gift

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
2. A talent or natural ability.
3. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
4. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

Verb

1. To give as a gift or donation.
2. To give away, to concede easily.

Concepts

cadeau

don

présent

talent

donation

donner

grâce

offrir

aptitude

regaler

poison

offre

récompense

gratuitement

rétribution

salaire

offrande

sacrifice

autoriser

doter

investir

dotation

faire don de

capacité

part

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡɪft/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English gift (also yift, yifte, ȝift, ȝeft), partly from Old English ġift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -th (etymologically yive + -th).
Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Saterland Frisian Gift (“gift”), German Low German Gift (“poison”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Danish gift (“gift (obsolete); poison, venom”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift.

Phrases

Crampton donated a clock as a personal gift to the church .

Crampton a fait don d'une horloge comme cadeau personnel à l'église.