domina

See also: Domina, dominá, dominà, Dominä, domină, and dominą

English

Etymology

From Latin domina (“mistress”). Doublet of dame and donna.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒmɪnə/

Noun

domina (plural dominas)

1. 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.

2. 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 […]

3. An ancient Roman lady.
   • 1863 November 21, “Literary Extracts, &c.”, in The Hull News, number 621, Kingston upon Hull, E.R.Y., page 3, column 4:

     A precious article is the paint with which the Roman domina was beautified; it was well worthy of the case of ivory and rock-crystal in which it was preserved.

   • 1956 May 23, Jean Yothers, “On the Town”, in Orlando Sentinel, volume 66, number 272, Orlando, Fla., page 20, column 1:

     “Can you translate this invitation? I hate to display my ignorance around your Latin students,” Mrs. Dooley, who was attired in a royal purple gown as a Roman domina, graciously complied, so if you’ve been worrying over the translation to the first paragraph, here ’tis.

   • 2012, Armando Roggero, The Revenge of the Ninth: Heading to Honor and Glory through Effort and Trial, Lulu, →ISBN, pages 71 and 152:

     Flavius on the other hand holds the career of the gladiator in high esteem, as despite running the unavoidable risk of death at every turn, gladiators are the most renowned and admired of all men and are sought after by the most beautiful and wealthy Roman dominae. […] Though dressed like Roman patrician dominae, their height, features and hair colour show that they are young Briton girls.

   • 2012, J. F. Ridgley, Vows of Revenge, →ISBN, page 498:

     The ancient historian Horace remarked once that respectable women should not draw attention to themselves by using cosmetics, perfume, or hairpieces. However, that didn’t last long with the Roman dominas.

   • 2017, Mary Dove, “Quintus”, in The End of Seven, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 346:

     The exotic mistress fulfilled the lust of his body, but her status came far short of entertaining him as he’d grown accustomed with fair Roman dominas, engaging their obscene wittiness and patrician prattle.

Related terms

• dominus

Anagrams

• Amidon, Imonda, daimon, domain

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /domina/ [d̪o.mi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: do‧mi‧na

Verb

domina

1. Short form of dominatu (“to dominate”).

Catalan

Verb

domina

1. inflection of dominar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdomɪna]
• Rhymes: -ɪna

Noun

domina f

1. domina, domme, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

Declension

Declension of domina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	domina	dominy
genitive	dominy	domin
dative	domině	dominám
accusative	dominu	dominy
vocative	domino	dominy
locative	domině	dominách
instrumental	dominou	dominami

Further reading

• “domina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• domina in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdominɑ/, [ˈdo̞minɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ominɑ
• Syllabification^(key): do‧mi‧na

Noun

domina

1. (BDSM) domina, domme, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

Declension

Inflection of domina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of domina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dominani dominani accusative nom. dominani dominani gen. dominani genitive dominani dominoideni dominoitteni dominaini rare partitive dominaani dominoitani inessive dominassani dominoissani elative dominastani dominoistani illative dominaani dominoihini adessive dominallani dominoillani ablative dominaltani dominoiltani allative dominalleni dominoilleni essive dominanani dominoinani translative dominakseni dominoikseni abessive dominattani dominoittani instructive — — comitative — dominoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dominasi dominasi accusative nom. dominasi dominasi gen. dominasi genitive dominasi dominoidesi dominoittesi dominaisi rare partitive dominaasi dominoitasi inessive dominassasi dominoissasi elative dominastasi dominoistasi illative dominaasi dominoihisi adessive dominallasi dominoillasi ablative dominaltasi dominoiltasi allative dominallesi dominoillesi essive dominanasi dominoinasi translative dominaksesi dominoiksesi abessive dominattasi dominoittasi instructive — — comitative — dominoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dominamme dominamme accusative nom. dominamme dominamme gen. dominamme genitive dominamme dominoidemme dominoittemme dominaimme rare partitive dominaamme dominoitamme inessive dominassamme dominoissamme elative dominastamme dominoistamme illative dominaamme dominoihimme adessive dominallamme dominoillamme ablative dominaltamme dominoiltamme allative dominallemme dominoillemme essive dominanamme dominoinamme translative dominaksemme dominoiksemme abessive dominattamme dominoittamme instructive — — comitative — dominoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dominanne dominanne accusative nom. dominanne dominanne gen. dominanne genitive dominanne dominoidenne dominoittenne dominainne rare partitive dominaanne dominoitanne inessive dominassanne dominoissanne elative dominastanne dominoistanne illative dominaanne dominoihinne adessive dominallanne dominoillanne ablative dominaltanne dominoiltanne allative dominallenne dominoillenne essive dominananne dominoinanne translative dominaksenne dominoiksenne abessive dominattanne dominoittanne instructive — — comitative — dominoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative dominansa dominansa accusative nom. dominansa dominansa gen. dominansa genitive dominansa dominoidensa dominoittensa dominainsa rare partitive dominaansa dominoitaan dominoitansa inessive dominassaan dominassansa dominoissaan dominoissansa elative dominastaan dominastansa dominoistaan dominoistansa illative dominaansa dominoihinsa adessive dominallaan dominallansa dominoillaan dominoillansa ablative dominaltaan dominaltansa dominoiltaan dominoiltansa allative dominalleen dominallensa dominoilleen dominoillensa essive dominanaan dominanansa dominoinaan dominoinansa translative dominakseen dominaksensa dominoikseen dominoiksensa abessive dominattaan dominattansa dominoittaan dominoittansa instructive — — comitative — dominoineen dominoinensa

Anagrams

• maidon, monadi, nomadi

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

domina

1. third-person singular past historic of dominer

Anagrams

• amidon

Galician

Verb

domina

1. inflection of dominar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Verb

domina

1. present of dominar
2. imperative of dominar

Italian

Verb

domina

1. inflection of dominare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• damino, dinamo, domani, donami, indoma, modani, monadi, mondai, nomadi

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of dominus. If Oscan διομανας (diomanas, gen. sg.) is cognate, one can reconstruct Proto-Italic *domVnā with an uncertain second vowel; see its entry for discussion.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mi.na/, [ˈd̪ɔmɪnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mi.na/, [ˈd̪ɔːminä]

Noun

domina f (genitive dominae, masculine dominus); first declension

1. lady or mistress of the house

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -īs or -ābus).

	singular	plural
nominative	domina	dominae
genitive	dominae	dominārum
dative	dominae	dominīs dominābus
accusative	dominam	dominās
ablative	dominā	dominīs dominābus
vocative	domina	dominae

Synonyms

• domna (Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin)

Derived terms

• domna (Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin)
• domicella (Medieval Latin)
• *domnicella (Vulgar Latin)

Descendants

• Aromanian: doamnã
• Catalan: dona
• Corsican: donna, lonna, ronna
• Dalmatian: dona
• Emilian: dòna
• → English: domina
• → Esperanto: damo (via descendants)
  • → Ido: damo
• Friulian: done
• Galician: dona
• → German: Domina
• Istriot: duona
• Italian: donna
  • → English: donna
  • → Swedish: donna
• Old French: dame
  • Bourguignon: daime
  • Franc-Comtois: daime
  • → Italian: dama
  • Lorrain: daime
  • → Middle English: dame, damme, dam
    • English: dame; dam
    • Scots: dame, deem; dam
  • Middle French: dame
    • French: dame
      • → Catalan: dama
      • → Friulian: dame
      • → Galician: dama
      • → German: Dame
      • → Persian: دام (dâm)
      • → Italian: dama
        • → Ottoman Turkish: دامه (dama)
          • Turkish: dama
          • → Armenian: տամա (tama)
      • → Polish: dama
      • → Portuguese: dama
      • → Romanian: damă
      • → Spanish: dama
    • → Middle Dutch: dame
      • Dutch: dame
        • Afrikaans: dame
  • Norman: dame
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: dame
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: dame
  • Picard: danme
• Old Occitan: domna
  • Occitan: dòna, dauna, donaisèla
• Portuguese: dona
• Romanian: doamnă
• Romansch: dunna
• Sardinian: dòna
• Sicilian: donna, ronna
• Spanish: Doña, doña, dueña
• Venetan: 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.

Occitan

Verb

domina

1. inflection of dominar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈmi.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: do‧mi‧na
• Homophone: Domina

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin domina. Doublet of dama.

Noun

domina f

1. domina, dominatrix, domme (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

Declension

Declension of domina

	singular	plural
nominative	domina	dominy
genitive	dominy	domin
dative	dominie	dominom
accusative	dominę	dominy
instrumental	dominą	dominami
locative	dominie	dominach
vocative	domino	dominy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

domina n

1. inflection of domino:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

• domina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• domina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈmĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈmĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈmi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈmi.nɐ/

Verb

domina

1. inflection of dominar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominārī, or via French dominer/Italian dominare (both borrowings from Latin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.miˈna/

Verb

a domina (third-person singular present domină, past participle dominat) 1st conj.

1. to dominate

   Synonym: stăpâni

Conjugation

    conjugation of domina (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a domina
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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• dominant
• dominanță
• dominare
• dominat
• dominație
• dominator

Further reading

• domina in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈmina/ [d̪oˈmi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: do‧mi‧na

Verb

domina

1. inflection of dominar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Noun

domina c

1. a domina (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

   Synonyms: dominatrix, dominatris

Declension

Declension of domina

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	domina	dominas
	definite	dominan	dominans
plural	indefinite	dominor	dominors
	definite	dominorna	dominornas

References

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