Phrase guide

blood donation

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of donating one's blood for use in a transfusion or other medical treatment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кръводаря́ване (krǎvodarjávane) — donating one's blood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獻血 /献血 (xiànxuè) — donating one's blood
  • Dutch: bloeddonatie — donating one's blood
  • Dutch: bloedgift — donating one's blood
  • Finnish: verenluovutus — donating one's blood
  • French: don de sang — donating one's blood
  • German: Blutspende — donating one's blood
  • Greek: αιμοδοσία (aimodosía) — donating one's blood
  • Hindi: रक्तदान (raktadān) — donating one's blood
  • Hungarian: véradás — donating one's blood
  • Igala: ẹ̀bìẹ̀-édu — donating one's blood
  • Japanese: 献血 (kenketsu) — donating one's blood
  • Korean: 헌혈 (heonhyeol) — donating one's blood
  • Lithuanian: kraujo donorystė — donating one's blood
  • Macedonian: крводарителство (krvodaritelstvo) — donating one's blood
  • Polish: krwiodawstwo — donating one's blood
  • Portuguese: doação de sangue — donating one's blood
  • Spanish: hemodonación — donating one's blood
  • Swahili: uchangiaji damu — donating one's blood
  • Swedish: blodgivning — donating one's blood
  • Telugu: రక్తదానము (raktadānamu) — donating one's blood
  • Turkish: kan bağışı — donating one's blood