# dona
## Catalan
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* dòna (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɔ.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈdɔ.na]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔna

#### Noun

dona f (plural dones)
* woman
    Antonym: home
* wife
    Synonyms: cònjuge, (figurative) costella, esposa, muller
    Antonyms: cònjuge, espòs, home, marit
    Hypernym: cònjuge

##### Derived terms

* donam
* donejar
* doner
* doneta
* donívol

##### Related terms

* donzella
* na

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* dóna (pre-2016 spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈdo.nə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈdo.na]

#### Verb

dona
* inflection of donar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### 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.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdona]
* Rhymes: -ona
* Hyphenation: do‧na

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian donna.

#### Noun

dona f
* Italian noble woman, lady, originally a noble title

##### Related terms

* don
* doňa

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

dona
* genitive/accusative singular of don

### 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

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

dona f
* woman

#### See also

* mojer

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdona̝/

### Noun

dona f (plural donas)
* female equivalent of dono
* lady, mistress, noblewoman, gentlewoman (woman of breeding and authority)
    Synonyms: dama, señora
* (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!
* (formal) woman
    —Miñas donas e meus señores: ...—Ladies and gentlemen: ...

#### Derived terms

* dona das paredes
* donicela
* doniña
* herba dona
* Vilar de Donas

### 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

## Garo
### Etymology

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

### Verb

dona (transitive)
* to put, place aside, omit

#### Related terms

* donpaa
* dondapa

### References

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

## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

dona (comparative measa)
* unfortunate, unlucky
* bad, poor, wretched, ill

#### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

#### Synonyms

* droch-
* olc

#### Derived terms

* donacht
* donaigh
* donaire
* donán
* donas
* donóg

### Mutation

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

### 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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdo.na/
* Rhymes: -ona
* Hyphenation: dó‧na

### Verb

dona
* inflection of donare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* -ando, andò, onda

## Latin
### Noun

dōna
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dōnum

### Verb

dōnā
* 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)

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dognawos. See sona.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdona/

### Adjective

dona
* bad, unfortunate

#### Antonyms

* sona

#### Descendants

* Irish: dona
* Manx: donney
* Scottish Gaelic: dona

### Mutation

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdõ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdõ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdo.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɔ.nɐ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔnɐ
* Hyphenation: do‧na

### Noun

dona f (plural donas)
* feminine of dono
* (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?
* (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?

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French donner, from Latin donō.

### Verb

a dona (third-person singular present donează, past participle donat) 1st conjugation
* to donate (to give away something of value)

#### Related terms

* donație

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish dona (“bad”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd̪̊ɔnə/; (Lewis) [ˈd̪̊ɔ̞nə]

### Adjective

dona (comparative miosa, qualitative noun miosad or donad)
* bad
    aimsir dona - bad weather

#### Synonyms

* droch
* olc

#### Antonyms

* deagh
* math

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdona/ [ˈd̪o.na]
* Rhymes: -ona
* Syllabification: do‧na

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English doughnut.

#### Noun

dona f (plural donas)
* doughnut
    Synonyms: dónut, rosca

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

dona
* inflection of donar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

don +‎ -a

### Verb

dona (present donar, preterite donade, supine donat, imperative dona)
* to do various small tasks
    Har donat i köket otaliga timmar nuI've been busy in the kitchen for several hours now
    Vi fixade och donade inför bröllopetWe were busy preparing for the wedding

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

### References

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

### Anagrams

* anod, onda

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English donor.

### Noun

dona
* donor (usually used to refer to countries that give aid to Papua New Guinea)

## Venetan
### Etymology

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

### Noun

dona f (plural done)
* woman
* wife