dominatrix

English

Etymology

From Latin dominatrix, equivalent to dominate +‎ -trix.

Pronunciation

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

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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

• dominatrixlike
• 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

Verb

dominatrix (third-person singular simple present dominatrixes, present participle dominatrixing, simple past and past participle dominatrixed)

1. (informal, intransitive) To act as a dominatrix, especially professionally.
   • 1999 September 1, cara, quoting Brian Pez, “The most boring character on Road Rules”, in alt.tv.road-rules‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Cara, when you reach 18, maybe you will take up "dominatrixing" for a living.

   • 2009 March 25, “Foxy (not a reference to the dumper bound DJ Dr Fox – in case you were wondering)”, in Bitchy Jones's Diary‎^[2]:

     Not one single nod is given to the fact is might be something a woman would ever do for the sheer blissy hot of it. Nah, nah, nah, nah, NAH! In fact, in this context, that would probably be beyond horridious. And isn’t that kind of weird. Dominatrixing for money is far more okay (and even kind of family friendly) than dominatrixing for sexual kicks. And you’ve got to wonder why that might be.

Anagrams

• admonitrix

Latin

Etymology

From dominātor +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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.

	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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dominatrix	dominatrix
	definite	dominatrixen	dominatrixens
plural	indefinite	dominatrixar	dominatrixars
	definite	dominatrixarna	dominatrixarnas

References

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