dominator

English

Alternative forms

• dominatour (obsolete)

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.

Derived terms

• dominatrix

Anagrams

• admonitor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dem-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder.

Proto-Italic *domanos

Latin dominus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin dominor

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin dominātor

From dominor + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɔ.mɪˈnaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [do.miˈnaː.tor]

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/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