domestique

See also: domestiqué

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French domestique (“domestic servant, maid”).

Noun

domestique (plural domestiques)

1. (cycling) A rider on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders even if at the expense of his/her own individual performance.

Translations

rider who assists

• Dutch: knecht (nl) m
• Finnish: apukuski
• French: équipier (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Domestik (de) m
• Italian: gregario (it) m, gregaria (it) f
• Spanish: gregario (es) m

Anagrams

• semi-quoted, semiquoted

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French

Etymology

From Latin domesticus (“domestic”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.mɛs.tik/

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Adjective

domestique (plural domestiques)

1. domestic

Noun

domestique m or f (plural domestiques)

1. servant; maid
2. cleaner, housemaid

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Verb

domestique

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /domesˈtike/ [d̪o.mesˈt̪i.ke]

Verb

domestique

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of domesticar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of domesticar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of domesticar.