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donna

/ˈdɒnə/DO-nuh
/ˈdɑnə/DAH-nuh

Meaningmistress

Common meaning: an Italian lady

Journey through time

  1. Latindomina‘mistress’source
  2. Italiandonnasource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsmistress → an Italian ladydonna‘an Italian lady’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin domina ‘mistress’.

Roots

  • domina Latin “a mistress of a house”

Related words

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