domina
English
Etymology
From Latin domina (“mistress”). Doublet of dame.
Pronunciation
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Noun
domina (plural dominas)
- The head of a nunnery.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 29:
- Each of the nuns was heard in her turn, while the others waited with the domina in the adjoining vestry.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 29:
- A dominatrix.
- 1997, Rosemary Hennessy, Chrys Ingraham, Materialist feminism: a reader in class, difference, and women's lives (page 294)
- Instead, Social Text "tarts up" the issue of sex work with sexy photos of dominas and cross-dressers, replicating, in a slightly more self-conscious and progressive way, the nineteenth-century exoticization […]
- 2004, Pamela Church Gibson, More dirty looks: gender, pornography and power:
- Dominas therefore stress the emotional and physical skill, as well as the dangers, involved in commercial S/M […]
- 1997, Rosemary Hennessy, Chrys Ingraham, Materialist feminism: a reader in class, difference, and women's lives (page 294)
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
domina
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
domina f
- domina, domme, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)
Further reading
Finnish
Noun
domina
- (BDSM) domina, domme, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)
Declension
Inflection of domina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | domina | dominat | |
genitive | dominan | dominoiden dominoitten | |
partitive | dominaa | dominoita | |
illative | dominaan | dominoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | domina | dominat | |
accusative | nom. | domina | dominat |
gen. | dominan | ||
genitive | dominan | dominoiden dominoitten dominain rare | |
partitive | dominaa | dominoita | |
inessive | dominassa | dominoissa | |
elative | dominasta | dominoista | |
illative | dominaan | dominoihin | |
adessive | dominalla | dominoilla | |
ablative | dominalta | dominoilta | |
allative | dominalle | dominoille | |
essive | dominana | dominoina | |
translative | dominaksi | dominoiksi | |
abessive | dominatta | dominoitta | |
instructive | — | dominoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
French
Verb
domina
- third-person singular past historic of dominer
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
domina
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Feminine of dominus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdo.mi.na/, [ˈd̪ɔmɪnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.mi.na/, [ˈd̪ɔːminä]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Noun
domina f (genitive dominae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | domina | dominae |
Genitive | dominae | dominārum |
Dative | dominae | dominīs dominābus |
Accusative | dominam | dominās |
Ablative | dominā | dominīs dominābus |
Vocative | domina | dominae |
Derived terms
- *domnicella (Vulgar Latin)
- domicella (Medieval Latin)
Descendants
- Aromanian: doamnã
- Catalan: dona, donzella, dama
- Corsican: donna
- Dalmatian: dona
- Dutch: dame
- Emilian: dòna
- English: damsel
- French: demoiselle
- Friulian: done, dame
- Galician: dona, doncela, dama
- German: Dame, Domina
- Istriot: duona
- Italian: donna, dama, damigella
- Old French: dame
- Old Occitan: domna, donçela
- Portuguese: dona, donzela, dama
- Romanian: doamnă, damă
- Romansch: dunna
- Sardinian: dòna
- Spanish: Doña, doña, dueña, doncella, dama
- Venetian: dona
References
- “domina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “domina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- domina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- domina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
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Verb
domina
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dominari, French dominer.
Verb
a domina (third-person singular present domină, past participle dominat) 1st conj.
- to dominate
Conjugation
conjugation of domina (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive | a domina | ||||||
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gerund | dominând | ||||||
past participle | dominat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | domin | domini | domină | dominăm | dominați | domină | |
imperfect | dominam | dominai | domina | dominam | dominați | dominau | |
simple perfect | dominai | dominași | domină | dominarăm | dominarăți | dominară | |
pluperfect | dominasem | dominaseși | dominase | dominaserăm | dominaserăți | dominaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să domin | să domini | să domine | să dominăm | să dominați | să domine | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | domină | dominați | |||||
negative | nu domina | nu dominați |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Spanish
Verb
domina
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