Etymology
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Circa 1845, back-formation from donation, chiefly in American English. Ultimately from Latin dōnāre (“to give”).
Pronunciation
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donate (third-person singular simple present donates, present participle donating, simple past and past participle donated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
She donates 100 dollars to Red Cross every year.
He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.
Derived terms
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Translations
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to give away something of value
- Albanian: dhuroj (sq)
- Arabic: تَبَرَّعَ (tabarraʕa)
- Armenian: նվիրել (hy) (nvirel)
- Basque: eman
- Bulgarian: дарявам (bg) (darjavam)
- Catalan: donar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 捐獻／捐献 (zh) (juānxiàn), 捐贈／捐赠 (zh) (juānzèng), 捐助 (zh) (juānzhù)，抖内 (zh) (dǒunèi)
- Czech: věnovat (cs), darovat (cs)
- Danish: donere (da)
- Esperanto: donaci
- Estonian: kinkima (et)
- Finnish: lahjoittaa (fi)
- French: donner (fr), faire un don
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: spenden (de), stiften (de), schenken (de)
- Hebrew: תרם (he) (tarám)
- Hindi: दान करना (dān karnā)
- Hungarian: adományoz (hu), adakozik (hu)
- Ido: donacar (io)
- Italian: donare (it)
- Japanese: 寄付する (ja) (きふする, kifu suru), 寄贈する (ja) (きぞうする, kizō suru)
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Latgalian: pazīduot
- Latvian: ziedot
- Lithuanian: paaukoti, padovanoti
- Malay: derma
- Maori: takoha
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: podarować (pl) pf
- Portuguese: doar (pt)
- Romanian: a dona (ro)
- Russian: дари́ть (ru) impf (darítʹ), подари́ть (ru) pf (podarítʹ), жа́ловать (ru) impf (žálovatʹ), пожа́ловать (ru) pf (požálovatʹ), же́ртвовать (ru) impf (žértvovatʹ), поже́ртвовать (ru) pf (požértvovatʹ), дава́ть (ru) impf (davátʹ), дать (ru) pf (datʹ), дона́тить (ru) impf (donátitʹ) (neologism)
- Spanish: donar (es)
- Swedish: skänka (sv), donera (sv)
- Thai: บริจาค (th) (bor-rí-jàark)
- Ukrainian: дарувати impf (daruvaty), подарувати pf (podaruvaty), жертвувати (uk) impf (žertvuvaty), пожертвувати pf (požertvuvaty), донатити (uk) (donatyty)
- Vietnamese: quyên góp (vi)
- Welsh: rhoi (cy)
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Esperanto
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donate
- present adverbial passive participle of doni
