donna
See also: Donna, dónna, dònna, and Dønna
English
WOTD – 23 November 2014
Etymology
From Italian donna. Doublet of dame and domina.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒn.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.nə/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒnə, -ɑnə
Noun
donna (plural donnas)
- A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
- 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.
- Synonyms: lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman
- Coordinate term: don
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Related terms
- donna angelica
Translations
lady, madam, title given to a lady in Italy
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Anagrams
- Danno, Nando, nonad, nonda
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish donna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdonːɑ/, [ˈdo̞nːɑ]
- Rhymes: -onːɑ
- Syllabification(key): don‧na
Noun
donna
- (slang) woman
Declension
| Inflection of donna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | donna | donnat | |
| genitive | donnan | donnien | |
| partitive | donnaa | donnia | |
| illative | donnaan | donniin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | donna | donnat | |
| accusative | nom. | donna | donnat |
| gen. | donnan | ||
| genitive | donnan | donnien donnainrare | |
| partitive | donnaa | donnia | |
| inessive | donnassa | donnissa | |
| elative | donnasta | donnista | |
| illative | donnaan | donniin | |
| adessive | donnalla | donnilla | |
| ablative | donnalta | donnilta | |
| allative | donnalle | donnille | |
| essive | donnana | donnina | |
| translative | donnaksi | donniksi | |
| instructive | — | donnin | |
| abessive | donnatta | donnitta | |
| comitative | — | donnineen | |
| Possessive forms of donna (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | donnani | donnamme |
| 2nd person | donnasi | donnanne |
| 3rd person | donnansa | |
Anagrams
- nadon
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔ.na/
Audio (file)
Verb
donna
- third-person singular past historic of donner
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠə/
Adjective
donna
- nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of donn (“brown”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| donna | dhonna | ndonna |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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.
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, augmentative donnóna or donnóne m, pejorative donnàccia, derogatory donnàccola or donnùcola or donnàcchera, diminutive-derogatory donnùccia or donnicciòla)
- woman
- Antonyms: ragazza, uomo
- (archaic) lady
- Synonyms: signora, dama
- wife
- Synonym: moglie
- (card games) queen
- Synonym: regina
- actress
- Synonym: attrice
Related terms
- donnacchera
- donna di cuori
- donna di fiori
- donna di picche
- donna di quadri
- donnaiuolo
- donnesco
- donnetta
- donnicciuola
- donnina
- gentildonna
- madonna
- prima donna
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 |
- bambina
- femmina
- ragazza
- signora
Anagrams
- Nando, danno, dannò
Japanese
Romanization
donna
- Rōmaji transcription of どんな
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
donna f (definite singular donnaa, indefinite plural donnaer, definite plural donnaene)
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References
- “donna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Noun
donna ? (oblique plural donnas, nominative singular donna, nominative plural donnas)
- (Anglo-Norman) lady