donna

See also: Donna, dónna, dònna, and Dønna

English[edit]

WOTD – 23 November 2014

Etymology[edit]

From Italian donna.

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒn.ə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.nə/
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Noun[edit]

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[edit]

(lady): lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman

Coordinate terms[edit]

(lady): don

Translations[edit]

lady, madam, title given to a lady in Italy

Italian: donna (it) f

Swedish: donna (sv)

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

donna

(slang) woman

Declension[edit]

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
accusative	gen.	donnan	donnat
genitive		donnan	donnien donnain^rare
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[edit]

nadon

French[edit]

Verb[edit]

donna

third-person singular past historic of donner

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠə/

Adjective[edit]

donna

nominative and vocative and dative and strong genitive plural of donn

Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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