donnée noun.
[dɔne, 'dɒneɪ] Also
donné.
L19.[French, fem. pa. ppl adjective of donner give.]1. A subject, theme, or motif of a literary work.
L19.■ J. Carey Those vague economic données that we come to expect in a Dickens novel.2. A datum, a given fact; a basic assumption.
L19.■ J. P. Stern Leaving..the question of how such a reverence is possible, we may accept it as a metaphysical donnée. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲