donna

See also Donna, and dónna

English

Etymology

Italian donna

Noun

donna (plural donnas)

1. A lady; madam; mistress; 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 […]

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Finnish

Noun

donna

1. (slang) woman

Declension

Declension of donna (type koira) singular plural nominative donna donnat genitive donnan donnien donnain1 partitive donnaa donnia accusative donna donnan donnat 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 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• nadon

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French

Verb

donna

1. third-person singular past historic form of donner

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə], [ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠə]

Adjective

donna

1. Plural form of donn 'brown'.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin domina - lady, mistress of an estate or household

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈdɔnna]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: dòn‧na

Noun

donna f (plural donne)

1. (somewhat obsolete) lady
2. woman
3. wife
4. (card, chess) queen
5. actress

Synonyms

• signora, dama (1)
• moglie (3)
• regina (4)
• attrice (5)

Antonyms

• ragazza
• uomo

Related terms

• donnacchera
• donnaiuolo
• donnetta
• donnicciuola
• donnina
• donnesco
• gentildonna
• madonna

See also

• bambina
• femmina
• ragazza
• signora
• (chess pieces) pezzo degli scacchi; alfiere, cavallo, donna, pedone, re, torre ^{(Category: it:Chess)}

Anagrams

• danno, dannò

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Japanese

Romanization

donna

1. See どんな