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 Definitions of Donkey  [ˈdɒŋ ki, ˈdɔŋ-, ˈdʌŋ-]  

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Definition of 'Donkey' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) donkey
a domesticated ass,
Equus asinus.

2.  donkey
a stupid, silly, or obstinate person.

3. (adj.) donkey
auxiliary:
donkey engine; donkey pump.

Etymology:  (1775–85; perh. alter. of Dunkey, hypocoristic form of Duncan, man's name)

Definition of 'Donkey' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) donkey
the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

2. (noun) domestic ass, donkey, Equus asinus
domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn


Definition of 'Donkey' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) donkey
a horse-like animal with long ears


Definition of 'Donkey' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Donkey
an ass; or (less frequently) a mule

2. (noun) Donkey
a stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass


Translation of 'Donkey' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a domesticated animal with long ears related to the horse but smaller.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: donkie Arabic flag Arabic: حِمار Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: магаре
Brazilian flag Brazilian: burro Czech flag Czech: osel German flag German: der Esel
Danish flag Danish: æsel Greek flag Greek: γάιδαρος Spanish flag Spanish: burro
Estonian flag Estonian: eesel Farsi flag Farsi: الاغ Finnish flag Finnish: aasi
French flag French: âne, ânesse Hebrew flag Hebrew: חָמוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: गधा
Croatian flag Croatian: magarac Hungarian flag Hungarian: szamár Indonesian flag Indonesian: keledai
Icelandic flag Icelandic: asni Italian flag Italian: asino Japanese flag Japanese: ロバ
Korean flag Korean: 당나귀 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: asilas Latvian flag Latvian: ēzelis
Malay flag Malay: keldai Dutch flag Dutch: ezel Norwegian flag Norwegian: esel
Polish flag Polish: osioł Persian flag Persian: الاغ Pashto flag Pashto: خر، مردار هډى، ناپوه، احم
Portuguese flag Portuguese: burro Romanian flag Romanian: măgar, asin Russian flag Russian: осёл
Slovak flag Slovak: somár, -ica Slovenian flag Slovenian: osel Serbian flag Serbian: magarac
Swedish flag Swedish: åsna Thai flag Thai: ลา Turkish flag Turkish: eşek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: осел Urdu flag Urdu: پالتو گدھا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: con lừa Chinese flag Chinese: 

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