dominatrix

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English

Etymology

From Latin dominatrix, equivalent to dominate +‎ -trix.

Pronunciation

Noun

dominatrix (plural dominatrices or dominatrixes)

  1. A dominating woman; a female dominator.
  2. A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.
    • 2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel, page 296:
      Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury.
    • 2006, Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, page 226:
      But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing.
    • 2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker, page 134:
      I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Concise Oxford English Dictionary

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From dominātor +‎ -trīx.

Pronunciation

Noun

dominātrīx f (genitive dominātrīcis, masculine dominātor); third declension

  1. a (female) ruler
  2. a female master, mistress

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dominātrīx dominātrīcēs
Genitive dominātrīcis dominātrīcum
Dative dominātrīcī dominātrīcibus
Accusative dominātrīcem dominātrīcēs
Ablative dominātrīce dominātrīcibus
Vocative dominātrīx dominātrīcēs

References

  • “dominatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dominatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: do‧mi‧na‧trix

Noun

dominatrix f (plural dominatrixes)

  1. dominatrix

Spanish

Noun

dominatrix f (plural dominatrix)

  1. dominatrix

Swedish

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Noun

dominatrix c

  1. a dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)
    Synonyms: domina, dominatris

Declension

Declension of dominatrix 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dominatrix dominatrixen dominatrixar dominatrixarna
Genitive dominatrix dominatrixens dominatrixars dominatrixarnas

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