dominant
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French dominant.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒmɪnənt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɑmənənt/
Noun edit
dominant (plural dominants)
- (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
- (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
- (genetics) Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.
- 1930, R. A. Fisher, J. H. Bennett, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection, page 50:
- Finally, if we suppose provisionally that the mutant genes are dominant just as often as they are recessive, selection will be far more severe in eliminating the disadvantageous dominants than in eliminating the disadvantageous recessives.
- A species or organism that is dominant.
- 1966, John R. Bassett, Thinning loblolly pine from above and below, New Orleans, La: Southern Forest Experiment Station:
- Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand.
- (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
- Hyponym: dominatrix
- 2011, Jayne Rylon, Mistress's Master, page 65:
- His story was a fable you told dominants in training to stress the importance of comprehending the depths of your submissive's needs.
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Descendants edit
- → Polish: dominant
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Adjective edit
dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)
- Ruling; governing; prevailing
- The dominant party controlled the government.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 12, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, […] but imperious, insolent, and cruel.
- Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
- The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
- 2009, H. Stephen Stoker, General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, page 10:
- All other elements are mere "impurities" when their abundances are compared with those of these two dominant elements.
- 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, page 38:
- It's the water that makes this area famous. […] That water is still being used to supply Blackford's two dominant industries, Tullibardine whisky distillery to the south of the village and, more significantly, Highland Spring Group's bottling plant to the north.
- (of a body part) Preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
- (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
- (music) Being the dominant
- Dominant seventh
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Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of “ruling”): obedient, submissive (one who obeys); defiant, rebellious (one who defys)
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Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
dominant m or f (masculine and feminine plural dominants)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
dominant
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French dominant, from Middle French dominant.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative dominantst)
- dominant
- Synonym: overheersend
- (genetics) dominant
Inflection edit
Inflection of dominant | ||||
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uninflected | dominant | |||
inflected | dominante | |||
comparative | dominanter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | dominant | dominanter | het dominantst het dominantste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | dominante | dominantere | dominantste |
n. sing. | dominant | dominanter | dominantste | |
plural | dominante | dominantere | dominantste | |
definite | dominante | dominantere | dominantste | |
partitive | dominants | dominanters | — |
Derived terms edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
dominant
Adjective edit
dominant (feminine dominante, masculine plural dominants, feminine plural dominantes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: dominant
Further reading edit
- “dominant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dominant (strong nominative masculine singular dominanter, comparative dominanter, superlative am dominantesten)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English dominant.[1]
Noun edit
dominant m animal
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | dominant | dominanty |
genitive | dominanta | dominantów |
dative | dominantowi | dominantom |
accusative | dominanta | dominanty |
instrumental | dominantem | dominantami |
locative | dominancie | dominantach |
vocative | dominancie | dominanty |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
dominant f
References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “dominant”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French dominant.
Adjective edit
dominant m or n (feminine singular dominantă, masculine plural dominanți, feminine and neuter plural dominante)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | dominant | dominantă | dominanți | dominante | ||
definite | dominantul | dominanta | dominanții | dominantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | dominant | dominante | dominanți | dominante | ||
definite | dominantului | dominantei | dominanților | dominantelor |
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
dominant (comparative dominantare, superlative dominantast)
- dominant
- (biology, genetics) dominant
- Antonym: recessiv
- (of a hand, etc.) dominant
- (BDSM) dominant
- Antonym: undergiven
Declension edit
Inflection of dominant | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | dominant | dominantare | dominantast |
Neuter singular | dominant | dominantare | dominantast |
Plural | dominanta | dominantare | dominantast |
Masculine plural3 | dominante | dominantare | dominantast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | dominante | dominantare | dominantaste |
All | dominanta | dominantare | dominantaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Noun edit
dominant c
- (rare) a dominating person
- (music) a dominant
Declension edit
Declension of dominant | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dominant | dominanten | dominanter | dominanterna |
Genitive | dominants | dominantens | dominanters | dominanternas |
Related terms edit
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Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dominant
Declension edit
present tense | ||||
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positive, declarative |
positive, interrogative |
negative, declarative |
negative, interrogative | |
ben (I am) | dominantım | dominant mıyım? | dominant değilim | dominant değil miyim? |
sen (you are) | dominantsın | dominant mısın? | dominant değilsin | dominant değil misin? |
o (he/she/it is) | dominant / dominanttır | dominant mı? | dominant değil | dominant değil mi? |
biz (we are) | dominantız | dominant mıyız? | dominant değiliz | dominant değil miyiz? |
siz (you are) | dominantsınız | dominant mısınız? | dominant değilsiniz | dominant değil misiniz? |
onlar (they are) | dominant(lar) | dominant(lar) mı? | dominant değil(ler) | dominant değiller mi? |
past tense | ||||
positive, declarative |
positive, interrogative |
negative, declarative |
negative, interrogative | |
ben (I was) | dominanttım | dominant mıydım? | dominant değildim | dominant değil miydim? |
sen (you were) | dominanttın | dominant mıydın? | dominant değildin | dominant değil miydin? |
o (he/she/it was) | dominanttı | dominant mıydı? | dominant değildi | dominant değil miydi? |
biz (we were) | dominanttık | dominant mıydık? | dominant değildik | dominant değil miydik? |
siz (you were) | dominanttınız | dominant mıydınız? | dominant değildiniz | dominant değil miydiniz? |
onlar (they were) | dominanttılar | dominant mıydılar? | dominant değildi(ler) / değillerdi | dominant değil miydiler? |
indirect past | ||||
positive, declarative |
positive, interrogative |
negative, declarative |
negative, interrogative | |
ben (I was) | dominantmışım | dominant mıymışım? | dominant değilmişim | dominant değil miymişim? |
sen (you were) | dominantmışsın | dominant mıymışsın? | dominant değilmişsin | dominant değil miymişsin? |
o (he/she/it was) | dominantmış | dominant mıymış? | dominant değilmiş | dominant değil miymiş? |
biz (we were) | dominantmışız | dominant mıymışız? | dominant değilmişiz | dominant değil miymişiz? |
siz (you were) | dominantmışsınız | dominant mıymışsınız? | dominant değilmişsiniz | dominant değil miymişsiniz? |
onlar (they were) | dominantmışlar | dominant mıymışlar? | dominant değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş | dominant değil miymişler? |
conditional | ||||
positive, declarative |
positive, interrogative |
negative, declarative |
negative, interrogative | |
ben (if I) | dominantsam | dominant mıysam? | dominant değilsem | dominant değil miysem? |
sen (if you) | dominantsan | dominant mıysan? | dominant değilsen | dominant değil miysen? |
o (if he/she/it) | dominantsa | dominant mıysa? | dominant değilse | dominant değil miyse? |
biz (if we) | dominantsak | dominant mıysak? | dominant değilsek | dominant değil miysek? |
siz (if you) | dominantsanız | dominant mıysanız? | dominant değilseniz | dominant değil miyseniz? |
onlar (if they) | dominantsalar | dominant mıysalar? | dominant değilseler / değillerse | dominant değil miyseler? |