donna

See also: Donna and dónna

English

Etymology

From Italian donna.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒn.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.nə/

Noun

donna (plural donnas)

1. 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): lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman

Coordinate terms

• (lady): don

Translations

lady, madam, title given to a lady in Italy

• Italian: donna (it) f

• Swedish: donna (sv)

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Finnish

Noun

donna

1. (slang) woman

Declension

Declension of donna (Kotus type 10/koira)

		singular	plural
nominative		donna	donnat
accusative	zero?	donna	donnat
	normal	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

Anagrams

• nadon

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French

Verb

donna

1. third-person singular past historic of donner

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə], [ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠə]

Adjective

donna

1. nominative / vocative / dative plural of donn
2. strong genitive plural of donn

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.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin domina (“lady, mistress of an estate or household”), from dominus (“master”), from domus (“home”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔnna]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: dòn‧na

Noun

donna f (plural donne)

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

Synonyms

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• 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. rōmaji reading of どんな