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dominante — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dom noun Informal: the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or sexual dynamic.
  • dominant adj More powerful, important, or noticeable than others in the same category.

Senses

dominante is used for these senses in English:

  • colorcast (photography) An undesirable tint of color affecting another color in a photograph, due to an incorrect balance.
  • dom (BDSM) A dominant in sadomasochistic sexual practices.
  • dominant (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.

dom — full definition

  1. noun Informal: the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or sexual dynamic.
  2. noun A title of respect historically given to certain clergy and to nobility in Portugal and Brazil.

dominant — full definition

  1. adj More powerful, important, or noticeable than others in the same category.
  2. adj Genetics: describing a gene or trait that is expressed even when only one copy is present.

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