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Complete Definition of "donation"

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English

Pronunciation
dōn-ā'shən, IPA|/dəʊˈneɪʃən/, /<tt>d@U"neIS@n</tt>/

Etymology
From MF. #French|donation, from L. donatio#Latin|dōnātiō (a presenting), from donare#Latin|dōnāre (to give), from donum#Latin|dōnum (a gift). Used in English since the 15th century.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause

Translations
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Albanian: dhurim
Arabic: ARchar|التبرّع
Azerbaijani: bağışlama
Bulgarian: дарение (darenie) n, дар (dar) m, подаряване (podarjavane) n
Chinese

Croatian: poklon
Czech: dar m
Dutch: schenking f
Esperanto: donaco
Estonian: annetamine
Finnish: lahja
French: donation f
Georgian: შენაწირი (šenaciri)
German: Abgabe f, Spende f
Greek: δωρεά IPA|[ðo̞ˌre̞ˈa] f, συνεισφορά IPA|[siˌnisfo̞ˈra] f, εισφορά IPA|[ˌisfo̞ˈra] f
Hindi: दान (dāna)
Hungarian: adomány
Indonesian: sumbangan
Italian: donazione f
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Japanese: 寄付 (きふ, kifu)
Korean: 기부금 (gi-bu-gǔm)
Latvian: dāvana
Malayalam: സംഭാവന (sambhaavana), ദാനം (daanam)
Marathi: दान (dāna)
Norwegian: donasjon
Persian: FAchar|دهش
Polish: dar m
Portuguese: doação f
Romanian: donaţie f, donaţii f plural
Russian: пожертвование (požertvovanie) n
Sanskrit: दान (dāna)
Serbian: поклон (poklon)
Slovak: datek m, darowizna f
Slovene: donacija f
Spanish: donación f, donativo m
Swahili: kipaji
Swedish: donation
Telugu: చందా (chamdaa), విరాళము (viraalamu)
Turkish: bağişlama
Uyghur: iane
Vietnamese: sự tặng
Welsh: cyfraniad
Yiddish: (beyshteier)
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Related terms
donate

See also
rfc-level|See also at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Related terms)
fundraising


French

Etymology
From L. donationem (nominative of donatio).

Noun
fr-noun|f

  1. #Noun|donation

Related terms
don
donner


Swedish

Noun
donation c

  1. donation#English|donation

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