From Middle English contribucioun contribucion Old French contribution Latin contribūtiōnem contribūtiō Latin contribuēre surface analysis , contribute -ion
contribution (countable and uncountable plural contributions
Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
An amount of money given toward something.
The act of contributing .
The taking part, often with the idea that it has led to (scientific etc.) progress. something given or offered that adds to a larger whole
Afrikaans: bydrae (af)
Arabic: مُسَاهَمَة f ( musāhama )
Armenian: ներդրում (hy) ( nerdrum ) , օժանդակություն (hy) ( ōžandakutʻyun ) , աջակցություն (hy) ( aǰakcʻutʻyun ) , ավանդ (hy) ( avand )
Belarusian: унёсак m ( unjósak ) , укла́д m ( uklád )
Bulgarian: при́нос (bg) m ( prínos ) , уча́стие (bg) n ( učástie ) ( participation )
Catalan: contribució (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貢獻 / 贡献 (zh) ( gòngxiàn )
Crimean Tatar: isse
Czech: příspěvek (cs) m
Danish: bidrag n
Dutch: bijdrage (nl) f contributie (nl)
Esperanto: kontribuo
Estonian: panus
Finnish: myötävaikutus
French: contribution (fr) f
Galician: contribución (gl) f
Georgian: წვლილი ( c̣vlili )
German: Beitrag (de) m
Greek: εισφορά (el) f ( eisforá )
Ancient: εἰσφορά f ( eisphorá )
Hebrew: תְּרוּמָה (he) f ( truma )
Hindi: योगदान (hi) m ( yogdān )
Hungarian: hozzájárulás (hu)
Ido: kontributajo (io)
Indonesian: peran (id)
Italian: contributo (it) m
Japanese: 貢献 (ja) ( こうけん, kōken )
Korean: 기여(寄與) (ko) ( giyeo ) , 공헌(貢獻) (ko) ( gongheon )
Latin: stips f
Luxembourgish: Kontributioun f
Macedonian: придонес m ( pridones )
Malayalam: സംഭാവന ( sambhāvana )
Maori: whakapoha ( refers to food )
Navajo: akʼeʼeeshchínígíí
Nepali: योगदान ( yogadān )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bidrag n
Nynorsk: bidrag n
Persian: همکاری (fa) ( hamkâri )
Plautdietsch: Beschäarunk f Biedrach m
Polish: wkład (pl) m
Portuguese: contribuição (pt) f
Romanian: contribuție (ro) f
Russian: вклад (ru) m ( vklad ) , уча́стие (ru) n ( učástije ) ( participation )
Scots: contreibution
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: до̏принос m контрибу́ција f
Roman: dȍprinos (sh) m kontribúcija (sh) f
Slovak: príspevok m
Slovene: prispevek (sl) m
Spanish: contribución (es) f aporte (es) m cotización (es)
Swedish: bidrag (sv) n
Tagalog: ambag (tl) , tap-ong
Turkish: katkı (tr) , katılım payı
Ukrainian: вне́сок (uk) ( vnésok )
Welsh: cyfraniad (cy) m
Yiddish: בײַשטײַערונג f ( bayshtayerung )
an amount of money given toward something
Afrikaans: bydrae (af)
Armenian: մուծում (hy) ( mucum ) , վճար (hy) ( včar )
Belarusian: узно́с m ( uznós ) , ахвярава́нне n ( axvjaravánnje ) , нада́нне n ( nadánnje ) , фу́ндуш m ( fúnduš ) , унёсак m ( unjósak )
Bulgarian: при́нос (bg) m ( prínos ) , дан f ( dan ) , пожертвува́ние (bg) n ( požertvuvánie )
Catalan: contribució (ca) f
Czech: příspěvek (cs) m
Danish: bidrag
Dutch: bijdrage (nl) f financiële bijdrage f contributie (nl)
Finnish: tuki (fi) , avustus (fi)
French: contribution (fr) f contribution financière f
Galician: contribución (gl) f
Georgian: შენატანი ( šenaṭani ) , შეწირულობა ( šec̣iruloba ) , შესატანი ( šesaṭani ) , შენაწირი ( šenac̣iri ) , შესაწირი ( šesac̣iri )
German: Beitrag (de) m finanzieller Beitrag m
Greek: εισφορά (el) f ( eisforá )
Hebrew: ( an amount of money given for charity ) תרומה (he) f ( truma )
Hungarian: hozzájárulás (hu) , anyagi hozzájárulás adomány (hu) , pénzadomány (hu)
Ido: kontributajo (io)
Indonesian: kontribusi (id)
Irish: ranníocaíocht f
Latin: stips f
Malayalam: സംഭാവന ( sambhāvana )
Meänkieli: piitraaki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bidrag n
Nynorsk: bidrag n
Persian: همکاری (fa) ( hamkâri )
Polish: datek (pl) m
Portuguese: contribuição (pt) f doação (pt) f
Romanian: donație (ro) f
Russian: взнос (ru) m ( vznos ) , поже́ртвование (ru) n ( požértvovanije ) , дань (ru) f ( danʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: до̏принос m контрибу́ција f
Roman: dȍprinos (sh) m kontribúcija (sh) f
Spanish: contribución (es) f
Swedish: bidrag (sv) n
Ukrainian: вне́сок (uk) m ( vnésok ) , поже́ртвування n ( požértvuvannja ) , офірува́ння n ( ofiruvánnja ) , данина́ f ( danyná ) , дань f ( danʹ ) , поже́ртва (uk) ( požértva )
the act of contributing
Afrikaans: bydrae (af)
Arabic: مُسَاهَمَة f ( musāhama )
Armenian: ներդրում (hy) ( nerdrum )
Belarusian: унёсак m ( unjósak ) , укла́д m ( uklád )
Catalan: contribució (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貢獻 / 贡献 (zh) ( gòngxiàn )
Czech: přispění n
Danish: bidrag
Dutch: bijdrage (nl) f bijdragen (nl) n
Finnish: avustaminen (fi)
French: contribution (fr) f
Galician: contribución (gl) f
Georgian: წვლილი ( c̣vlili ) , კონტრიბუცია ( ḳonṭribucia )
German: Beitrag (de) f Beitragen n
Greek: συνεισφορά (el) f ( syneisforá )
Hebrew: תרומה (he) f ( truma )
Hungarian: hozzájárulás (hu) , közreműködés (hu)
Ido: kontributo (io)
Indonesian: kontribusi (id)
Italian: contribuzione (it)
Japanese: 貢献 (ja) ( こうけん, kōken )
Malay: sumbangan (ms)
Persian: همکاری (fa) ( hamkâri )
Polish: kontrybucja (pl) f wniesienie wkładu n
Portuguese: contribuição (pt) f
Romanian: contribuire contribuție (ro)
Russian: вклад (ru) m ( vklad )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: доприношење n
Roman: doprinošenje n
Spanish: contribución (es)
Tagalog: abuloy (tl) , ambag (tl) , kontribusyon
Ukrainian: вне́сок (uk) m ( vnésok )
Learned borrowing from Latin contribūtiōnem
contribution f plural contributions
contribution ( archaic ) levy or impost
1791 Constitution française, présentée au roi par l'Assemblée nationale, le 3 septembre 1791 [French constitution, presented to the King by the National Assembly on 3 September 1791 Pour l’entretien de la force publique, et pour les dépenses d’administration, une contribution commune est indispensable; elle doit être également répartie entre les citoyens, en raison de leurs facultés. For the maintenance of the public force, and for the expenses of the administration, a common contribution is indispensable; it must be equally distributed among the citizens, with regard to their faculties. 
