dome

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dome, domme (modern French dôme), from Italian duomo, from Latin domus (ecclesiae) (literally “house (of the church)”), a calque of Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías). Doublet of domus and duomo.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dōm, IPA^(key): /dəʊm/
• Rhymes: -əʊm

Noun

dome (plural domes)

1. (architecture) A structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere.

   Synonym: cupola

2. (by extension) Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover.
3. (informal) A person's head.
4. (slang) head, oral sex

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oral sex
5. (obsolete, poetic) A building; a house; an edifice.
6. (by extension) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building, such as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.

7. (crystallography) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form.
8. (geology) A geological feature consisting of symmetrical anticlines that intersect where each one reaches its apex.
9. (sewing) A press stud or snap fastener.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

dome (third-person singular simple present domes, present participle doming, simple past and past participle domed)

1. (transitive) To give a domed shape to.
2. (transitive, colloquial, slang) To shoot in the head.
3. (transitive, US, African-American Vernacular, colloquial, slang) To perform fellatio on.

Further reading

• dome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, demo, demo-, mode

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdomɛ]

Noun

dome

1. vocative singular of dům

Latvian

Etymology

A late 19th-century borrowing from Russian ду́ма (dúma, “administrative institution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dūōmɛ]

Noun

dome f (5th declension)

1. (often plural) council (legislative or administrative organ)

   pilsētas dome, domes ― city council

   domes vēlēšanas ― city council elections

   Valsts Dome(s) ― State Duma (Russian Legislative Body)

Declension

Derived terms

• padome

References

Middle English

Noun

dome

1. Alternative form of doom

Nias

Noun

dome

1. mutated form of tome (“guest”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.me/

Noun

dōme

1. dative singular of dōm

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: do‧me

Verb

dome

1. inflection of domar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dome (Cyrillic spelling доме)

1. vocative singular of dom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔme]

Noun

dome

1. locative singular of dom

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdome/ [ˈd̪o.me]
• Rhymes: -ome
• Syllabification: do‧me

Verb

dome

1. inflection of domar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Volapük

Noun

dome

1. dative singular of dom