donna
English
WOTD – 23 November 2014
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.
- 1837, Thomas Tod Stoddart, Angling reminiscences (page 65)
Synonyms
- (lady): lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman
Coordinate terms
- (lady): don
Finnish
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 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 |
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠə/
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
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔn.na/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dòn‧na
Noun
donna f (plural donne)
Related terms
- donna di cuori
- donna di quadri
- donna di fiori
- donna di picche
- donnacchera
- donnaiuolo
- donnetta
- donnicciuola
- donnina
- donnesco
- gentildonna
- madonna
- prima donna
Old French
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