dominant

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From Middle French dominant.

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Singular
dominant

Plural
dominants

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.

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dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)

Positive
dominant

Comparative
more dominant

Superlative
most dominant

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

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[edit] Dutch

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dominant (inflected dominante)

  1. dominant

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dominant

  1. Past participle of dominer.

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

  1. dominant

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dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative am dominantesten)

  1. dominant
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