dona

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

• dòna (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɔ.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdɔ.na]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -ɔna

dona f (plural dones)

1. woman

   Antonym: home

2. wife

   Synonyms: cònjuge, (figurative) costella, esposa, muller

   Antonyms: cònjuge, espòs, home, marit

   Hypernym: cònjuge

• donzella
• na

• dóna (pre-2016)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdo.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdo.na]

dona

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

• “dona”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “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.

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

Borrowed from Italian donna.

dona f

1. Italian noble woman, lady, originally a noble title

dona

1. genitive/accusative singular of don

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

• Dano

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

dona f

1. woman

• mojer

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

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

dona

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

• Ruppel, Klaas, editor (2021–2023), Suomen etymologinen sanakirja [Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 72)‎^[1] (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISSN

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

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

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: ...

• 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

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

dona (transitive)

1. to put, place aside, omit

• donpaa
• dondapa

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[2], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 330

From Old Irish dona,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *dognawos. See sona.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠun̪ˠə/^[2], /ˈd̪ˠon̪ˠə/^[3]
• (Connacht)
  • IPA^(key): (Galway) /ˈd̪ˠɞnˠə/ ~ /ˈd̪ˠonˠə/^[4], /ˈd̪ˠun̪ˠə/^[5]
  • IPA^(key): (Mayo) /ˈd̪ˠanˠə/^[6], /ˈd̪ˠunˠə/^[7]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌnˠə/^[8]

dona (comparative measa)

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

• droch-
• olc

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dona”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 358; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dona”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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

dona

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

• -ando, andò, onda

dōna

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dōnum

dōnā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dōnō

• "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)

From Proto-Celtic *dognawos. See sona.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdona/

dona

1. bad, unfortunate

• sona

• Irish: dona
• Manx: donney
• Scottish Gaelic: dona

• Dona
• D., D.ª (abbreviation)

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

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

dona f (plural donas)

1. feminine of dono
   1. proprietress; female owner

      Synonym: proprietária

   2. female housekeeper; governess; housewife

      Synonym: governanta

2. (historical, archaic) female equivalent of dom: noble lady

   Synonym: dama

3. (Brazil, Minas Gerais, by extension) married woman; wife

   Synonym: esposa

4. (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?

Borrowed from French donner, from Latin donō.

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

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

• donație

From Old Irish dona (“bad”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪̊ɔnə/; (Lewis) [ˈd̪̊ɔ̞nə]^[1]

dona (comparative miosa, qualitative noun miosad or donad)

1. bad

   aimsir dona - bad weather

• droch
• olc

• deagh
• math

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

Borrowed from English doughnut.

dona f (plural donas)

1. doughnut

   Synonyms: dónut, rosca

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dona

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

• “dona”, 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

don +‎ -a

dona (present donar, preterite donade, supine donat, imperative dona)

1. to do various small tasks

   Har donat i köket otaliga timmar nu

   I've been busy in the kitchen for several hours now

   Vi fixade och donade inför bröllopet

   We were busy preparing for the wedding

• dona in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dona in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dona in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• anod, onda

From English donor.

dona

1. donor (usually used to refer to countries that give aid to Papua New Guinea)

From Late Latin domna, from Latin domina. Compare Italian donna.

dona f (plural done)

1. woman
2. wife