dotation

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /doʊˈteɪʃən/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /də(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/ === Noun === dotation (countable and uncountable, plural dotations) (literary, rare) The act of dotating or bestowing something; endowment, or an instance of this. (historical, usually italicized) A grant of revenues from territory conquered by the French Empire (c. 1804–1814). ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “dotation, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. “dotation”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “dotation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. dotation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === From Latin dotātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === dotation f (plural dotations) allowance endowment ==== Related terms ==== doter douer === Further reading === “dotation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Noun === dotation alternative form of dotacion