ONG
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ong"
English
Alternative forms
Adverb
ONG (not comparable)
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of on God.
- that was a great movie, ONG.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.ɛn.ʒe/
Audio: (file)
Noun
ONG f (plural ONGs)
- initialism of organisation non gouvernementale = NGO (non-governmental organisation)
Italian
Noun
ONG f
- initialism of organizzazione non governativa = NGO (non-governmental organisation)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈõɡ/, /ˈõ.ɡi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈõɡ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɔ ˈɛ.nɨ ˈʒe/
Noun
ONG f (plural ONGs)
- NGO:
- (Brazil) acronym of organização não-governamental
- (Portugal) initialism of organização não-governamental
Romanian
Etymology
Acronym of organizație neguvernamentală.
Noun
ONG n (plural ONG-uri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | ONG | ONG-ul | ONG-uri | ONG-urile | |
| genitive-dative | ONG | ONG-ului | ONG-uri | ONG-urilor | |
| vocative | ONG-ule | ONG-urilor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Initialism of organización no gubernamental.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o ˌene ˈxe/ [o ˌe.ne ˈxe]
Noun
ONG f (plural ONG)
- NGO (non-governmental organisation)
- 2022 June 30, Ángela Reyes Haczek, “Dejar el hogar y empezar el viaje: quiénes son los que migran a EE.UU. y por qué lo hacen”, in CNN en Español[1]:
- De acuerdo a la ONG Ayuda en Acción, en Centroamérica una de cada dos mujeres migra “por miedo a perder la vida o a sufrir daños físicos y emocionales en sus comunidades de origen”.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “ONG”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024