donation

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• UK: /dəʊˈneɪʃən/
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• US: dōnā'shən
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• US: /doʊˈneɪʃən/
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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. Equivalent to donate + -ion.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: donasie — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Afrikaans: skenking — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Albanian: dhurim — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Arabic: تَبَرُّع (tabarruʕ) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Arabic: هِبَة (hiba) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Armenian: նվիրատվություն (nviratvutʻyun) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Asturian: donación — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Azerbaijani: bağışlama — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Azerbaijani: ianə — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Belarusian: ахвярава́нне (axvjaravánnje) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Belarusian: дар (dar) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Bulgarian: даре́ние (darénie) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Bulgarian: дар (dar) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Bulgarian: подаря́ване (podarjávane) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Bulgarian: дари́телство (darítelstvo) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Catalan: donació — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Catalan: donatiu — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Chinese Mandarin: 捐贈 /捐赠 (juānzèng) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Czech: dar — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Danish: donation — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Danish: gave — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Danish: bidrag — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Dutch: schenking — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Esperanto: donaco — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Estonian: annetamine — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Finnish: lahja — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Finnish: lahjoitus — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• French: donation — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• French: don — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Galician: doazón — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Galician: donativo — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Galician: dádiva — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Georgian: შენაწირი (šenac̣iri) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Georgian: შეწირულობა (šec̣iruloba) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Georgian: შეწირულება (šec̣iruleba) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Georgian: დონაცია (donacia) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• German: Spende — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• German: Abgabe — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Greek: δωρεά (doreá) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Greek: συνεισφορά (syneisforá) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Greek: εισφορά (eisforá) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Hebrew: תרומה (truma) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Hindi: दान (dān) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Hungarian: adomány — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Hungarian: donáció — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Ido: donaco — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Indonesian: sumbangan — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Indonesian: donasi — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Italian: donazione — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Japanese: 寄付 (kifu) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Korean: 기부금 (gibugeum) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Latin: stips — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Latin: dōnātiō — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Latin: condonatio — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Latvian: dāvana — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Old Leonese: donaçión — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Lithuanian: dovana — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Malay: sumbangan — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Malay: derma — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Malayalam: സംഭാവന (sambhāvana) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Malayalam: ദാനം (dānaṁ) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Marathi: दान (dān) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Norwegian Bokmål: donasjon — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Norwegian Nynorsk: donasjon — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Persian: دهش (daheš) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Persian: داشن (dâšan) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Plautdietsch: Gow — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Polish: dar — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Polish: darowizna — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Polish: donacja — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Polish: datek — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Portuguese: doação — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Romanian: donație — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Russian: поже́ртвование (požértvovanije) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Russian: дар (dar) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Russian: дона́т (donát) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Sanskrit: दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Sanskrit: दान (dāna) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Scottish Gaelic: tiodhlac — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀клон — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Serbo-Croatian: дона́ција — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Serbo-Croatian: pòklon — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Serbo-Croatian: donácija — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Slovak: date — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Slovak: darowizna — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Slovene: donacija — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Spanish: donación — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Spanish: donativo — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Swahili: mchango — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Swedish: donation — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Tamil: நன்கொடை (naṉkoṭai) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Telugu: చందా (candā) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Telugu: విరాళము (virāḷamu) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Turkish: bağişlama — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Turkish: bağış — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Ottoman Turkish: هبه (hibe) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Ukrainian: поже́ртва (požértva) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Ukrainian: поже́ртвування (požértvuvannja) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Ukrainian: дар (dar) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Uyghur: iane — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Vietnamese: sự tặng — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Welsh: cyfraniad — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
• Yiddish: בײַשטײַער (bayshtayer) — a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause