dom

See also: Dom, DOM, dóm, dòm, dom., dom-, -dom, and Appendix:Variations of "dom"

Translingual

Symbol

dom

1. (mathematics) domain

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English

Etymology 1

Clipping of dominator or dominate.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

dom (plural doms)

1. A dominator (in sadomasochistic sexual practices), especially a male one.

Synonyms

• (dominator): domme (female)

Verb

1. (slang, online gaming or BDSM) To dominate.
   • 2006, Bitch: feminist response to pop culture (issues 31-34)

     Nola is actually "Nurse Nola," a dominatrix who specializes in medical role playing. […] "After that," she continues, "I started domming, which I did for a long time, but have never liked much.

See also

• sub
• switch (one who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role)

Etymology 2

Noun

dom (plural doms)

1. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Portuguese dom.

Noun

dom (plural doms or dons)

1. A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil

Anagrams

• MOD, MoD, ODM, mod, mod.

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Abinomn

Noun

dom

1. gecko

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Angguruk Yali

Noun

dom

1. mountain

References

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 156

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Danish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɒm/, [d̥ʌmˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

dom c (singular definite dommen, plural indefinite domme)

1. sentence
2. conviction
3. judgement
4. verdict
5. (logic) proposition
6. decision
7. damnation, doom

Declension

Declension of dom

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dom	dommen	domme	dommene
genitive	doms	dommens	dommes	dommenes

Related terms

• dømme

References

• “dom” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dom, from Old Dutch dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz.

Adjective

dom (comparative dommer, superlative domst)

1. dumb, brainless
2. stupid, silly

Inflection

Declension of dom
uninflected	dom
inflected	domme
comparative	dommer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		dom	dommer	het domst het domste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	domme	dommere	domste
	n. sing.	dom	dommer	domste
	plural	domme	dommere	domste
definite		domme	dommere	domste
partitive		doms	dommers	—

Synonyms

• dwaas
• stom

Derived terms

• domheid, dommigheid
• domkop, dommerik, domoor
• domweg
• zich van den domme houden

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) From Middle Dutch doem, from Latin domus (“house, building”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”). Cf. Old Dutch duom.

Noun

dom m (plural dommen, diminutive dommetje n) (only domkerken, domkerkje)

1. domkerk, either an episcopal cathedral or another major church (often a basilica) which has been granted this high rank

Derived terms

• domheer
• domkapittel
• domkerk
• domproost
• domschool

Etymology 3

(deprecated template usage) From Latin dominus (“master”), from Latin domus (“house, building”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Noun

dom m (plural dommen, diminutive dommetje n)

1. ecclesiastical form of address, notably for a Benedictine priest
2. nobleman or clergyman in certain Catholic countries, notably Portugal and its colonies

See also

• don

Etymology 4

Noun

dom m (plural dommen, diminutive dommetje n)

1. Archaic form of duim (“thumb, pivot”)

Derived terms

• dommekracht

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian don or older dom, from Latin dominus (“master”). Cognate with English don.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃/
• Homophones: don, dont

Noun

dom m (plural doms)

1. title of respect given to certain monks and other religious figures

Further reading

• “dom”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Gothic

Romanization

dōm

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐍉𐌼

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Contraction of pedoman..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dom/
• Hyphenation: dom

Noun

dom

1. (contraction) pedoman

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) From Dutch dom, from Middle Dutch doem, from Latin domus (“house, building”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”). Cf. Old Dutch duom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dom/
• Hyphenation: dom

Noun

dom

1. either an episcopal cathedral or another major church (often a basilica) which has been granted this high rank.

   Synonym: katedral

Etymology 3

From Contraction of domino..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dom/
• Hyphenation: dom

Noun

dom

1. (contraction) domino

Further reading

• “dom” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dom.

Alternative forms

• dam, damh, dhom, domh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔmˠ/, (unstressed) /d̪ˠəmˠ/
• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʊmˠ/

Pronoun

dom (emphatic domsa)

1. first-person singular of do (“to/for me”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• am
• dom’

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔmˠ/

Contraction

dom (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of do mo (“to my, for my”).

   Thugas an féirín dom mháthair.

   I gave the present to my mother.

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded*, det*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod*, dot*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id*, it*	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led*, let*	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód*, ót*	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

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Italian

Noun

dom m (uncountable)

1. dominant, top (dominating BDSM partner)

See also

• sub

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔm/

Noun

dom m ? (diminutive domk)

1. house

Declension

Declension of dom

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dom	doma	domy
Genitive	doma	domowu	domow
Dative	domoju	domoma	domam
Accusative	dom	doma	domy
Instrumental	domom	domoma	domami
Locative	domje	domoma	domach

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz.

Adjective

dom

1. dumb, unwise, stupid

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• domp

Descendants

• Dutch: dom
• Limburgish: dómb

Further reading

• “domb”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “domp”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page domp

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Middle English

Adjective

dom

1. Alternative form of dumb

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.

Noun

dom m (definite singular dommen, indefinite plural dommer, definite plural dommene)

1. judgement, sentence

Derived terms

• dødsdom
• rettsdom

Related terms

• dømme

References

• “dom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”).

Noun

dom m (definite singular dommen, indefinite plural dommar, definite plural dommane)

1. judgement, sentence

Derived terms

• dødsdom
• rettsdom

Related terms

• døma, dømme

References

• “dom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːm/

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos. Cognate with Old Frisian dōm, Old Saxon dōm, Old High German tuom, Old Norse dómr, Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms). The Germanic source was from a stem verb originally meaning ‘to place, to set’ (a sense-development also found in Latin statutum, Ancient Greek θέμις (thémis)).

Noun

dōm m

1. law, statute
2. judgement

Declension

Declension of dom (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dōm	dōmas
accusative	dōm	dōmas
genitive	dōmes	dōma
dative	dōme	dōmum

Related terms

• dēman

Descendants

• Middle English: dom, dome
  • English: doom

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *dōmi, first-person singular of *dōną (“to do”).

Verb

dōm

1. first-person singular present indicative of dōn

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin de + unde

Pronoun

dom

1. of whom; of which

Descendants

• French: dont

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

do (“to, for”) + mé (“me”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dom/

Pronoun

dom

1. first-person singular of do: to/for me

Alternative forms

• dam

Descendants

• Irish: dom, domh
• Manx: dou
• Scottish Gaelic: dhomh, domh

Contraction

dom

1. Contraction of do + mo (“to/for my”).

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from the root *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doṽ/

Noun

dom ?

1. home
2. house

Inflection

Unknown gender u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

• (house): attrab, lann, tech, tegdais, treb

Derived terms

• dom liacc (“stone house, stone church”)

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: domh

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Pass Valley Yali

Noun

dom

1. mountain

References

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 8

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”) and thus related to English dome, domain, demesne, domestic, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔm/

• audio:

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Noun

dom m inan

1. home

   Idę do domu. ― I'm going home.

2. house (building)

Declension

Declension of dom

	singular	plural
nominative	dom	domy
genitive	domu	domów
dative	domowi	domom
accusative	dom	domy
instrumental	domem	domami
locative	domu	domach
vocative	domu/domie	domy

Derived terms

• (adjectives) domorosły, domowy
• (nouns) domator, domek, domokrążca, domownik

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dõ (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese don, dõo, from Latin donum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdõ/
• Hyphenation: dom
• Rhymes: -õ

Noun

1. gift
2. talent

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Romanian

Etymology

From French dôme.

Noun

dom n (plural domuri)

1. dome

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dôːm/

Noun

dȏm m (Cyrillic spelling до̑м)

1. home, house

Declension

Declension of dom

	singular	plural
nominative	dȏm	dòmovi
genitive	dòma	dòmōvā
dative	dòmu	dòmovima
accusative	dȏm	dòmove
vocative	dȍme	dòmovi
locative	dòmu	dòmovima
instrumental	dòmom	dòmovima

See also

• kuća

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔm/

Noun

dom m (genitive singular domu, nominative plural domy, genitive plural domov, declension pattern of dub)

1. house

Declension

Declension of dom

	singular	plural
nominative	dom	domy
genitive	domu	domov
dative	domu	domom
accusative	dom	domy
locative	dome	domoch
instrumental	domom	domami

Derived terms

• domový
• domček
• domisko

Further reading

• “dom”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dóːm/

Noun

dọ̑m m inan

1. home (house or structure in which someone lives)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• zdravstveni dóm (“health centre”)
• gasilski dóm (“fire station”)
• študentski dóm (“hall of residence”)
• dom starejših občanov (“retirement home”)

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Swedish

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʊm/

Noun

dom c

1. (law) conviction, judgement of court, sentence, verdict, doom
2. doomsday, the final judgement

Declension

Declension of dom
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dom	domen	domar	domarna
Genitive	doms	domens	domars	domarnas

Derived terms

• domare
• domedag

 

Related terms

• döma

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) From Latin domus.

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːm/

Noun

dom c

1. dome

Declension

Declension of dom
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	dom	domen	domer	domerna
Genitive	doms	domens	domers	domernas

Pronoun

dom

1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of de.
2. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of dem.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Article

dom

1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of de.

Anagrams

• mod

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɔm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɔm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɔm˧˧]

Noun

dom

1. (rare) anus, prolapse of the rectum

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Volapük

Noun

dom (nominative plural doms)

1. house

Declension

declension of dom

	singular	plural
nominative	dom	doms
genitive	doma	domas
dative	dome	domes
accusative	domi	domis
vocative 1	o dom!	o doms!
predicative 2	domu	domus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• domü