name
Meaning 1
A unisex given name, a form of Dominic or Dominique.
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Standard Lemma guide
dom
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /dɒm/
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General-American: /dɑm/
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Australian: /dɔm/
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rhymes with -ɒm
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homophone: dom
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homophone: domme
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homophone: Domme
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homophone: dom/me
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homophone: Dom/me
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General-American: /dɔm/
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homophone: Dom
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CMU ARPABET: D AA1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of dom.
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Usage: alt-of
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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name
Meaning 3
An Indo-Aryan ethnic group, living mainly in the Middle East and North Africa.
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name
Meaning 4
A Middle Eastern Gypsy.
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Usage: offensive, sometimes
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noun
Meaning 5
A dominant in sadomasochistic sexual practices.
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Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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noun
Meaning 6
Domination.
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Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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noun
Meaning 7
A title formerly borne by member of the high nobility of Portugal and Brazil.
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noun
Meaning 8
A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders.
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noun
Meaning 9
A title given to royalty and high-ranking ecclesiastics in Portugal and Brazil.
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noun
Meaning 10
A title given to Roman Catholic monastic dignitaries.
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noun
Meaning 11
A caste (or member of this caste) in Indian society, originally comprising drummers or travelling musicians and now generally referring to a Dalit subcaste responsible for the cremation and disposal of dead bodies.
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noun
Meaning 12
Initialism of date of marriage.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 13
Initialism of dirty old man.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 14
Initialism of dissolved organic matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 15
Acronym of Document Object Model.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 16
2,5-Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine, a psychedelic and a substituted amphetamine.
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Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: STP
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noun
Meaning 17
Initialism of disk on module.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
Meaning 18
To dominate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, slang
Topics: BDSM, games, gaming, lifestyle, sexuality
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History
Etymology
Shortenings.
Related to Rom and Lom.
Clipping of dominance, dominant, dominate, or domination.
Borrowed from Portuguese dom. Doublet of domine, dominie, dominus, and don.
From Portuguese dom, and its source, Latin dominus.
From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma). Doublet of Rom.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: dominateur — person who dominates in BDSM practices
- French: dominatrice — person who dominates in BDSM practices
- French: domina — person who dominates in BDSM practices
- Polish: dominator — person who dominates in BDSM practices
- Polish: domina — person who dominates in BDSM practices
- Portuguese: dominante — person who dominates in BDSM practices
- Russian: господин (gospodin) — person who dominates in BDSM practices
- Russian: госпожа (gospoža) — person who dominates in BDSM practices
- Spanish: dominante — person who dominates in BDSM practices