dona

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina. Compare Occitan dòna, French dame, Italian donna.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “dona” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “dona” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dona” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdona]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: do‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian donna.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• "dona, donna" in Věra Petráčková, Jiří Kraus et al. Akademický slovník cizích slov I. Academia, 1995, ISBN 80-200-0497-1, page 175.

Anagrams

• Dano

Etymology

From Latin domina. Compare Catalan dona, Italian donna, Romanian doamnă.

Noun

dona f

1. woman

Etymology

Variation of tonni, influenced by English ton, Swedish ton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdonɑ/, [ˈdo̞nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -onɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): do‧na

Noun

dona

1. (colloquial) Synonym of tonni (“thousand units of money, one grand”).

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdona/ [ˈd̪o.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: do‧na

Noun

dona f (plural donas)

1. female equivalent of dono
2. lady, mistress, noblewoman, gentlewoman (woman of breeding and authority)

   Synonyms: dama, señora

3. (formal) wife, married woman

   —A túa muller é unha lercha! —Miña dona é unha santa!

   —Your wife is telltale! —My lady is but a saint!

4. (formal) woman

   —Miñas donas e meus señores: ...

   —Ladies and gentlemen: ...

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “dona”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “dona”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dona”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dona”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dona”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

Analyzable as /don/ + /-a/ This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

dona (transitive)

1. to put, place aside, omit

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 330

Etymology

From Old Irish dona, from Proto-Celtic *dognawos. See sona.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/; /ˈd̪ˠɞnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠɞn̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌnˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠʌn̪ˠə/

Adjective

dona (comparative measa)

1. unfortunate, unlucky
2. bad, poor, wretched, ill

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dona”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dona”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 69

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.na/
• Rhymes: -ona
• Hyphenation: dó‧na

Verb

dona

1. inflection of donare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -ando, andò, onda

Noun

dōna

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dōnum

Verb

dōnā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dōnō

References

• "dona", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dognawos. See sona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdona/

Adjective

dona

1. bad, unfortunate

Mutation

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dona, from Late Latin domna, from Latin domina. Doublet of dama.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔnɐ
• Hyphenation: do‧na

Noun

dona f (plural donas)

1. feminine of dono
2. (colloquial, familiar) a title of address to an adult woman, especially a middle-aged one

   Oi, dona Ana! Como vão as coisas?

   Hi, Mrs. Ana! How are things going?

3. (colloquial, used mostly by young people) lady (adult female human, especially one old enough to be a mother)

   Synonym: senhora

   Ei, dona, a senhora poderia por favor tirar seu carro?

   Hey, lady, could you please move your car?

Etymology

Borrowed from French donner, from Latin donō.

Verb

a dona (third-person singular present donează, past participle donat) 1st conjugation

1. to donate (to give away something of value)