Standard Lemma guide

Dominican

adj · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: /ˌdɒ.mɪˈniː.kən/
  • UK: /dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ˌdɑ.mɪˈni.kən/
  • Canada, US: /dəˈmɪn.ɪ.kən/
  • CMU ARPABET: D AH0 M IH1 N AH0 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic, or its people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dominicano, Dominican Republican

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or belonging to the Dominican religious order.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Jacobin

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic or a descendant thereof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dominicano, Dominican Republican

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A native or inhabitant of the Commonwealth of Dominica or a descendant thereof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A member of the religious order founded by Saint Dominic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: black friar, preaching friar, Friar Preacher, Jacobin

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Dominican monks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican Republic or its people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Dominican population

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: West Indian

10

noun

Meaning 10

a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Black Friar, Blackfriar, friar preacher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: friar, mendicant

Narrower terms: Savonarola, Girolamo Savonarola

History

Etymology

From the name of the Dominican Republic, itself a calque of Spanish República Dominicana; corresponding to Spanish dominicano.

From Dominica + -an.

Learned borrowing from Latin dominicānus. By surface analysis, Dominic + -an.

Across languages

Translations

194 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: dominicanu — from the Dominican Republic
  • Catalan: dominicà — from the Dominican Republic
  • Corsican: duminicanu — from the Dominican Republic
  • Czech: dominikánský — from the Dominican Republic
  • Danish: dominikansk — from the Dominican Republic
  • Dutch: Dominicaans — from the Dominican Republic
  • Esperanto: domingano — from the Dominican Republic
  • Estonian: dominikaani — from the Dominican Republic
  • Finnish: dominikaanilainen — from the Dominican Republic
  • French: dominicain — from the Dominican Republic
  • French: dominicaine — from the Dominican Republic
  • West-Frisian: Dominikaansk — from the Dominican Republic
  • German: dominikanisch — from the Dominican Republic
  • Haitian Creole: dominiken — from the Dominican Republic
  • Icelandic: dóminískur — from the Dominican Republic
  • Italian: dominicano — from the Dominican Republic
  • Italian: dominicana — from the Dominican Republic
  • Norman: Dominnicain — from the Dominican Republic
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dominikansk — from the Dominican Republic
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dominikansk — from the Dominican Republic
  • Polish: dominikański — from the Dominican Republic
  • Portuguese: dominicano — from the Dominican Republic
  • Romanian: dominican — from the Dominican Republic
  • Russian: доминика́нский (dominikánskij) — from the Dominican Republic
  • Sicilian: duminicanu — from the Dominican Republic
  • Sicilian: duminicana — from the Dominican Republic
  • Spanish: dominicano — from the Dominican Republic
  • Swahili: Kidominika — from the Dominican Republic
  • Swedish: dominikansk — from the Dominican Republic
  • Welsh: Dominicaidd — from the Dominican Republic
  • Asturian: dominiqués — from Dominica
  • Catalan: dominiquès — from Dominica
  • Corsican: duminicense — from Dominica
  • Czech: dominický — from Dominica
  • Danish: dominikisk — from Dominica
  • Dutch: Dominicaans — from Dominica
  • Esperanto: dominikano — from Dominica
  • Estonian: dominica — from Dominica
  • Finnish: dominicalainen — from Dominica
  • French: dominiquais — from Dominica
  • French: dominiquaise — from Dominica
  • German: dominicanisch — from Dominica
  • Italian: dominicense — from Dominica
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dominikisk — from Dominica
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dominikisk — from Dominica
  • Polish: dominicki — from Dominica
  • Portuguese: dominicano — from Dominica
  • Portuguese: dominiquês — from Dominica
  • Portuguese: dominiquense — from Dominica
  • Romanian: dominican — from Dominica
  • Russian: доминика́нский (dominikánskij) — from Dominica
  • Spanish: dominiqués — from Dominica
  • Swahili: Kidominika — from Dominica
  • Swedish: dominikisk — from Dominica
  • Welsh: Dominicaidd — from Dominica
  • Catalan: dominic — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Catalan: dominicà — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Czech: dominikánský — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Dutch: dominicaans — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Estonian: dominikaani — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Finnish: dominikaaninen — of or belonging to the religious order
  • French: dominicain — of or belonging to the religious order
  • German: dominikanisch — of or belonging to the religious order
  • German: Dominikaner- — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Hungarian: Domonkos-rendi — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dominikansk — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dominikansk — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Polish: dominikański — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Portuguese: dominicano — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Romanian: dominican — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Russian: доминика́нский (dominikánskij) — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Welsh: Dominicaidd — of or belonging to the religious order
  • Asturian: dominicanu — person from Dominican Republic
  • Asturian: dominicana — person from Dominican Republic
  • Catalan: dominicà — person from Dominican Republic
  • Corsican: duminicanu — person from Dominican Republic
  • Corsican: duminicana — person from Dominican Republic
  • Corsican: dominicanu — person from Dominican Republic
  • Corsican: dominicana — person from Dominican Republic
  • Czech: Dominikánec — person from Dominican Republic
  • Danish: dominiker — person from Dominican Republic
  • Danish: dominikaner — person from Dominican Republic
  • Dutch: Dominicaan — person from Dominican Republic
  • Dutch: Dominicaanse — person from Dominican Republic
  • Esperanto: dominga — person from Dominican Republic
  • Estonian: dominikaanlane — person from Dominican Republic
  • Finnish: dominikaanilainen — person from Dominican Republic
  • French: Dominicain — person from Dominican Republic
  • French: Dominicaine — person from Dominican Republic
  • Galician: dominicano — person from Dominican Republic
  • German: Dominikaner — person from Dominican Republic
  • German: Dominikanerin — person from Dominican Republic
  • Greek: Δομινικανός (Dominikanós) — person from Dominican Republic
  • Haitian Creole: Dominiken — person from Dominican Republic
  • Icelandic: Dóminíki — person from Dominican Republic
  • Icelandic: Dóminíkar — person from Dominican Republic
  • Italian: dominicano — person from Dominican Republic
  • Italian: dominicana — person from Dominican Republic
  • Italian: dominicani — person from Dominican Republic
  • Italian: dominicane — person from Dominican Republic
  • Norman: Dominnicain — person from Dominican Republic
  • Norman: Dominnicaine — person from Dominican Republic
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dominikaner — person from Dominican Republic
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dominikan — person from Dominican Republic
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dominikanar — person from Dominican Republic
  • Polish: Dominikanin — person from Dominican Republic
  • Polish: Dominikanka — person from Dominican Republic
  • Portuguese: dominicano — person from Dominican Republic
  • Romanian: dominican — person from Dominican Republic
  • Romanian: dominicană — person from Dominican Republic
  • Russian: доминика́нец (dominikánec) — person from Dominican Republic
  • Russian: доминика́нка (dominikánka) — person from Dominican Republic
  • Spanish: dominicano — person from Dominican Republic
  • Swahili: Mdominika — person from Dominican Republic
  • Swedish: dominikan — person from Dominican Republic
  • Swedish: dominikanska — person from Dominican Republic
  • Welsh: Dominiciad — person from Dominican Republic
  • Asturian: dominiqués — person from Dominica
  • Asturian: dominiquesa — person from Dominica
  • Catalan: dominiquès — person from Dominica
  • Danish: dominiker — person from Dominica
  • Dutch: Dominicaan — person from Dominica
  • Dutch: Dominicaanse — person from Dominica
  • Esperanto: dominika — person from Dominica
  • Estonian: dominicalane — person from Dominica
  • Finnish: dominicalainen — person from Dominica
  • French: Dominiquais — person from Dominica
  • German: Dominicaner — person from Dominica
  • German: Dominicanerin — person from Dominica
  • Icelandic: Dóminíkumaður — person from Dominica
  • Icelandic: Dóminíkumenn — person from Dominica
  • Italian: dominicense — person from Dominica
  • Italian: dominicensi — person from Dominica
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dominiker — person from Dominica
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dominikar — person from Dominica
  • Polish: Dominikańczyk — person from Dominica
  • Polish: Dominikanka — person from Dominica
  • Portuguese: dominicano — person from Dominica
  • Portuguese: dominiquês — person from Dominica
  • Portuguese: dominiquesa — person from Dominica
  • Portuguese: dominiquense — person from Dominica
  • Romanian: dominican — person from Dominica
  • Romanian: dominicană — person from Dominica
  • Russian: доминика́нец (dominikánec) — person from Dominica
  • Russian: доминика́нка (dominikánka) — person from Dominica
  • Spanish: dominiqués — person from Dominica
  • Spanish: dominiquesa — person from Dominica
  • Swahili: Mdominika — person from Dominica
  • Swedish: dominiker — person from Dominica
  • Swedish: dominiska — person from Dominica
  • Welsh: Dominiciad — person from Dominica
  • Belarusian: дамініка́нец (daminikánjec) — member of religious order
  • Belarusian: дамініка́нка (daminikánka) — member of religious order
  • Catalan: dominic — member of religious order
  • Catalan: dominicà — member of religious order
  • Czech: dominikán — member of religious order
  • Czech: dominikánka — member of religious order
  • Danish: dominikaner — member of religious order
  • Dutch: dominicaan — member of religious order
  • Estonian: dominiiklane — member of religious order
  • Finnish: dominikaani — member of religious order
  • French: dominicain — member of religious order
  • German: Dominikaner — member of religious order
  • German: Dominikanerin — member of religious order
  • Greek: δομινικανός (dominikanós) — member of religious order
  • Hungarian: Domonkos-rendi — member of religious order
  • Hungarian: domonkos — member of religious order
  • Italian: domenicano — member of religious order
  • Italian: domenicana — member of religious order
  • Lithuanian: dominikõnas — member of religious order
  • Lithuanian: dominikõnė — member of religious order
  • Macedonian: доминиканец (dominikanec) — member of religious order
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dominikaner — member of religious order
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dominikan — member of religious order
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dominikanar — member of religious order
  • Polish: dominikanin — member of religious order
  • Polish: dominikanka — member of religious order
  • Portuguese: dominicano — member of religious order
  • Portuguese: dominicana — member of religious order
  • Romanian: dominican — member of religious order
  • Romanian: dominicană — member of religious order
  • Russian: доминика́нец (dominikánec) — member of religious order
  • Russian: доминика́нка (dominikánka) — member of religious order
  • Slovak: dominikán — member of religious order
  • Slovak: dominikánka — member of religious order
  • Spanish: dominicano — member of religious order
  • Spanish: dominicana — member of religious order
  • Spanish: dominico — member of religious order
  • Spanish: dominica — member of religious order
  • Swedish: dominikaner — member of religious order
  • Swedish: dominikan — member of religious order
  • Tagalog: Dominikano — member of religious order
  • Welsh: Dominiciad — member of religious order
  • Welsh: brawd du — member of religious order
Real reading context

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