domina
See also: Domina, dominá, dominà, Dominä, domină, and dominą
English
Etymology
From Latin domina (“mistress”). Doublet of dame and donna.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒmɪnə/
Noun
domina (plural dominas)
- The head of a nunnery.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 29:
- Each of the nuns was heard in her turn, while the others waited with the domina in the adjoining vestry.
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- A dominatrix.
- 1997, Rosemary Hennessy, Chrys Ingraham, Materialist feminism: a reader in class, difference, and women's lives, page 294:
- Instead, Social Text "tarts up" the issue of sex work with sexy photos of dominas and cross-dressers, replicating, in a slightly more self-conscious and progressive way, the nineteenth-century exoticization […]
- 2004, Pamela Church Gibson, More dirty looks: gender, pornography and power:
- Dominas therefore stress the emotional and physical skill, as well as the dangers, involved in commercial S/M […]
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Related terms
- dominus
Anagrams
- Amidon, Imonda, daimon, domain
Catalan
Verb
domina
- third-person singular present indicative form of dominar
- second-person singular imperative form of dominar
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdomɪna]
- Rhymes: -ɪna
Noun
domina f
- domina, domme, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)
Further reading
- domina in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- domina in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin domina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdominɑ/, [ˈdo̞minɑ]
- Rhymes: -ominɑ
- Syllabification(key): do‧mi‧na
Noun
domina
- (BDSM) domina, domme, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)
Declension
| Inflection of domina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | domina | dominat | |
| genitive | dominan | dominoiden dominoitten | |
| partitive | dominaa | dominoita | |
| illative | dominaan | dominoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | domina | dominat | |
| accusative | nom. | domina | dominat |
| gen. | dominan | ||
| genitive | dominan | dominoiden dominoitten dominainrare | |
| partitive | dominaa | dominoita | |
| inessive | dominassa | dominoissa | |
| elative | dominasta | dominoista | |
| illative | dominaan | dominoihin | |
| adessive | dominalla | dominoilla | |
| ablative | dominalta | dominoilta | |
| allative | dominalle | dominoille | |
| essive | dominana | dominoina | |
| translative | dominaksi | dominoiksi | |
| instructive | — | dominoin | |
| abessive | dominatta | dominoitta | |
| comitative | — | dominoineen | |
| Possessive forms of domina (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | dominani | dominamme |
| 2nd person | dominasi | dominanne |
| 3rd person | dominansa | |
Anagrams
- maidon, monadi, nomadi
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
domina
- third-person singular past historic of dominer
Anagrams
- amidon
Italian
Verb
domina
- inflection of dominare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- damino, dinamo, domani, donami, indoma, modani, monadi, mondai, nomadi
Latin
Etymology
Feminine of dominus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.mi.na/, [ˈd̪ɔmɪnä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.mi.na/, [ˈd̪ɔːminä]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
domina f (genitive dominae, masculine dominus); first declension
- lady or mistress of the house
Declension
First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | domina | dominae |
| Genitive | dominae | dominārum |
| Dative | dominae | dominīs dominābus |
| Accusative | dominam | dominās |
| Ablative | dominā | dominīs dominābus |
| Vocative | domina | dominae |
Synonyms
- domna (Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin)
Derived terms
- domna (Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin)
- domicella (Medieval Latin)
- *domnicella (Vulgar Latin)
Descendants
- Aromanian: doamnã
- Catalan: dona
- Corsican: donna, lonna, ronna
- Dalmatian: dona
- Emilian: dòna
- → English: domina
- → Esperanto: damo (via descendants)
- → Ido: damo
- Friulian: done
- Galician: dona
- → German: Domina
- Istriot: duona
- Italian: donna
- → English: donna
- → Swedish: donna
- Old French: dame
- Bourguignon: daime
- Franc-Comtois: daime
- → Italian: dama
- Lorrain: daime
- → Middle English: dame, damme, dam
- English: dame; dam
- Scots: dame, deem; dam
- Middle French: dame
- French: dame
- → Catalan: dama
- → Friulian: dame
- → Galician: dama
- → German: Dame
- → Italian: dama
- → Ottoman Turkish: دامه (dama)
- Turkish: dama
- → Armenian: տամա (tama)
- → Ottoman Turkish: دامه (dama)
- → Polish: dama
- → Portuguese: dama
- → Romanian: damă
- → Spanish: dama
- → Middle Dutch: dame
- Dutch: dame
- French: dame
- Norman: dame
- → Norwegian Bokmål: dame
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: dame
- Picard: danme
- Old Occitan: domna
- Occitan: dòna, dauna, donaisèla
- Portuguese: dona
- Romanian: doamnă
- Romansch: dunna
- Sardinian: dòna
- Sicilian: donna, ronna
- Spanish: Doña, doña, dueña
- Venetian: dona
References
- “domina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “domina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- domina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- domina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin domina. Doublet of dama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔˈmi.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: do‧mi‧na
Noun
domina f
- dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)
Declension
Declension of domina
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | domina | dominy |
| genitive | dominy | domin |
| dative | dominie | dominom |
| accusative | dominę | dominy |
| instrumental | dominą | dominami |
| locative | dominie | dominach |
| vocative | domino | dominy |
Further reading
- domina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- domina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈmĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /doˈmi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /duˈmi.nɐ/
Verb
domina
- inflection of dominar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dominārī, or via French dominer/Italian dominare (both borrowings from Latin).
Verb
a domina (third-person singular present domină, past participle dominat) 1st conj.
- to dominate
Conjugation
conjugation of domina (first conjugation, no infix)
| infinitive | a domina | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | dominând | ||||||
| past participle | dominat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | domin | domini | domină | dominăm | dominați | domină | |
| imperfect | dominam | dominai | domina | dominam | dominați | dominau | |
| simple perfect | dominai | dominași | domină | dominarăm | dominarăți | dominară | |
| pluperfect | dominasem | dominaseși | dominase | dominaserăm | dominaserăți | dominaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să domin | să domini | să domine | să dominăm | să dominați | să domine | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | domină | dominați | |||||
| negative | nu domina | nu dominați | |||||
Synonyms
- stăpâni
Derived terms
Derived terms
- dominant
- dominanță
- dominare
- dominat
- dominație
- dominator
Spanish
Verb
domina
- inflection of dominar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative