# donna
## English
### Etymology

From Italian donna. Doublet of dame and domina.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdɒn.ə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈdɑ.nə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒnə, -ɑnə

### Noun

donna (plural donnas)
* A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
    Synonyms: lady, madam, mistress, noblewoman
    Coordinate term: don
** 1837, Thomas Tod Stoddart, Angling reminiscences, page 65:What are the songs of Italy, sung as they are by the donnas of the scenic board, but a replication of squalls and quavers, infinitely more annoying than the gibberish of crones […]
** 2005, Burton D. Fisher, Mozart's Don Giovanni, page 22:In Don Giovanni's three female characters, the diverse spectrum of womanhood is rendered complete: the great opera seria character of the avenging Donna Anna, the sentimental and spurned Donna Elvira, and the crafty but sympathetic peasant girl Zerlina.

#### Related terms

* donna angelica

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Nando, Andon, Danno, andon, nonda, nonad

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish donna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdonːɑ/, [ˈdo̞nːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -onːɑ
* Hyphenation: don‧na

### Noun

donna (slang)
* woman

#### Declension

Possessive forms of donna (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
donnani
donnani
accusative
nom.
donnani
donnani
gen.
donnani
genitive
donnani
donnieni donnaini $^{rare}$
partitive
donnaani
donniani
inessive
donnassani
donnissani
elative
donnastani
donnistani
illative
donnaani
donniini
adessive
donnallani
donnillani
ablative
donnaltani
donniltani
allative
donnalleni
donnilleni
essive
donnanani
donninani
translative
donnakseni
donnikseni
abessive
donnattani
donnittani
instructive
comitative
—donnineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
donnasi
donnasi
accusative
nom.
donnasi
donnasi
gen.
donnasi
genitive
donnasi
donniesi donnaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
donnaasi
donniasi
inessive
donnassasi
donnissasi
elative
donnastasi
donnistasi
illative
donnaasi
donniisi
adessive
donnallasi
donnillasi
ablative
donnaltasi
donniltasi
allative
donnallesi
donnillesi
essive
donnanasi
donninasi
translative
donnaksesi
donniksesi
abessive
donnattasi
donnittasi
instructive
comitative
—donninesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
donnamme
donnamme
accusative
nom.
donnamme
donnamme
gen.
donnamme
genitive
donnamme
donniemme donnaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
donnaamme
donniamme
inessive
donnassamme
donnissamme
elative
donnastamme
donnistamme
illative
donnaamme
donniimme
adessive
donnallamme
donnillamme
ablative
donnaltamme
donniltamme
allative
donnallemme
donnillemme
essive
donnanamme
donninamme
translative
donnaksemme
donniksemme
abessive
donnattamme
donnittamme
instructive
comitative
—donninemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
donnanne
donnanne
accusative
nom.
donnanne
donnanne
gen.
donnanne
genitive
donnanne
donnienne donnainne $^{rare}$
partitive
donnaanne
donnianne
inessive
donnassanne
donnissanne
elative
donnastanne
donnistanne
illative
donnaanne
donniinne
adessive
donnallanne
donnillanne
ablative
donnaltanne
donniltanne
allative
donnallenne
donnillenne
essive
donnananne
donninanne
translative
donnaksenne
donniksenne
abessive
donnattanne
donnittanne
instructive
comitative
—donninenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
donnansa
donnansa
accusative
nom.
donnansa
donnansa
gen.
donnansa
genitive
donnansa
donniensa donnainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
donnaansa
donniaan donniansa
inessive
donnassaan donnassansa
donnissaan donnissansa
elative
donnastaan donnastansa
donnistaan donnistansa
illative
donnaansa
donniinsa
adessive
donnallaan donnallansa
donnillaan donnillansa
ablative
donnaltaan donnaltansa
donniltaan donniltansa
allative
donnalleen donnallensa
donnilleen donnillensa
essive
donnanaan donnanansa
donninaan donninansa
translative
donnakseen donnaksensa
donnikseen donniksensa
abessive
donnattaan donnattansa
donnittaan donnittansa
instructive
comitative
—donnineen donninensa :

### Further reading

* “donna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

### Anagrams

* nadon

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔ.na/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

donna
* third-person singular past historic of donner

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠə/

### Adjective

donna
* nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of donn (“brown”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“lady, mistress of an estate or household”), from dominus (“master”), from domus (“home”). Doublet of dama. Cognate with Sicilian donna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɔn.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔnna
* Hyphenation: dòn‧na

### Noun

donna f (plural donne, diminutive (sometimes derogatory or endearing) donnétta; donnìna or donnìno m (also, “house-husband”), augmentative donnóna or donnóne m, pejorative donnàccia (“bad-tempered woman or woman of bad habits”), derogatory donnàccola (“common womman; gossip”) or donnùcola (“poor woman in bad conditions”) or donnàcchera (“filthy or cowardly woman”), diminutive-derogatory donnùccia or donnicciòla (also, “weak or gossipy man”))
* woman
    Antonyms: ragazza, uomo
* (archaic) lady
    Synonyms: signora, dama
* wife
    Synonym: moglie
* (card games) queen
    Synonym: regina
* actress
    Synonym: attrice

#### Related terms

* donna di cuori
* donna di fiori
* donna di picche
* donna di quadri
* donnacchera
* donnaiuolo
* donnesco
* donnetta
* donnicciuola
* donnina
* gentildonna
* madonna
* prima donna

#### Descendants

* → English: donna
* → Swedish: donna

### See also

Chess pieces in Italian · pezzi degli scacchi (layout · text) :
| re | regina, donna | torre | alfiere | cavallo | pedone |
Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text) :
| asso | due | tre | quattro | cinque | sei | sette |
| otto | nove | dieci | fante | donna, regina | re | jolly, joker, matta |
* bambina
* femmina
* ragazza
* signora

### Anagrams

* Nando, danno, dannò

## Japanese
### Romanization

donna
* Rōmaji transcription of どんな

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

donna f (definite singular donnaa, indefinite plural donnaer, definite plural donnaene)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

* “donna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Noun

donna oblique singular, ? (oblique plural donnas, nominative singular donna, nominative plural donnas)
* (Anglo-Norman) lady

## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* ronna (rhoticized)

### Etymology

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“lady, mistress of an estate or household”), from dominus (“master”), from domus (“home”). Cognate with Italian donna, French dame, Portuguese dona, Spanish donna and dueña.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɔn.na/ (standard)
* IPA: /ˈɾɔn.na/ (rhoticized)
* Hyphenation: dòn‧na

### Noun

donna f (plural donni)
* (honorific) A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership; a mistress
    Synonyms: gna, massara, mastra, matruna
* (card games) queen
    Synonym: fìmmina
* (archaic, noble title) lady
    Synonyms: signura, madama, marchisa
* (non common) woman
    Synonym: fìmmina
    Antonym: omu
* (non common, by extension) wife
    Synonym: mugghieri

#### Coordinate terms

* (masculine form) don

#### Derived terms

* donna di coppi
* donna di dinari
* donna di mazzi
* donna di oru
* donna di spati
* donna di spati
* donna di vastuna
* madonna
* prima donna

#### Related terms

* Cavadonna
* Donnafugata
* Donnalucata
* Mànniri-donni

#### Descendants

* → Italian: donna (regional)

### See also

* picciriḍḍa
* fìmmina
* carusa
* signura

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian donna. Attested since 1841.

### Noun

donna c
* (colloquial, often ironic or somewhat derogatory) a (younger) woman
    Nisse kom på besök med sin nya donnaNisse dropped by with his new girlfriend
* a donna

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | donna | donnas |
| singular | definite | donnan | donnans |
| plural | indefinite | donnor | donnors |
| plural | definite | donnorna | donnornas |

### References

* donna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* donna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* donna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)