donna

From Italian donna. Doublet of dame and domina.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒn.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.nə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnə, -ɑnə

donna (plural donnas)

1. 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.

• donna angelica

• Nando, Andon, Danno, andon, nonda, nonad

From Swedish donna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdonːɑ/, [ˈdo̞nːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -onːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): don‧na

donna (slang)

1. woman

• “donna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

• nadon

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.na/

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donna

1. third-person singular past historic of donner

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔn̪ˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠʊn̪ˠə/

donna

1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of donn (“brown”)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔn.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnna
• Hyphenation: dòn‧na

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”))

1. woman

   Antonyms: ragazza, uomo

2. (archaic) lady

   Synonyms: signora, dama

3. wife

   Synonym: moglie

4. (card games) queen

   Synonym: regina

5. actress

   Synonym: attrice

• → English: donna
• → Swedish: donna

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

• Nando, danno, dannò

donna

1. Rōmaji transcription of どんな

donna f (definite singular donnaa, indefinite plural donnaer, definite plural donnaene)

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• “donna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

donna oblique singular, ? (oblique plural donnas, nominative singular donna, nominative plural donnas)

1. (Anglo-Norman) lady

• ronna (rhoticized)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔn.na/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾɔn.na/ (rhoticized)
• Hyphenation: dòn‧na

donna f (plural donni)

1. (honorific) A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership; a mistress

   Synonyms: gna, massara, mastra, matruna

2. (card games) queen

   Synonym: fìmmina

3. (archaic, noble title) lady

   Synonyms: signura, madama, marchisa

4. (non common) woman

   Synonym: fìmmina

   Antonym: omu

5. (non common, by extension) wife

   Synonym: mugghieri

• (masculine form) don

• → Italian: donna (regional)

• picciriḍḍa
• fìmmina
• carusa
• signura

Borrowed from Italian donna. Attested since 1841.

donna c

1. (colloquial, often ironic or somewhat derogatory) a (younger) woman

   Nisse kom på besök med sin nya donna

   Nisse dropped by with his new girlfriend

2. a donna

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