domina

English

Etymology

From Latin domina (“mistress”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɒmɪnə/

Noun

domina (plural dominas)

1. The head of a nunnery.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 29:

     Each of the nuns was heard in her turn, while the others waited with the domina in the adjoining vestry.

2. 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 […]

Anagrams

• daimon, domain

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Finnish

Noun

domina

1. domina, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

Declension

Declension of domina (type kulkija) singular plural nominative domina dominat genitive dominan dominoiden dominoitten dominain1 partitive dominaa dominoita accusative domina dominan dominat 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 1) Rare.

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French

Verb

domina

1. third-person singular past historic of dominer

Anagrams

• amidon

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Italian

Verb

domina

1. third-person singular present indicative of dominare
2. second-person singular imperative of dominare

Anagrams

• damino, dinamo, domani, donami, modani, monadi, mondai, nomadi

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Latin

Etymology

Feminine of dominus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈdo.mi.na/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

domina (genitive dominae); f, first declension

1. lady or mistress of the house

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	domina	dominae
genitive	dominae	dominārum
dative	dominae	dominīs
accusative	dominam	dominās
ablative	dominā	dominīs
vocative	domina	dominae

Descendants

Aromanian: doamnã Catalan: dona Dalmatian: dona Emilian: dòna English: dame French: dame Friulian: done, dame German: Dame, Domina Italian: donna

Jèrriais: danme Occitan: dòna Old Provençal: domna Portuguese: dona Romanian: doamnă Romansch: dunna Sardinian: dòna Spanish: Doña, doña, dueña

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Portuguese

Verb

domina

1. third-person singular present indicative of dominar
2. second-person singular imperative of dominar

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominari, French dominer.

Verb

a domina (third-person singular present domină, past participle dominat) 1st conj.

1. to dominate

Conjugation

    conjugation of domina (First conjugation)

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

• dominant
• dominanță
• dominare
• dominat
• dominator
• dominație

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Spanish

Verb

domina (infinitive dominar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dominar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of dominar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of dominar.