dominatrix
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin dominatrix, equivalent to dominate + -trix.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/[1]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]dominatrix (plural dominatrices or dominatrixes)
- A dominating woman; a female dominator.[1]
- A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.[1]
- 2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel, page 296:
- Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury.
- 2006, Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, page 226:
- But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing.
- 2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker, page 134:
- I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]A dominating woman; a female dominator
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A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices
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References
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[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /do.miˈnaː.triːks/, [d̪ɔmɪˈnäːt̪riːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /do.miˈna.triks/, [d̪omiˈnäːt̪riks]
Noun
[edit]dominātrīx f (genitive dominātrīcis, masculine dominātor); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | dominātrīx | dominātrīcēs |
Genitive | dominātrīcis | dominātrīcum |
Dative | dominātrīcī | dominātrīcibus |
Accusative | dominātrīcem | dominātrīcēs |
Ablative | dominātrīce | dominātrīcibus |
Vocative | dominātrīx | dominātrīcēs |
References
[edit]- “dominatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dominatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: do‧mi‧na‧trix
Noun
[edit]dominatrix f (plural dominatrixes)
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]dominatrix f (plural dominatrix)
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]dominatrix c
- a dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)
- Synonyms: domina, dominatris
Declension
[edit]Declension of dominatrix | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dominatrix | dominatrixen | dominatrixar | dominatrixarna |
Genitive | dominatrix | dominatrixens | dominatrixars | dominatrixarnas |
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