dominatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin dominatrix, equivalent to dominate +‎ -trix.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

dominatrix (plural dominatrices or dominatrixes)

1. A dominating woman; a female dominator.
2. A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.
   • 2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel, page 296:

     Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury.

   • 2006, Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, page 226:

     But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing.

   • 2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker, page 134:

     I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal.

Synonyms

• domina
• domme

Derived terms

• humiliatrix

Translations

A dominating woman; a female dominator

• French: dominatrice (fr) f

A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices

• Finnish: domina (fi)
• French: domina (fr), dominatrice (fr)
• German: Domina (de) f
• Macedonian: до́мина f (dómina)
• Polish: domina (pl) f
• Swedish: dominatrix c, domina (sv) c, dominatris c

Anagrams

• admonitrix

Latin

Etymology

From dominātor +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /do.miˈnaː.triːks/, [d̪ɔmɪˈnäːt̪riːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /do.miˈna.triks/, [d̪omiˈnäːt̪riks]

Noun

dominātrīx f (genitive dominātrīcis, masculine dominātor); third declension

1. a (female) ruler
2. a female master, mistress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dominātrīx	dominātrīcēs
Genitive	dominātrīcis	dominātrīcum
Dative	dominātrīcī	dominātrīcibus
Accusative	dominātrīcem	dominātrīcēs
Ablative	dominātrīce	dominātrīcibus
Vocative	dominātrīx	dominātrīcēs

References

• “dominatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dominatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /do.mi.naˈtɾiks/

• Hyphenation: do‧mi‧na‧trix

Noun

dominatrix f (plural dominatrixes)

1. dominatrix

Spanish

Noun

dominatrix f (plural dominatrix)

1. dominatrix

Swedish

Noun

dominatrix c

1. a dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

   Synonyms: domina, dominatris

Declension

Declension of dominatrix
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dominatrix	dominatrixen	dominatrixar	dominatrixarna
Genitive	dominatrix	dominatrixens	dominatrixars	dominatrixarnas

References

• Fula Ordboken