"donner" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /dɔ.ne/ Audio: Fr-donner.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French donner, from Old French doner, from Latin dōnāre. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|donner|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French donner, {{inh+|fr|frm|donner}} Inherited from Middle French donner, {{inh|fr|fro|doner}} Old French doner, {{inh|fr|la|dōnō|dōnāre}} Latin dōnāre Head templates: {{fr-verb}} donner Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], donner [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], donnant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], donné [participle, past], donne [first-person, indicative, present, singular], donnes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], donne [indicative, present, singular, third-person], donnons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], donnez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], donnent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], donnais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], donnais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], donnait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], donnions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], donniez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], donnaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], donnai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], donnas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], donna [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], donnâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], donnâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], donnèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], donnerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], donneras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], donnera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], donnerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], donnerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], donneront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], donnerais [conditional, first-person, singular], donnerais [conditional, second-person, singular], donnerait [conditional, singular, third-person], donnerions [conditional, first-person, plural], donneriez [conditional, plural, second-person], donneraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], donne [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], donnes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], donne [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], donnions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], donniez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], donnent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], donnasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], donnasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], donnât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], donnassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], donnassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], donnassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], donne [imperative, second-person, singular], donnons [first-person, imperative, plural], donnez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else
    Sense id: en-donner-fr-verb-S7URuIAd
  2. to donate
    Sense id: en-donner-fr-verb-1R4xWgJh
  3. (intransitive) to come across Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-donner-fr-verb-VsV4tUsk Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 63 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 27 20 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: don, donatif, donation
Derived forms: à cheval donné on ne regarde pas la bride, à cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dents, donnant donnant, donner accès, donner corps, donner c’est donner, reprendre c’est voler, donner de la confiture à des cochons, donner de sa personne, donner des ailes, donner du mou, donner en mariage, donner en pâture, donner et retenir ne vaut, donner la parole, donner la réplique, donner le bon Dieu sans confession, donner le change, donner le jour, donner le la, donner le mot, donner le sein, donner le ton, donner lecture, donner libre cours, donner lieu, donner l’assaut, donner l’exemple, donner naissance, donner raison, donner sa langue au chat, donner sa parole, donner suite, donner sur, donner tort, donner un coup de balai, donner un coup de pied dans la fourmilière, donner une leçon, étant donné, le donner en mille, ne pas donner cher de la peau de, ne pas donner signe de vie, ne plus savoir où donner de la tête, se donner des airs, se donner du mal, se donner en spectacle, se donner la mort, s’en donner à cœur joie

Inflected forms

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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "donnerai",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "donnerez",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "donneront",
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      "form": "donnerait",
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      "form": "donneriez",
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      "form": "donneraient",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
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        "present",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
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        "third-person"
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "donniez",
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "donnent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "donnasse",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donnasses",
      "ipa": "/dɔ.nas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "donnât",
      "ipa": "/dɔ.na/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donnassions",
      "ipa": "/dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donnassiez",
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        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "singular"
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          "english": "Finally, having lost his mind completely, he happened to come across the strangest thought in the world, of which no madman had ever conceived before.",
          "ref": "1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I",
          "text": "Finalement, ayant perdu l’esprit sans ressource, il vint à donner dans la plus étrange pensée dont jamais fou se fût avisé dans le monde.",
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    "French lemmas",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "à cheval donné on ne regarde pas la bride"
    },
    {
      "word": "à cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dents"
    },
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      "word": "donnant donnant"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner accès"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner corps"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner c’est donner, reprendre c’est voler"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner de la confiture à des cochons"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner de sa personne"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner des ailes"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner du mou"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner en mariage"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner en pâture"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner et retenir ne vaut"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner la parole"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner la réplique"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner le bon Dieu sans confession"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner le change"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner le jour"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner le la"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner le mot"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner le sein"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner le ton"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner lecture"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner libre cours"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner lieu"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner l’assaut"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner l’exemple"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner naissance"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner raison"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner sa langue au chat"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner sa parole"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner suite"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner sur"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner tort"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner un coup de balai"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner un coup de pied dans la fourmilière"
    },
    {
      "word": "donner une leçon"
    },
    {
      "word": "étant donné"
    },
    {
      "word": "le donner en mille"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas donner cher de la peau de"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne pas donner signe de vie"
    },
    {
      "word": "ne plus savoir où donner de la tête"
    },
    {
      "word": "se donner des airs"
    },
    {
      "word": "se donner du mal"
    },
    {
      "word": "se donner en spectacle"
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    {
      "word": "se donner la mort"
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      "word": "s’en donner à cœur joie"
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        "second-person",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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        "second-person"
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        "present",
        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "plural"
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "donnaient",
      "ipa": "/dɔ.nɛ/",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "past",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "donna",
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        "indicative",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "donnâmes",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "donnèrent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "donnerai",
      "ipa": "/dɔn.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donneras",
      "ipa": "/dɔn.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/dɔn.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "donnerons",
      "ipa": "/dɔn.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "donnerez",
      "ipa": "/dɔn.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "donneront",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/dɔn.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "plural"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/dɔ.njɔ̃/",
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "donnât",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "donnassions",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donne",
      "ipa": "/dɔn/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donnons",
      "ipa": "/dɔ.nɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "donnez",
      "ipa": "/dɔ.ne/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "donner",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "don"
    },
    {
      "word": "donatif"
    },
    {
      "word": "donation"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to donate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "donate",
          "donate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French intransitive verbs",
        "French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Finally, having lost his mind completely, he happened to come across the strangest thought in the world, of which no madman had ever conceived before.",
          "ref": "1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I",
          "text": "Finalement, ayant perdu l’esprit sans ressource, il vint à donner dans la plus étrange pensée dont jamais fou se fût avisé dans le monde.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come across"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "come across",
          "come across"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to come across"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɔ.ne/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-donner.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/Fr-donner.ogg/Fr-donner.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Fr-donner.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "donner"
}

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