# domina
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈdɒmɪnə/

### Noun

domina (plural dominas or dominae)
* 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.
* 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 […]
* 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: /domina/ [d̪o.mi.na]
* Rhymes: -ina, -a
* Hyphenation: do‧mi‧na

### Verb

domina
* Short form of dominatu (“to dominate”).

## Catalan
### Verb

domina
* inflection of dominar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdomɪna]
* Rhymes: -ɪna

### Noun

domina f
* domina, domme, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

#### Declension
### 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: /ˈdominɑ/, [ˈdo̞minɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ominɑ
* Hyphenation: do‧mi‧na

### Noun

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

#### Declension

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:(file)

### Verb

domina
* third-person singular past historic of dominer

### Anagrams

* amidon

## Galician
### Verb

domina
* inflection of dominar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Interlingua
### Verb

domina
* present of dominar
* imperative of dominar

## Italian
### Verb

domina
* inflection of dominare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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: /ˈdo.mi.na/, [ˈd̪ɔmɪnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdo.mi.na/, [ˈd̪ɔːminä]

### Noun

domina f (genitive dominae, masculine dominus); first declension
* lady or mistress of the house

#### Declension

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

#### 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
**** → Danish: dame
**** → 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
* inflection of dominar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔˈmi.na/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: do‧mi‧na
* Homophone: Domina

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin domina. Doublet of dama.

#### Noun

domina f
* domina, dominatrix, domme (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

domina n
* inflection of domino:
** genitive singular
** 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: /doˈmĩ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /doˈmĩ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /doˈmi.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /duˈmi.nɐ/

### Verb

domina
* inflection of dominar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /do.miˈna/

### Verb

a domina (third-person singular present domină, past participle dominat) 1st conjugation
* to dominate
    Synonym: stăpâni

#### Derived terms

* dominant
* dominanță
* dominare
* dominat
* dominator
* dominație

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doˈmina/ [d̪oˈmi.na]
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: do‧mi‧na

### Verb

domina
* inflection of dominar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swedish
### Noun

domina c
* a domina (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)
    Synonyms: dominatrix, dominatris

#### Declension
### References

* Fula Ordboken