donna
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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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
- 1837, Thomas Tod Stoddart, Angling reminiscences (page 65)
Translations
lady, madam, title given to a lady in Italy
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
donna
Declension
Inflection of donna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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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 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 | ||
abessive | donnatta | donnitta | ||
instructive | — | donnin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
donna
- third-person singular past historic of donner
Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective
donna
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
donna f (plural donne)
- woman
- (archaic) lady
- wife
- Synonym: moglie
- (card games) queen
- Synonym: regina
- actress
- Synonym: attrice
Related terms
See also
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re | regina, donna |
torre | alfiere | cavallo | pedone |
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asso | due | tre | quattro | cinque | sei | sette |
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otto | nove | dieci | fante | donna, regina |
re | jolly, joker, matta |
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
donna
Old French
Noun
donna oblique singular, ? (oblique plural donnas, nominative singular donna, nominative plural donnas)
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