dominant
English
Etymology
From Middle French dominant.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒmɪnənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɑmənənt/
Noun
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.
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Polish: dominant
Translations
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Adjective
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
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “ruling”): obedient, submissive (one who obeys); defiant, rebellious (one who defys)
Derived terms
Translations
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Catalan
Etymology 1
Adjective
dominant m or f (masculine and feminine plural dominants)
Etymology 2
Verb
dominant
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French dominant, from Middle French dominant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dominant (comparative dominanter, superlative dominantst)
- dominant
- Synonym: overheersend
- (genetics) dominant
Inflection
Declension 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
French
Pronunciation
Participle
dominant
Adjective
dominant (feminine dominante, masculine plural dominants, feminine plural dominantes)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: dominant
Further reading
- “dominant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
dominant (strong nominative masculine singular dominanter, comparative dominanter, superlative am dominantesten)
Declension
Further reading
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English dominant.[1]
Noun
dominant m animal
Declension
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
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dominant f
References
- ^ 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)
Declension
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
Adjective
dominant (comparative dominantare, superlative dominantast)
- dominant
- (biology, genetics) dominant
- Antonym: recessiv
- (of a hand, etc.) dominant
- (BDSM) dominant
- Antonym: undergiven
Declension
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
dominant c
- (rare) a dominating person
- (music) a dominant
Declension
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
References
- dominant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dominant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dominant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
dominant
Declension
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? |
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