domestic

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Alternative forms

• domestick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛstɪk

Adjective

domestic (comparative more domestic, superlative most domestic)

1. Of or relating to the home.
   • 1994, George Whitmore, Getting Rid of Robert in Violet Quill:

     “Dan’s not as domestic as you," I commented rather nastily.

2. Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
   • See, for example, domestic violence, domestic hot water
3. (of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
   • 1890, US Bureau of Animal Industry, Annual report v 6/7, 1889/90

     It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals.

4. Internal to a specific country.
   • 1996, Robert O. Keohane, Helen V. Milner, Internationalization and Domestic Politics:

     The proportion of international economic flows relative to domestic ones.

Synonyms

• (of or relating to the home): bourgeois, civilized, comfortable
• (kept by someone): domesticated

Antonyms

• (of or relating to the home): adventurous, social
• (local): foreign
• (kept by someone): wild, feral

Derived terms

• domestic cat
• domestic hot water
• domestic violence

Translations

of or relating to the home

Arabic: منزلي (ar) (manzalii) Armenian: տնային (hy) (tnayin) Bulgarian: домашен (bg), семеен (bg) Chinese: Simplified: 家庭的 Finnish: koti-, perhe- French: domestique (fr)

Greek: οικιακός (el) (oikiakós) Hebrew: ביתי (beity) Korean: 가정의 (ko) Macedonian: домашен (mk) (dómašen) m. Polish: domowy (pl) m. Portuguese: doméstico (pt) m., doméstica (pt) f. Russian: дома́шний (ru) (domášnij)

of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur

Armenian: տնային (hy) (tnayin) Finnish: koti-, perhe-, kotitalous- French: domestique (fr) m. and f., familial (fr) m., familiale (fr) f.

Macedonian: домашен (mk) (dómašen) m. Polish: domowy (pl) m. Russian: дома́шний (ru) (domášnij)

(of a domesticated animal) kept by someone

Armenian: ընտանի (hy) (ëntani), տնային (hy) (tnayin) Bulgarian: питомен (bg) Czech: domácí (cs) Finnish: koti- (-> kotieläin), kesy French: domestique (fr) m. and f. Hungarian: házi (hu)

Italian: domestico (it) m., domestica (it) f. Macedonian: домашно (mk) (dómašno) n. Polish: domowy (pl) m. Portuguese: domesticado (pt) m., domesticada (pt) f. Russian: дома́шний (ru) (domášnij)

internal to a specific country

Armenian: հայրենական (hy) (hayrenakan) Bulgarian: местен (bg) Finnish: kotimaan (genitive of a noun), kotimaan-, kotimainen, sisä- (fi), sisäasiain (fi) (enitive of a noun) French: intérieur (fr) m., intérieure (fr) f., (conflict, quarrel) intestin (fr) m. Hebrew: פנימי (pnimy)

Hungarian: hazai (hu), belföldi (hu) Korean: 국내 (ko) (gungnae) Kurdish: ناوخۆ Macedonian: домашен (mk) (dómašen) m. Polish: krajowy m.

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Serbo-Croatian: tuzeman

Noun

domestic (plural domestics)

1. A house servant; a maid.
   • Mary Romero, Maid in the U.S.A. - New standards of cleanliness increased the workload for domestics.
2. A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent
   • 2005: Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website at[[1]] on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly.

Translations

house servant; a maid

Bulgarian: домашна помощница (bg) Finnish: kotiapulainen, piika German: Domestik (de) m., Domestike (de) m.

Macedonian: куќен помошник (mk) (kúḱen pómošnik) m., куќна момошничка (mk) (kúḱna pomóšnička) f. Portuguese: empregada doméstica (pt) f., empregada (pt) f.

domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent

Finnish: perheriita (fi)

Macedonian: фамилијарен (mk) (familijáren) m., семеен (mk) (sémeen) m.

Related terms

domesticate domesticated

domestication domesticity

Anagrams

• docetism

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French domestique, Latin domesticus. Largely replaced earlier dumesnic.

Adjective

domestic

1. domestic (of or relating to the home)
2. (of animals) domestic

Synonyms

• (1) casnic

Related terms

• domestica