, IPA^(key): /doʊˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

donation (plural donations)

1. 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 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:

     And some donation freely to estate
     On the bless'd lovers.

2. 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), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:

     After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.

Derived terms

• blood donation
• egg donation
• organ donation

 

Related terms

• donate

Translations

a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause

Albanian: dhurim (sq) Arabic: تَبَرَّع‎ m (tabarraʿ), هِبَة‎ (ar) f (hiba) Armenian: նվիրատվություն (hy) (nviratvutʿyun) Asturian: donación f Azerbaijani: bağışlama, ianə Bulgarian: даре́ние (bg) n (darénie), дар (bg) m (dar), подаря́ване n (podarjávane) Catalan: donació (ca) f, donatiu m Chinese: Mandarin: 捐贈／捐赠 (zh) (juānzèng) 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) 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) (dān) Hungarian: adomány (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) Malayalam: സംഭാവന (sambhāvana), ദാനം (ml) (dānaṃ) Marathi: दान (dān) Norwegian: Bokmål: donasjon m Nynorsk: donasjon m 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) Sanskrit: दक्षिणा (sa) f (dakṣiṇā), दान (sa) (dāna) Scottish Gaelic: tiodhlac m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: по̀клон m, дона́ција f Roman: pòklon (sh) m, donácija (sh) f 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) Ukrainian: поже́ртва (uk) f (požértva), поже́ртвування n (požértvuvannja), дар m (dar) Uyghur: iane Vietnamese: sự tặng (vi) Welsh: cyfraniad (cy) Yiddish: בײַשטײַער‎ (bayshtayer)

See also

• fundraising

Anagrams

• D'Antonio, Dantonio, nodation

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Danish

Noun

donation c (singular definite donationen, plural indefinite donationer)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Declension of donation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	donation	donationen	donationer	donationerne
genitive	donations	donationens	donationers	donationernes

Further reading

• “donation” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

From Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiōnem, accusative singular of dōnātiō.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

donation f (plural donations)

1. donation

Related terms

• don
• donner

Descendants

• → Romanian: donație

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

From Latin dōnātiōnem, accusative singular of dōnātiō.

Noun

donation f (plural donations)

1. donation

Descendants

• French: donation
  • → Romanian: donație
• → Middle English: donacion, donation
  • English: donation

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin dōnātiō, attested from 1620.[1]

Noun

donation c

1. donation

Declension

Declension of donation
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	donation	donationen	donationer	donationerna
Genitive	donations	donationens	donationers	donationernas

Related terms

• donera

References

1. donation in Svensk ordbok.