donnée

See also: Donnée

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French donnée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɒneɪ/

Noun

donnée (plural données)

1. A given; in a literary work, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story.
   • 1884, Henry James, The Art of Fiction:

     We must grant the artist his subject, his idea, what the French call his donnée; our criticism is applied only to what he makes of it.

   • 1911, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature (page 86)

     There is also some similarity between the general subject of both, which is that favourite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own.

   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     The donnée is from Boccaccio's Decameron, where a party of Florentine gentry flee to the countryside to escape the Black Death.

Anagrams

• neoned

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.ne/

• Audio:

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Verb

donnée

1. feminine singular of the past participle of donner

Noun

donnée f (plural données)

1. (chiefly in the plural) datum, (item of data)

Derived terms

• métadonnée

Further reading

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