Etymology
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From Middle English contribucioun, contribucion, from Old French contribution, from Latin contribūtiōnem, contribūtiō, from Latin contribuēre.
Pronunciation
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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.
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Translations
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something given or offered that adds to a larger whole
- Afrikaans: bydrae (af)
- Arabic: مُسَاهَمَة f (musāhama)
- Armenian: ներդրում (hy) (nerdrum), օժանդակություն (hy) (ōžandakutʿyun), աջակցություն (hy) (aǰakcʿutʿyun), 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)
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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)
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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)
- Danish: bidrag
- Czech: přispění n
- 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)
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Etymology
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Learned borrowing from Latin contribūtiōnem.
Pronunciation
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contribution f (plural contributions)
- contribution
- (archaic) contribution: levy or impost
1791, National Constituent Assembly, 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], Dijon: Imprimerie de P. Causse, page 4: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.
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