"donation" meaning in English

See donation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dəʊˈneɪʃən/ [UK], /doʊˈneɪʃən/ [US] Audio: en-us-donation.ogg Forms: donations [plural]
enPR: dōnā'shən [US] Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English donacion, donation, from Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiō (“a present”), from dōnō (“to give”), from dōnum (“a gift”). Recorded in English since the 15th century. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|donacion}} Middle English donacion, {{der|en|frm|donation}} Middle French donation, {{der|en|la|dōnātiō||a present}} Latin dōnātiō (“a present”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} donation (plural donations)
  1. A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause. Categories (topical): Philanthropy Translations (a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause): donasie (Afrikaans), skenking (Afrikaans), dhurim (Albanian), تَبَرَّع (tabarraʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), هِبَة (hiba) [feminine] (Arabic), նվիրատվություն (nviratvutʻyun) (Armenian), donación [feminine] (Asturian), bağışlama (Azerbaijani), ianə (Azerbaijani), ахвярава́нне (axvjaravánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), дар (dar) [masculine] (Belarusian), даре́ние (darénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), дар (dar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), подаря́ване (podarjávane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), дари́телство (darítelstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), donació [feminine] (Catalan), donatiu [masculine] (Catalan), 捐贈 (Chinese Mandarin), 捐赠 (juānzèng) (Chinese Mandarin), dar [masculine] (Czech), donation [common-gender] (Danish), gave [common-gender] (Danish), bidrag [neuter] (Danish), schenking [feminine] (Dutch), donaco (Esperanto), annetamine (Estonian), lahja (Finnish), lahjoitus (Finnish), donation [feminine] (French), don [masculine] (French), doazón [feminine] (Galician), donativo [masculine] (Galician), dádiva [feminine] (Galician), შენაწირი (šenac̣iri) (Georgian), შეწირულობა (šec̣iruloba) (Georgian), შეწირულება (šec̣iruleba) (Georgian), Spende [feminine] (German), Abgabe [feminine] (German), δωρεά (doreá) [feminine] (Greek), συνεισφορά (syneisforá) [feminine] (Greek), εισφορά (eisforá) [feminine] (Greek), תרומה (truma) [feminine] (Hebrew), दान (dān) (Hindi), adomány (Hungarian), donáció (Hungarian), donaco (Ido), sumbangan (Indonesian), donasi (Indonesian), donazione [feminine] (Italian), 寄付 (kifu) (alt: きふ) (Japanese), 기부금 (gibugeum) (alt: 寄附金) (Korean), stips [feminine] (Latin), dōnātiō [feminine] (Latin), condonatio [feminine] (Latin), dāvana (Latvian), dovana [feminine] (Lithuanian), സംഭാവന (sambhāvana) (Malayalam), ദാനം (dānaṁ) (Malayalam), दान (dān) (Marathi), donasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), donasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دهش (daheš) (Persian), داشن (dâšan) (Persian), Gow [feminine] (Plautdietsch), dar [masculine] (Polish), darowizna [feminine] (Polish), donacja [feminine] (Polish), datek [masculine] (Polish), doação [feminine] (Portuguese), donație [feminine] (Romanian), поже́ртвование (požértvovanije) [neuter] (Russian), дар (dar) [masculine] (Russian), дона́т (donát) [masculine] (Russian), दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), दान (dāna) (Sanskrit), tiodhlac [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), по̀клон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), дона́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pòklon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), donácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), date [masculine] (Slovak), darowizna [feminine] (Slovak), donacija [feminine] (Slovene), donación [feminine] (Spanish), donativo [masculine] (Spanish), mchango (Swahili), donation (Swedish), நன்கொடை (naṉkoṭai) (Tamil), చందా (candā) (Telugu), విరాళము (virāḷamu) (Telugu), bağişlama (Turkish), bağış (Turkish), поже́ртва (požértva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), поже́ртвування (požértvuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), дар (dar) [masculine] (Ukrainian), iane (Uyghur), sự tặng (Vietnamese), cyfraniad (Welsh), בײַשטײַער (bayshtayer) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-donation-en-noun-MTpVnPSH Disambiguation of Philanthropy: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause': 98 2
  2. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
    Sense id: en-donation-en-noun-453C7~gT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blood donation, e-donation, egg donation, organ donation Related terms: donate, fundraising

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blood donation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "e-donation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "egg donation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "organ donation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "donacion"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English donacion",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "donation"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French donation",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dōnātiō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a present"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dōnātiō (“a present”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English donacion, donation, from Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiō (“a present”), from dōnō (“to give”), from dōnum (“a gift”). Recorded in English since the 15th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "donations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "donation (plural donations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "donate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fundraising"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Philanthropy",
          "orig": "en:Philanthropy",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They were collecting donations for the elderly at Christmas.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
          "text": "And some donation freely to estate\nOn the bless'd lovers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause."
      ],
      "id": "en-donation-en-noun-MTpVnPSH",
      "links": [
        [
          "voluntary",
          "voluntary"
        ],
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ],
        [
          "contribution",
          "contribution"
        ],
        [
          "specific",
          "specific"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "donasie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "skenking"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "dhurim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tabarraʕ",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تَبَرَّع"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "hiba",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "هِبَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "nviratvutʻyun",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "նվիրատվություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "donación"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "bağışlama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "ianə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "axvjaravánnje",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ахвярава́нне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dar",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "darénie",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "даре́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dar",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podarjávane",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "подаря́ване"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "darítelstvo",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "дари́телство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "donació"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "donatiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "捐贈"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "juānzèng",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "捐赠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "donation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gave"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bidrag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "schenking"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "donaco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "annetamine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "lahja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "lahjoitus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "donation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "don"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "doazón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "donativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dádiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šenac̣iri",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "შენაწირი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šec̣iruloba",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "შეწირულობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šec̣iruleba",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "შეწირულება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Abgabe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "doreá",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "δωρεά"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "syneisforá",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συνεισφορά"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "eisforá",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εισφορά"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "truma",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "תרומה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dān",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "दान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "adomány"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "donáció"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "donaco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "sumbangan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "donasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "donazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "きふ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kifu",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "寄付"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "alt": "寄附金",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gibugeum",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "기부금"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stips"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dōnātiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "condonatio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "dāvana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dovana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "sambhāvana",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "സംഭാവന"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "dānaṁ",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "ദാനം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "dān",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "दान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "donasjon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "donasjon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "daheš",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "دهش"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dâšan",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "داشن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gow"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "darowizna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "donacja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "datek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "doação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "donație"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "požértvovanije",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "поже́ртвование"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dar",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "donát",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дона́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dakṣiṇā",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "दक्षिणा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dāna",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "दान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tiodhlac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "по̀клон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дона́ција"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pòklon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "donácija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "date"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "darowizna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "donacija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "donación"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "donativo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "mchango"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "donation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "naṉkoṭai",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "நன்கொடை"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "candā",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "చందా"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "virāḷamu",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "విరాళము"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "bağişlama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "bağış"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "požértva",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "поже́ртва"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "požértvuvannja",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "поже́ртвування"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dar",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "iane"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "sự tặng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "cyfraniad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "bayshtayer",
          "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
          "word": "בײַשטײַער"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Albanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Asturian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Belarusian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hindi translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ido translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Latvian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malayalam translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Marathi translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Persian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovene translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swahili translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tamil translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Telugu translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Uyghur translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Yiddish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:",
          "text": "After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of giving or bestowing; a grant."
      ],
      "id": "en-donation-en-noun-453C7~gT",
      "links": [
        [
          "grant",
          "grant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dəʊˈneɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dōnā'shən",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doʊˈneɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-donation.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/En-us-donation.ogg/En-us-donation.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/En-us-donation.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "donation"
  ],
  "word": "donation"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deh₃-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/3 syllables",
    "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
    "Terms with Albanian translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Asturian translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swahili translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tamil translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Uyghur translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations",
    "en:Philanthropy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "blood donation"
    },
    {
      "word": "e-donation"
    },
    {
      "word": "egg donation"
    },
    {
      "word": "organ donation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "donacion"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English donacion",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "donation"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French donation",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dōnātiō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a present"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dōnātiō (“a present”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English donacion, donation, from Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiō (“a present”), from dōnō (“to give”), from dōnum (“a gift”). Recorded in English since the 15th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "donations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "donation (plural donations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "donate"
    },
    {
      "word": "fundraising"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They were collecting donations for the elderly at Christmas.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:",
          "text": "And some donation freely to estate\nOn the bless'd lovers.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "voluntary",
          "voluntary"
        ],
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ],
        [
          "contribution",
          "contribution"
        ],
        [
          "specific",
          "specific"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:",
          "text": "After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of giving or bestowing; a grant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grant",
          "grant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dəʊˈneɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "dōnā'shən",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doʊˈneɪʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-donation.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/En-us-donation.ogg/En-us-donation.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/En-us-donation.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "donasie"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "skenking"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "dhurim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tabarraʕ",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَبَرَّع"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "hiba",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "هِبَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nviratvutʻyun",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "նվիրատվություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donación"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "bağışlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "ianə"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "axvjaravánnje",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ахвярава́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dar",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "darénie",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "даре́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dar",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podarjávane",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "подаря́ване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "darítelstvo",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дари́телство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donació"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donatiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "捐贈"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juānzèng",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "捐赠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "donation"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gave"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bidrag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "schenking"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "donaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "annetamine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "lahja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "lahjoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "don"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doazón"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dádiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šenac̣iri",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "შენაწირი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šec̣iruloba",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "შეწირულობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šec̣iruleba",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "შეწირულება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spende"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abgabe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "doreá",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δωρεά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "syneisforá",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συνεισφορά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eisforá",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εισφορά"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "truma",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תרומה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dān",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "दान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "adomány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "donáció"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "donaco"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "sumbangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "donasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kifu",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "寄付"
    },
    {
      "alt": "寄附金",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gibugeum",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "기부금"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stips"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dōnātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "condonatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "dāvana"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dovana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sambhāvana",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "സംഭാവന"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "dānaṁ",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "ദാനം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "dān",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "दान"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "daheš",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "دهش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dâšan",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "داشن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gow"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "darowizna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "datek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "požértvovanije",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "поже́ртвование"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dar",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "donát",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дона́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dakṣiṇā",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दक्षिणा"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dāna",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "दान"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tiodhlac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по̀клон"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дона́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pòklon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "date"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "darowizna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "donación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "donativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "mchango"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "donation"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "naṉkoṭai",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "நன்கொடை"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "candā",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "చందా"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "virāḷamu",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "విరాళము"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "bağişlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "bağış"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "požértva",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поже́ртва"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "požértvuvannja",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "поже́ртвування"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dar",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "iane"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "sự tặng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "cyfraniad"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bayshtayer",
      "sense": "a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause",
      "word": "בײַשטײַער"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "donation"
  ],
  "word": "donation"
}

Download raw JSONL data for donation meaning in English (19.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.