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English

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Etymology

From Middle French dominant.

Pronunciation

Noun

dominant (plural dominants)

  2. (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.
  3. (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
  4. (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.
  5. 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.
  6. (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.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Polish: dominant

Translations

Adjective

dominant (comparative more dominant, superlative most dominant)

  1. Ruling; governing; prevailing
    The dominant party controlled the government.
  2. 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.
  3. (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.
  4. (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
  5. (music) Being the dominant
    Dominant seventh

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Translations

Catalan

Etymology 1

Adjective

dominant m or f (masculine and feminine plural dominants)

  1. dominant, ruling
  2. (music) dominant
  3. (genetics) dominant

Etymology 2

Verb

dominant

  1. gerund of dominar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French dominant, from Middle French dominant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdoː.miˈnɑnt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: do‧mi‧nant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative dominantst)

  1. dominant
    Synonym: overheersend
  2. (genetics) dominant

Inflection

Inflection of dominant
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

French

Pronunciation

Participle

dominant

  1. present participle of dominer

Adjective

dominant (feminine dominante, masculine plural dominants, feminine plural dominantes)

  1. dominant

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

dominant (strong nominative masculine singular dominanter, comparative dominanter, superlative am dominantesten)

  1. dominant

Declension

Positive forms of dominant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist dominant sie ist dominant es ist dominant sie sind dominant
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative dominanter dominante dominantes dominante
genitive dominanten dominanter dominanten dominanter
dative dominantem dominanter dominantem dominanten
accusative dominanten dominante dominantes dominante
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der dominante die dominante das dominante die dominanten
genitive des dominanten der dominanten des dominanten der dominanten
dative dem dominanten der dominanten dem dominanten den dominanten
accusative den dominanten die dominante das dominante die dominanten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein dominanter eine dominante ein dominantes (keine) dominanten
genitive eines dominanten einer dominanten eines dominanten (keiner) dominanten
dative einem dominanten einer dominanten einem dominanten (keinen) dominanten
accusative einen dominanten eine dominante ein dominantes (keine) dominanten
Comparative forms of dominant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist dominanter sie ist dominanter es ist dominanter sie sind dominanter
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative dominanterer dominantere dominanteres dominantere
genitive dominanteren dominanterer dominanteren dominanterer
dative dominanterem dominanterer dominanterem dominanteren
accusative dominanteren dominantere dominanteres dominantere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der dominantere die dominantere das dominantere die dominanteren
genitive des dominanteren der dominanteren des dominanteren der dominanteren
dative dem dominanteren der dominanteren dem dominanteren den dominanteren
accusative den dominanteren die dominantere das dominantere die dominanteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein dominanterer eine dominantere ein dominanteres (keine) dominanteren
genitive eines dominanteren einer dominanteren eines dominanteren (keiner) dominanteren
dative einem dominanteren einer dominanteren einem dominanteren (keinen) dominanteren
accusative einen dominanteren eine dominantere ein dominanteres (keine) dominanteren
Superlative forms of dominant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am dominantesten sie ist am dominantesten es ist am dominantesten sie sind am dominantesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative dominantester dominanteste dominantestes dominanteste
genitive dominantesten dominantester dominantesten dominantester
dative dominantestem dominantester dominantestem dominantesten
accusative dominantesten dominanteste dominantestes dominanteste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der dominanteste die dominanteste das dominanteste die dominantesten
genitive des dominantesten der dominantesten des dominantesten der dominantesten
dative dem dominantesten der dominantesten dem dominantesten den dominantesten
accusative den dominantesten die dominanteste das dominanteste die dominantesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein dominantester eine dominanteste ein dominantestes (keine) dominantesten
genitive eines dominantesten einer dominantesten eines dominantesten (keiner) dominantesten
dative einem dominantesten einer dominantesten einem dominantesten (keinen) dominantesten
accusative einen dominantesten eine dominanteste ein dominantestes (keine) dominantesten

Further reading

  • “dominant” in Duden online
  • “dominant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔˈmi.nant/
  • Rhymes: -inant
  • Syllabification: do‧mi‧nant

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English dominant.

Noun

dominant m animal

  1. (biology) dominant (species or organism that is dominant)
Declension
Declension of dominant
singular plural
nominative dominant dominanty
genitive dominanta dominantów
dative dominantowi dominantom
accusative dominanta dominanty
instrumental dominantem dominantami
locative dominancie dominantach
vocative dominancie dominanty

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dominant f

  1. genitive plural of dominanta

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “dominant”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Further reading

  • dominant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dominant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • dominant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dominant.

Adjective

dominant m or n (feminine singular dominantă, masculine plural dominanți, feminine and neuter plural dominante)

  1. dominant

Declension

Declension of dominant
singular plural
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

Adjective

dominant (comparative dominantare, superlative dominantast)

  1. dominant
  2. (biology, genetics) dominant
    Antonym: recessiv
  3. (of a hand, etc.) dominant
  4. (BDSM) dominant
    Antonym: undergiven

Declension

Inflection of dominant
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

dominant c

  1. (rare) a dominating person
  2. (music) a dominant

Declension

Declension of dominant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dominant dominanten dominanter dominanterna
Genitive dominants dominantens dominanters dominanternas

Related terms

References

Turkish

Etymology

From French dominante.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dominant

  1. dominant
    Synonym: baskın

Declension

predicative forms of dominant
present tense
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?
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