donnée

See also: Donnée

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French donnée.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒneɪ/

Noun

donnée (plural données)

1. A given; in a literary work, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story.
   • 1884, Henry James, The Art of Fiction:

     We must grant the artist his subject, his idea, what the French call his donnée; our criticism is applied only to what he makes of it.

   • 1911, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature, page 86:

     There is also some similarity between the general subject of both, which is that favourite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own.

   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     The donnée is from Boccaccio's Decameron, where a party of Florentine gentry flee to the countryside to escape the Black Death.

Anagrams

• neoned

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.ne/

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Participle

donnée f sg

1. feminine singular of donné

Noun

donnée f (plural données)

1. (chiefly in the plural) datum (item of data)

Derived terms

• métadonnée

Further reading

• “donnée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.