dom

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Translingual

Symbol

dom

1. (mathematics) domain

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑm/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɒm
• Homophones: domme, Dom/me

Etymology 1

Clipping of dominant or dominate.

Noun

dom (plural doms)

1. (BDSM) A dominant in sadomasochistic sexual practices, especially a male one.

   Coordinate term: domme

2. (BDSM) Domination.

Alternative forms

• Dom

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

dom (third-person singular simple present doms, present participle domming, simple past and past participle dommed)

1. (slang, online gaming or BDSM) To dominate.

See also

• sub
• switch

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dom (plural doms)

1. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Portuguese dom. Doublet of domine, dominie, dominus, and don.

Noun

dom (plural doms or dons)

1. A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil.

Related terms

• donzel

See also

• dom palm (etymologically unrelated)
• non-dom (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• MOD, MoD, ODM, mod, mod.

Abinomn

Noun

dom

1. gecko

Angguruk Yali

Noun

dom

1. mountain

References

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 156

Chinese

Etymology

Clipping of English condom. Doublet of condom.

Pronunciation

Noun

dom

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) condom

Synonyms

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥ʌmˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

dom c (singular definite dommen, plural indefinite domme)

1. sentence
2. conviction
3. judgement
4. verdict
5. (logic) proposition
6. decision
7. damnation, doom

Declension

Related terms

• dømme

References

• “dom,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Via German Dom and French dôme from Latin domus Dei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̥oˀm], [ˈd̥oːm]

Noun

dom c (singular definite domen, plural indefinite domer)

1. a cathedral

   Synonyms: domkirke, katedral

Declension

Derived terms

• domkirke
• domprovst
• domsogn

References

• “dom,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔm/
• Hyphenation: dom
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dom, domp, from Old Dutch dumb, from Proto-West Germanic *dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz.

Adjective

dom (comparative dommer, superlative domst)

1. dumb, brainless

   Synonyms: stom, achterlijk, hersenloos

2. stupid, silly

   Synonyms: stom, dwaas, gek

3. accidental, thoughtless

   Synonyms: stomweg, domweg

Usage notes

• Dutch dom is never used with the meaning “mute”; the word for that is stom.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dom
• Berbice Creole Dutch: dum
• Negerhollands: dom, dum
• → Sranan Tongo: don (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

16th-century alteration (after Middle French dome) of Middle Dutch doem, from Old Dutch doem, from Proto-West Germanic *dōm, from Latin domus (“house, building”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm. Compare German Dom (older Thum).

Noun

dom m (plural dommen or domkerken, diminutive dommetje n or domkerkje n)

1. a duomo, either an episcopal cathedral or another major church (often a basilica) which has been granted this high rank
2. a dome, cupola

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Indonesian: dom

Etymology 3

From Latin dominus (“master”), from Latin domus (“house, building”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Noun

dom m (plural dommen, diminutive dommetje n)

1. an ecclesiastical form of address, notably for a Benedictine priest
2. a nobleman or clergyman in certain Catholic countries, notably Portugal and its colonies

See also

• don

Etymology 4

Noun

dom m (plural dommen, diminutive dommetje n)

1. Archaic form of duim (“thumb, pivot”).

Derived terms

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian don or older dom, from Latin dominus (“master”). Cognate with English don.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃/
• Homophones: don, dont

Noun

dom m (plural doms)

1. title of respect given to certain monks and other religious figures

Further reading

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

Gothic

Romanization

dōm

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐍉𐌼

Hlai

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *hnom (“six”), from Pre-Hlai *nɔm (Norquest, 2015).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /tom˥˧/

Numeral

dom

1. six

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔm/
• Hyphenation: dom

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦢꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (dom, “needle”), from Old Javanese dom (“needle”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum. Doublet of jarum.

Noun

dom

1. needle

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch dom, from Middle Dutch doem, from Latin domus (“house, building”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”). Cf. Old Dutch duom.

Noun

dom

1. either an episcopal cathedral or another major church (often a basilica) which has been granted this high rank.

   Synonym: katedral

Etymology 3

Contraction of domino.

Noun

dom

1. (contraction) domino

Further reading

• “dom” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dom.

Alternative forms

• dam, damh, dhom, domh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔmˠ/, (unstressed) /d̪ˠəmˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʊmˠ/

Pronoun

dom (emphatic domsa)

1. first-person singular of do (“to/for me”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• am
• dom’

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔmˠ/

Contraction

dom (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of do mo (“to my, for my”).

Related terms

Italian

Noun

dom m (invariable)

1. dominant, top (dominating BDSM partner)

See also

• sub

Javanese

Romanization

dom

1. Romanization of ꦢꦺꦴꦩ꧀.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔm/

Noun

dom m inan (diminutive domk)

1. house

Declension

Derived terms

• domacnosć

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “dom”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dom”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• dumb, domb, dum

Etymology

From Old Dutch dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz.

Adjective

dom

1. dumb, unwise, stupid

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: dom
  • Afrikaans: dom
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dum
  • Negerhollands: dom, dum
  • → Sranan Tongo: don (see there for further descendants)
• Limburgish: dómb

Further reading

• “domb”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “domp”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page domp

Middle English

Adjective

dom

1. Alternative form of dumb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.

Noun

dom m (definite singular dommen, indefinite plural dommer, definite plural dommene)

1. judgement, sentence

Derived terms

• dødsdom
• rettsdom

Related terms

• dømme

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin domus Dei.

Noun

dom m (definite singular domen, indefinite plural domer, definite plural domene)

1. a cathedral

Synonyms

• domkirke
• katedral

References

• “dom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”).

Noun

dom m (definite singular dommen, indefinite plural dommar, definite plural dommane)

1. judgement, sentence

Derived terms

• dødsdom
• rettsdom

Related terms

• døma, dømme

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin domus Dei.

Noun

dom m (definite singular domen, indefinite plural domar, definite plural domane)

1. a cathedral

Synonyms

• domkyrkje
• katedral

Derived terms

• Nidarosdomen
• Slidredomen

References

• “dom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ᛞᚩᛗ (dóm) — Franks Casket

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːm/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *dōm.

Cognate with Old Frisian dōm, Old Saxon dōm, Old High German tuom, Old Norse dómr, Gothic 𐌳𐍉𐌼𐍃 (dōms). The Germanic source was from a stem verb originally meaning ‘to place, to set’ (a sense-development also found in Latin statutum, Ancient Greek θέμις (thémis)).

Noun

dōm m

1. judgment
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

2. sentence
3. law, statute
4. fame, repute

Declension

Related terms

• dēman
• -dōm

Descendants

• Middle English: doom, doim, dom, dome
  • English: doom
  • Middle Scots: dome, dume

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *dōmi, first-person singular of *dōną (“to do”).

Verb

dōm

1. first-person singular present indicative of dōn

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin de + unde.

Pronoun

dom

1. of whom; of which

Descendants

• French: dont

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Univerbation of do (“to, for”) +‎ mé (“me”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doβ̃]

Pronoun

dom

1. first-person singular of do: to/for me

Alternative forms

• dam

Descendants

• Irish: dom, domh
• Manx: dou
• Scottish Gaelic: dhomh, domh

Etymology 2

Univerbation of do (“to, for”) +‎ mo (“my”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dom]

Determiner

dom (triggers lenition)

1. to/for my

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from the root *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [doβ̃]

Noun

dom ?

1. home
2. house

   Synonyms: attrab, lann, tech, tegdais, treb

Inflection

Derived terms

• dom liacc (“stone house, stone church”)

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: domh

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *domъ. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /dɔ(ː)m/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /dɔm/, /dom/

Noun

dom m inan

1. (attested in Greater Poland, Lesser Poland) house (building for living)
2. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
3. (religion, usually in collocation with another word, attested in Lesser poland) temple
4. (with some adjectives, attested in Greater Poland) house; home (place where specialized activities are carried out)
5. (attested in Lesser Poland) house, household; family

Derived terms

Descendants

• Polish: dom
• Silesian: dōm

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “dom”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “dom”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “dom”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “dom”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Pass Valley Yali

Noun

dom

1. mountain

References

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 8

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dom.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: dom

Noun

dom m inan (diminutive domek)

1. house (building for living)

   dom aukcyjny ― auction house

2. home (place where one resides)

   Synonyms: chałupa, chata

   Idę do domu. ― I'm going home.

3. house, household; family (people within a home)
4. household (all affairs associated with a family within a home)
5. (literary) house (royal, aristocratic, or otherwise high-society family)
6. house; home (place where specialized activities are carried out)

Usage notes

The form domie in the locative and vocative is considered dated.

It must be noted, however, that -ie is the regular and productive locative suffix in modern Polish for roots ending with -m or -n. This is reflected in derived terms, such as brand names ending with -dom, and place names (e.g. Dom), for which the ending is always regularized to -ie in the locative.

Compare syn and pan for the same exception.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), dom is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 32 times in scientific texts, 59 times in news, 39 times in essays, 119 times in fiction, and 124 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 373 times, making it the 134th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

Further reading

• dom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “dom”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “DOM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 02.06.2023
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “dom”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “dom”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “dom”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 501
• dom in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dõ (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese don, dõo, from Latin donum.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -õ
• Homophones: Dom, Dão (Portugal, dialectal)
• Hyphenation: dom

Noun

dom m (plural dons)

1. talent

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dôme.

Noun

dom n (plural domuri)

1. dome

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dôːm/

Noun

dȏm m (Cyrillic spelling до̑м)

1. home, house

Declension

See also

• kuća

Slovak

Alternative forms

• dům, dúm, dum (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *domъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɔm]

Noun

dom m inan

1. house

Declension

Derived terms

• domový
• domček
• domisko

Further reading

• “dom”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *domъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dóːm/

Noun

dọ̑m m inan

1. home (house or structure in which someone lives)

Inflection

Derived terms

• zdravstveni dóm (“health centre”)
• gasilski dóm (“fire station”)
• študentski dóm (“hall of residence”)
• dom starejših občanov (“retirement home”)

Further reading

• “dom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dómr (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʊm/

Noun

dom c

1. (law) conviction, judgement of court, sentence, verdict, doom
2. doomsday, the final judgement

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• döma

Etymology 2

From Latin domus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːm/

Noun

dom c

1. dome

Declension

Etymology 3

From the common pronunciation of these words.

Pronoun

dom

1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of de.
2. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of dem.

Declension

Article

dom

1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of de.

References

• dom in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• mod

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɔm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jɔm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jɔm˧˧]

Noun

dom

1. (rare) anus

References

• "dom" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

Volapük

Etymology

From Latin domus.

Noun

dom (nominative plural doms)

1. house

Declension

Derived terms

• domü