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English
Etymology
From French domaine (“zone, estate”). Doublet of domain.
Noun
domaine (plural domaines)
- (wine) A vineyard or wine estate, especially in France.
2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 52:Put [...] a gun to my head to name the domaine, I would blurt out la Romanée-Conti, for the spicy cassis and black cherry alone.
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French domaine, demaine, from Latin dominium or dominicus.
Pronunciation
Noun
domaine m (plural domaines)
- domain
1959, Jacques Brel (lyrics and music), “Ne me quitte pas”:Je ferai un domaine où l’amour sera roi / Où l’amour sera loi, où tu seras reine- I'll make a domain where love will be king / Where love will be law, where you will be queen
- zone
- field (of study etc.)
- domaine scientifique ― scientific field
- domaine informatique ― IT field
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