Dominican

English

Etymology

From Dominica +‎ -an & Dominic +‎ -an. Compare Latin dominicānus.

Pronunciation

• (of the Dominican Republic or the religious group):
  • IPA^(key): /də.ˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/

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• (of Dominica):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɒ.mɪ.ˈniː.kən/, /də.ˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/

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  • (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌdɑ.mɪ.ˈni.kən/, /də.ˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/

Noun

Dominican (plural Dominicans)

1. A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

   Synonym: Dominican Republican

2. A person from the Commonwealth of Dominica or of its descent.
3. A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.

   Synonyms: black friar, preaching friar, Friar Preacher

Translations

person from Dominican Republic

• Catalan: dominicà (ca) m
• Corsican: duminicanu m, duminicana f, dominicanu m, dominicana f
• Czech: Dominikánec (cs) m
• Danish: dominiker c, dominikaner c
• Dutch: Dominicaan (nl) m, Dominicaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: dominga
• Estonian: dominikaanlane
• Finnish: dominikaanilainen (fi)
• French: Dominicain (fr) m, Dominicaine (fr) f
• Galician: dominicano (gl) m
• German: Dominikaner (de) m, Dominikanerin (de) f
• Greek: Δομινικανός m (Dominikanós)
• Haitian Creole: Dominiken
• Icelandic: Dóminíki, Dóminíkar
• Italian: dominicano m, dominicana f, dominicani m, dominicane f
• Norman: Dominnicain m (Jersey), Dominnicaine f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dominikaner m

  Nynorsk: dominikan m, dominikanar m

• Polish: Dominikanin (pl) m, Dominikanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: dominicano (pt) m
• Romanian: dominican (ro) m, dominicană (ro) f
• Russian: доминика́нец (ru) m (dominikánec), доминика́нка (ru) f (dominikánka)
• Spanish: dominicano (es)
• Swahili: Mdominika (sw)
• Swedish: dominikan (sv) c, dominikanska (sv) c
• Welsh: Dominiciad m or f

person from Dominica

• Catalan: dominiquès m
• Danish: dominiker c
• Dutch: Dominicaan (nl) m, Dominicaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: dominika
• Estonian: dominicalane
• Finnish: dominicalainen (fi)
• French: Dominiquais (fr) m
• German: Dominicaner (de) m, Dominicanerin (de) f
• Icelandic: Dóminíkumaður, Dóminíkumenn
• Italian: dominicense, dominicensi pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dominiker m

  Nynorsk: dominikar m

• Polish: Dominikańczyk (pl) m, Dominikanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: dominicano (pt) m, dominiquês (pt) m, dominiquesa f, dominiquense (pt)
• Romanian: dominican (ro) m, dominicană (ro) f
• Russian: доминика́нец (ru) m (dominikánec), доминика́нка (ru) f (dominikánka)
• Spanish: dominiqués (es) m, dominiquesa (es) f
• Swahili: Mdominika (sw)
• Swedish: dominiker (sv) c, dominiska c
• Welsh: Dominiciad m or f

member of religious order

• Catalan: dominic m, dominicà (ca) m
• Dutch: dominicaan (nl) m
• Estonian: dominiiklane
• Finnish: dominikaani (fi)
• French: dominicain (fr) m
• German: Dominikaner (de) m, Dominikanerin (de) f
• Greek: δομινικανός (el) m (dominikanós)
• Hungarian: Domonkos-rendi, domonkos (hu)
• Macedonian: доминиканец m (dominikanec)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dominikaner m

  Nynorsk: dominikan m, dominikanar m

• Polish: dominikanin (pl) m
• Portuguese: dominicano (pt) m
• Romanian: dominican (ro) m, dominicană (ro) f
• Russian: доминика́нец (ru) m (dominikánec), доминика́нка (ru) f (dominikánka)
• Spanish: dominicano (es) m, dominicana (es) f
• Swedish: dominikaner (sv) c, dominikan (sv) c
• Tagalog: Dominikano
• Welsh: Dominiciad m, brawd du m

Adjective

Dominican (comparative more Dominican, superlative most Dominican)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.

   Synonym: Dominican Republican

2. Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.
3. Of or belonging to the Dominican religious order.
   • 2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The first night, I did nothing more than have a glass of wine at Faust Wine Cellar, located under the Dominican cloister that houses the Hilton Budapest Hotel in the Buda Castle complex.

Derived terms

• Dominicanness

Related terms

• dominical
• Dominic

Translations

from the Dominican Republic

• Catalan: dominicà (ca) m
• Corsican: duminicanu m
• Czech: dominikánský (cs)
• Danish: dominikansk
• Dutch: Dominicaans (nl) n
• Esperanto: domingano
• Estonian: dominikaani
• Finnish: dominikaanilainen (fi)
• French: dominicain (fr) m, dominicaine (fr) f
• German: dominikanisch (de)
• Haitian Creole: dominiken
• Icelandic: dóminískur
• Italian: dominicano m, dominicana f
• Norman: Dominnicain (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dominikansk

  Nynorsk: dominikansk

• Polish: dominikański (pl) m
• Portuguese: dominicano (pt)
• Romanian: dominican (ro)
• Russian: доминика́нский (ru) (dominikánskij)
• Sicilian: duminicanu m, duminicana f
• Spanish: dominicano (es)
• Swahili: Kidominika
• Swedish: dominikansk (sv)
• Welsh: Dominicaidd
• West Frisian: Dominikaansk n

from Dominica

• Catalan: dominiquès
• Corsican: duminicense m or f
• Czech: dominický (cs)
• Danish: dominikisk
• Dutch: Dominicaans (nl) n
• Esperanto: dominikano
• Estonian: dominica
• Finnish: dominicalainen (fi)
• French: dominiquais (fr) m, dominiquaise (fr) f
• German: dominicanisch (de)
• Italian: dominicense m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dominikisk

  Nynorsk: dominikisk

• Polish: dominicki (pl) m
• Portuguese: dominicano (pt), dominiquês (pt), dominiquense (pt)
• Romanian: dominican (ro)
• Russian: доминика́нский (ru) (dominikánskij)
• Spanish: dominiqués (es)
• Swahili: Kidominika
• Swedish: dominikisk
• Welsh: Dominicaidd

of or belonging to the religious order

• Catalan: dominic, dominicà (ca)
• Czech: dominikánský (cs)
• Dutch: dominicaans (nl)
• Estonian: dominikaani
• Finnish: dominikaaninen (fi)
• French: dominicain (fr) m
• German: dominikanisch (de), Dominikaner- (de)
• Hungarian: Domonkos-rendi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dominikansk

  Nynorsk: dominikansk

• Polish: dominikański (pl) m
• Portuguese: dominicano (pt)
• Romanian: dominican (ro)
• Russian: доминика́нский (ru) (dominikánskij)
• Welsh: Dominicaidd

Finnish

Proper noun

Dominican

1. genitive singular of Dominica