donna
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
donna (plural donnas)
- A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
- Synonyms: lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman
- Coordinate term: don
- 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.
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Translations
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
donna (slang)
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. | ||
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Further reading
- “donna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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Pronunciation
Verb
donna
- third-person singular past historic of donner
Pronunciation
Adjective
donna
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| donna | dhonna | ndonna |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Etymology
From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“lady, mistress of an estate or household”), from dominus (“master”), from domus (“home”). Doublet of dama. Cognate with Sicilian donna.
Pronunciation
Noun
donna f (plural donne, diminutive (sometimes derogatory or endearing) donnétta; donnìna or donnìno m (also, “house-husband”), augmentative donnóna or donnóne m, pejorative donnàccia (“bad-tempered woman or woman of bad habits”), derogatory donnàccola (“common womman; gossip”) or donnùcola (“poor woman in bad conditions”) or donnàcchera (“filthy or cowardly woman”), diminutive-derogatory donnùccia or donnicciòla (also, “weak or gossipy man”))
- woman
- (archaic) lady
- wife
- Synonym: moglie
- (card games) queen
- Synonym: regina
- actress
- Synonym: attrice
Related terms
- donna di cuori
- donna di fiori
- donna di picche
- donna di quadri
- donnacchera
- donnaiuolo
- donnesco
- donnetta
- donnicciuola
- donnina
- gentildonna
- madonna
- prima donna
Descendants
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
Romanization
donna
Noun
donna f (definite singular donnaa, indefinite plural donnaer, definite plural donnaene)
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References
- “donna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Noun
donna oblique singular, ? (oblique plural donnas, nominative singular donna, nominative plural donnas)
Alternative forms
- ronna (rhoticized)
Etymology
From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“lady, mistress of an estate or household”), from dominus (“master”), from domus (“home”). Cognate with Italian donna, French dame, Portuguese dona, Spanish donna and dueña.
Pronunciation
Noun
donna f (plural donni)
- (honorific) A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership; a mistress
- (card games) queen
- Synonym: fìmmina
- (archaic, noble title) lady
- Synonyms: signura, madama, marchisa
- (non common) woman
- (non common, by extension) wife
- Synonym: mugghieri
Coordinate terms
- (masculine form) don
Derived terms
- donna di coppi
- donna di dinari
- donna di mazzi
- donna di oru
- donna di spati
- donna di spati
- donna di vastuna
- madonna
- prima donna
Related terms
- Cavadonna
- Donnafugata
- Donnalucata
- Mànniri-donni
Descendants
- → Italian: donna (regional)
See also
- picciriḍḍa
- fìmmina
- carusa
- signura
Etymology
Noun
donna c
- (colloquial, often ironic or somewhat derogatory) a (younger) woman
- Nisse kom på besök med sin nya donna
- Nisse dropped by with his new girlfriend
- a donna
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | donna | donnas |
| definite | donnan | donnans | |
| plural | indefinite | donnor | donnors |
| definite | donnorna | donnornas | |
Declension of donna
References
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