dominant

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle French dominant.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈdɒmɪnənt/, SAMPA: /"dQm@n@nt/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈdɑmənənt/, SAMPA: /"dAm@n@nt/

Noun

dominant (plural dominants)

1. (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
2. (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.

Translations

tone of a musical scale

Bulgarian: доминанта (bg) f. Czech: dominanta (cs) f.

Swedish: dominant (sv) c.

Adjective

dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)

1. Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.

   The dominant party controlled the government.

2. Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.

   The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.

   • 2009, H. Stephen Stoker, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, page 10

     All other elements are mere "impurities" when their abundances are compared with those of these two dominant elements.

Synonyms

• (ruling, governing): imposing
• (predominant, common): prevalent

Translations

ruling, governing

Bulgarian: преобладаващ (bg), господстващ (bg) Czech: převládající (cs) m., dominantní (cs) m. (genetics) Finnish: vallitseva (fi), hallitseva (fi) German: dominant (de)

Hebrew: דומיננטי (he) (dominant'i) Japanese: 支配的 (ja) (shihaiteki) Romanian: dominant (ro) m. and n., dominantă (ro) f. Swedish: dominant (sv)

predominant, common

Romanian: predominant (ro), preponderent (ro)

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Dutch

Adjective

dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative dominantst)

1. dominant

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb form

dominant

1. Present participle of dominer.

Adjective

dominant m. (f. dominante, m. plural dominants, f. plural dominantes)

1. dominant

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German

Adjective

dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative am dominantesten)

1. dominant