donation

English

Etymology

From Middle English donacion, donation, from Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiō (“a present”), from dōnō (“to give”), from dōnum (“a gift”). Recorded in English since the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK), IPA^(key): /dəʊˈneɪʃən/
• (US) enPR: dōnā'shən, IPA^(key): /doʊˈneɪʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

donation (plural donations)

1. A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

   They were collecting donations for the elderly at Christmas.

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     And some donation freely to estate
     On the bless'd lovers.

2. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:

     After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.

Derived terms

• blood donation
• e-donation
• egg donation
• organ donation

 

Related terms

• donate

Translations

a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause

• Afrikaans: donasie, skenking
• Albanian: dhurim (sq)
• Arabic: تَبَرَّع m (tabarraʕ), هِبَة (ar) f (hiba)
• Armenian: նվիրատվություն (hy) (nviratvutʿyun)
• Asturian: donación f
• Azerbaijani: bağışlama, ianə
• Belarusian: ахвярава́нне n (axvjaravánnje), дар m (dar)
• Bulgarian: даре́ние (bg) n (darénie), дар (bg) m (dar), подаря́ване n (podarjávane), дари́телство n (darítelstvo)
• Catalan: donació (ca) f, donatiu m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捐贈／捐赠 (zh) (juānzèng)

• Czech: dar (cs) m
• Danish: donation (da) c, gave (da) c, bidrag n
• Dutch: schenking (nl) f
• Esperanto: donaco
• Estonian: annetamine
• Finnish: lahja (fi), lahjoitus (fi)
• French: donation (fr) f, don (fr) m
• Galician: doazón (gl) f, donativo m, dádiva f
• Georgian: შენაწირი (šenac̣iri), შეწირულობა (šec̣iruloba), შეწირულება (šec̣iruleba)
• German: Spende (de) f, Abgabe (de) f
• Greek: δωρεά (el) f (doreá), συνεισφορά (el) f (syneisforá), εισφορά (el) f (eisforá)
• Hebrew: תרומה (he) f (truma)
• Hindi: दान (hi) (dān)
• Hungarian: adomány (hu), donáció (hu)
• Ido: donaco (io)
• Indonesian: sumbangan (id), donasi (id)
• Italian: donazione (it) f
• Japanese: 寄付 (ja) (きふ, kifu)
• Korean: 기부금(寄附金) (ko) (gibugeum)
• Latin: stips f, dōnātiō f, condonatio f
• Latvian: dāvana (lv)
• Lithuanian: dovana f
• Malayalam: സംഭാവന (sambhāvana), ദാനം (ml) (dānaṁ)
• Marathi: दान (dān)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: donasjon m

  Nynorsk: donasjon m

• Persian: دهش (fa) (daheš), داشن (fa) (dâšan)
• Plautdietsch: Gow f
• Polish: dar (pl) m, darowizna (pl) f, donacja (pl) f, datek (pl) m
• Portuguese: doação (pt) f
• Romanian: donație (ro) f
• Russian: поже́ртвование (ru) n (požértvovanije), дар (ru) m (dar), дона́т (ru) m (donát)
• Sanskrit: दक्षिणा (sa) f (dakṣiṇā), दान (sa) (dāna)
• Scottish Gaelic: tiodhlac m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀клон m, дона́ција f

  Roman: pòklon (sh) m, donácija (sh) f

• Slovak: date (sk) m, darowizna f
• Slovene: donacija f
• Spanish: donación (es) f, donativo m
• Swahili: mchango (sw)
• Swedish: donation (sv)
• Tamil: நன்கொடை (ta) (naṉkoṭai)
• Telugu: చందా (te) (candā), విరాళము (te) (virāḷamu)
• Turkish: bağişlama, bağış (tr)
• Ukrainian: поже́ртва (uk) f (požértva), поже́ртвування n (požértvuvannja), дар m (dar)
• Uyghur: iane
• Vietnamese: sự tặng (vi)
• Welsh: cyfraniad (cy)
• Yiddish: בײַשטײַער (bayshtayer)

See also

• fundraising

Anagrams

• D'Antonio, Dantonio, nodation

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [donaˈɕoˀn]

Noun

donation c (singular definite donationen, plural indefinite donationer)

1. donation

Declension

Declension of donation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	donation	donationen	donationer	donationerne
genitive	donations	donationens	donationers	donationernes

Further reading

• “donation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

donation f (plural donations)

1. donation

Related terms

• don
• donner

Descendants

• → Romanian: donație

Further reading

• “donation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin dōnātiōnem, accusative singular of dōnātiō.

Noun

donation f (plural donations)

1. donation

Descendants

• French: donation
  • → Romanian: donație
• → Middle English: donacion, donation
  • English: donation

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin dōnātiō, attested from 1620.

Noun

donation c

1. donation

Declension

Declension of donation
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	donation	donationen	donationer	donationerna
Genitive	donations	donationens	donationers	donationernas

Related terms

• donator
• donera

References

• donation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)