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Donnée

Donnée

See also: donnée

Luxembourgish

Noun

Donnée f (plural Donnéen)

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

donnée

donnée

See also: Donnée

English

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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of W. E. Henley to this entry?)
    • Saintsbury
      that favourite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own
    • 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.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔ.ne/

Verb

donnée

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of donner

Noun

donnée f (plural données)

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

Derived terms