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donnée

piece of data, datum

noun doh-NEH Less Common

Usage Note

Donnée is the past participle of donner used as a noun — literally 'something given'. In practice it almost always appears in the plural données (data), as in traitement des données (data processing) or protection des données (data protection, GDPR). In mathematics or logic, les données du problème means the givens or known facts of a problem.

Examples

"Les données personnelles sont protégées."

Natural Translation

Personal data is protected.

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