dominer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominārī (“to dominate”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɔ.mi.ne/
- Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -e
Homophones: dominai, dominé, dominée, dominées, dominés

Verb

dominer

(intransitive) to dominate (govern, rule, or control by superior authority or power)
Synonym: être roi
(transitive, literal or figurative) to dominate, to overpower, to subdue, to govern, to rule, to master
Synonyms: assujettir, supplanter
(transitive, economics, sports) to dominate (one's competition)
Synonym: surpasser
(transitive) to dominate [with sur ‘over’] (exert an overwhelming guiding influence over)
(intransitive) to (pre-)dominate (enjoy a commanding position or visibility in some field)
(usually transitive) to dominate (overlook from a height)
Synonym: surplomber
(transitive) to know (a subject) in depth, encompassing all of its aspects
(reflexive, se dominer) to remain master of own's own, to stay in control of oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of dominer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	dominer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	dominant /dɔ.mi.nɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		dominé /dɔ.mi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	domine /dɔ.min/	domines /dɔ.min/	domine /dɔ.min/	dominons /dɔ.mi.nɔ̃/	dominez /dɔ.mi.ne/	dominent /dɔ.min/
	imperfect	dominais /dɔ.mi.nɛ/	dominais /dɔ.mi.nɛ/	dominait /dɔ.mi.nɛ/	dominions /dɔ.mi.njɔ̃/	dominiez /dɔ.mi.nje/	dominaient /dɔ.mi.nɛ/
	past historic²	dominai /dɔ.mi.ne/	dominas /dɔ.mi.na/	domina /dɔ.mi.na/	dominâmes /dɔ.mi.nam/	dominâtes /dɔ.mi.nat/	dominèrent /dɔ.mi.nɛʁ/
	future	dominerai /dɔ.min.ʁe/	domineras /dɔ.min.ʁa/	dominera /dɔ.min.ʁa/	dominerons /dɔ.min.ʁɔ̃/	dominerez /dɔ.min.ʁe/	domineront /dɔ.min.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	dominerais /dɔ.min.ʁɛ/	dominerais /dɔ.min.ʁɛ/	dominerait /dɔ.min.ʁɛ/	dominerions /dɔ.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	domineriez /dɔ.mi.nə.ʁje/	domineraient /dɔ.min.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	domine /dɔ.min/	domines /dɔ.min/	domine /dɔ.min/	dominions /dɔ.mi.njɔ̃/	dominiez /dɔ.mi.nje/	dominent /dɔ.min/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	dominasse /dɔ.mi.nas/	dominasses /dɔ.mi.nas/	dominât /dɔ.mi.na/	dominassions /dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/	dominassiez /dɔ.mi.na.sje/	dominassent /dɔ.mi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	domine /dɔ.min/	—	dominons /dɔ.mi.nɔ̃/	dominez /dɔ.mi.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Turkish: domine (via past participle)

References

“dominer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

endormi, moindre

Latin

Verb

dominer

first-person singular present active subjunctive of dominor

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

dominer

imperative of dominere

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed (as a first group) verb from Latin dominor.

Verb

dominer

to dominate

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of dominer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		dominer			avoir dominé
gerund		en dominant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		dominant
past participle		dominé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	domin	domines	domine	dominons	dominez	dominent
	imperfect	dominoie, domineie, dominoe, domineve	dominoies, domineies, dominoes, domineves	dominoit, domineit, dominot, domineve	dominiiens, dominiens	dominiiez, dominiez	dominoient, domineient, dominoent, dominevent
	preterite	dominai	dominas	domina	dominames	dominastes	dominerent
	future	dominerai	domineras	dominera	dominerons	domineroiz, dominereiz, dominerez	domineront
	conditional	domineroie, dominereie	domineroies, dominereies	domineroit, dominereit	domineriiens, domineriens	domineriiez, domineriez	domineroient, dominereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	domin	domins	domint	dominons	dominez	dominent
simple tenses	imperfect	dominasse	dominasses	dominast	dominissons, dominissiens	dominissoiz, dominissez, dominissiez	dominassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	domine	—	dominons	dominez	—