dotation

Signification (Anglais)

1. The act of dotating or bestowing something; endowment, or an instance of this.
2. A grant of revenues from territory conquered by the French Empire (c. 1804–1814).

Synonymes

endowment

contribution

donation

gift

🎁

grant

subsidy

subvention

deposit

Traductions

donazione

donativo

donación

donativo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/doʊˈteɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: dotacion

In summary

From Middle English dotacion, from Late Latin dotatio, from Latin dōtāre (“to endow”). By surface analysis, dotate + -ion. In sense 3, borrowed from French dotation, ultimately from the same origin.