dominator

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

dominator (plural dominators)

  1. One who, or that which, dominates.
    Coordinate term: subordinator
    1. (BDSM, uncommon) A male dominant.
      • 1988 May 7, Jeff Winters, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
        Young looking 30 yr old dominator, but might bend (flexible) for the right person.
    2. (graph theory) A node that dominates another.

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Latin

Etymology

dominor +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

Noun

dominātor m (genitive dominātōris); third declension

  1. ruler
  2. lord

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dominātor dominātōrēs
genitive dominātōris dominātōrum
dative dominātōrī dominātōribus
accusative dominātōrem dominātōrēs
ablative dominātōre dominātōribus
vocative dominātor dominātōrēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: dominador
  • French: dominateur
  • Galician: dominador
  • Italian: dominatore
  • Portuguese: dominador
  • Romanian: dominator
  • Spanish: dominador

Verb

dominātor

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of dominor

References

  • dominator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dominator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dominator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dominateur, from Latin dominator. Equivalent to domina +‎ -tor.

Adjective

dominator m or n (feminine singular dominatoare, masculine plural dominatori, feminine and neuter plural dominatoare)

  1. domineering

Declension

Declension of dominator
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite dominator dominatoare dominatori dominatoare
definite dominatorul dominatoarea dominatorii dominatoarele
genitive-
dative
indefinite dominator dominatoare dominatori dominatoare
definite dominatorului dominatoarei dominatorilor dominatoarelor