dominant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French dominant.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dominant (plural dominants)
- (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.
- (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
Translations[edit]
tone of a musical scale
Adjective[edit]
dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)
- Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
- The dominant party controlled the government.
- Macaulay
- The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, […] but imperious, insolent, and cruel.
- 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[edit]
Translations[edit]
ruling, governing
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predominant, common
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Dutch[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative dominantst)
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb form[edit]
dominant
- Present participle of dominer.
Adjective[edit]
dominant m (feminine dominante, masculine plural dominants, feminine plural dominantes)
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective[edit]
dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative am dominantesten)
Declension[edit]
positive forms of dominant
| gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist dominant | sie ist dominant | es ist dominant | sie sind dominant | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dominanter | dominante | dominantes | dominante |
| genitive | dominanten | dominanter | dominanten | dominanter | |
| dative | dominantem | dominanter | dominantem | dominanten | |
| accusative | dominanten | dominante | dominantes | dominante | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dominante | die dominante | das dominante | die dominanten |
| genitive | des dominanten | der dominanten | des dominanten | der dominanten | |
| dative | dem dominanten | der dominanten | dem dominanten | den dominanten | |
| accusative | den dominanten | die dominante | das dominante | die dominanten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dominanter | eine dominante | ein dominantes | (keine) dominanten |
| genitive | eines dominanten | einer dominanten | eines dominanten | (keiner) dominanten | |
| dative | einem dominanten | einer dominanten | einem dominanten | (keinen) dominanten | |
| accusative | einen dominanten | eine dominante | ein dominantes | (keine) dominanten | |
comparative forms of dominant
superlative forms of dominant