donate

See also: Donate

English

Etymology

Circa 1845, back-formation from donation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), chiefly found in American English. Ultimately from Latin dōnāre (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dəʊˈneɪt/, /dəˈneɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊˌneɪt/, /doʊˈneɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

donate (third-person singular simple present donates, present participle donating, simple past and past participle donated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

   She donates 100 dollars to Red Cross every year.

   He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.

Derived terms

• donatable
• donatee
• donater
• donateware
• donator
• donatress
• donatrix
• nondonating

 

Translations

to give away something of value

• Albanian: dhuroj (sq)
• Arabic: تَبَرَّعَ (tabarraʕa)
• Armenian: նվիրել (hy) (nvirel)
• Basque: eman
• Bulgarian: дарявам (bg) (darjavam)
• Catalan: donar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捐獻 / 捐献 (zh) (juānxiàn), 捐贈 / 捐赠 (zh) (juānzèng), 捐助 (zh) (juānzhù)，抖內 / 抖内 (zh) (dǒunèi)

• Czech: věnovat (cs), darovat (cs)
• Danish: donere (da)
• Esperanto: donaci
• Estonian: kinkima (et)
• Finnish: lahjoittaa (fi)
• French: donner (fr), faire un don
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: spenden (de), stiften (de), schenken (de)
• Hebrew: תרם (he) (tarám)
• Hindi: दान करना (dān karnā)
• Hungarian: adományoz (hu), adakozik (hu)
• Ido: donacar (io)
• Italian: donare (it)
• Japanese: 寄付する (ja) (きふする, kifu suru), 寄贈する (ja) (きぞうする, kizō suru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Latgalian: pazīduot
• Latvian: ziedot
• Lithuanian: paaukoti, padovanoti
• Malay: derma
• Maori: takoha
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: podarować (pl) pf
• Portuguese: doar (pt)
• Romanian: a dona (ro)
• Russian: дари́ть (ru) impf (darítʹ), подари́ть (ru) pf (podarítʹ), жа́ловать (ru) impf (žálovatʹ), пожа́ловать (ru) pf (požálovatʹ), же́ртвовать (ru) impf (žértvovatʹ), поже́ртвовать (ru) pf (požértvovatʹ), дава́ть (ru) impf (davátʹ), дать (ru) pf (datʹ), дона́тить (ru) impf (donátitʹ) (neologism)
• Spanish: donar (es), delejar
• Swedish: skänka (sv), donera (sv)
• Thai: บริจาค (th) (bor-rí-jàark)
• Ukrainian: дарувати impf (daruvaty), подарувати pf (podaruvaty), жертвувати (uk) impf (žertvuvaty), пожертвувати pf (požertvuvaty), донатити (uk) (donatyty)
• Vietnamese: quyên góp (vi)
• Welsh: rhoi (cy)

Anagrams

• Deaton, antode, atoned

Esperanto

Adverb

donate

1. present adverbial passive participle of doni

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

donate

1. inflection of donare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

donate f pl

1. feminine plural of donato

Anagrams

• datone, denota, detona, ondate

Latin

Verb

dōnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dōnō

Spanish

Verb

donate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of donar combined with te