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domestication
English
Etymology
domesticate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
domestication (countable and uncountable, plural domestications)
- The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals or breeding plants.
- The act of domesticating, or making a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
- (translation studies) The act of domesticating a text.
Translations
Anagrams
- ectinosomatid
French
Pronunciation
Noun
domestication f (plural domestications)
- domestication
Related terms
- domestique
- domestiquer
Further reading
- “domestication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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domestic
English
Alternative forms
- domestick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus (“house, home”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??m?st?k/
- Rhymes: -?st?k
- Hyphenation: do?mes?tic
Adjective
domestic (comparative more domestic, superlative most domestic)
- Of or relating to the home.
- 1994, George Whitmore, Getting Rid of Robert in Violet Quill:
- “Dan’s not as domestic as you," I commented rather nastily.
- 1994, George Whitmore, Getting Rid of Robert in Violet Quill:
- Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
- (of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
- 1890, US Bureau of Animal Industry, Annual report v 6/7, 1889/90
- It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals.
- 1890, US Bureau of Animal Industry, Annual report v 6/7, 1889/90
- Internal to a specific country.
- 1996, Robert O. Keohane, Helen V. Milner, Internationalization and Domestic Politics:
- The proportion of international economic flows relative to domestic ones.
- 1996, Robert O. Keohane, Helen V. Milner, Internationalization and Domestic Politics:
- Tending to stay at home; not outgoing.
Synonyms
- (of or relating to the home): bourgeois, civilized, comfortable
- (kept by someone): domesticated
Antonyms
- (of or relating to the home): adventurous, social
- (local): foreign, global
- (kept by someone): wild, feral
Derived terms
- domestic cat
- domestic hot water
- domestic violence
Translations
Noun
domestic (plural domestics)
- A maid or household servant.
- 1992, Mary Romero, Maid in the U.S.A.
- New standards of cleanliness increased the workload for domestics.
- 1992, Mary Romero, Maid in the U.S.A.
- A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent.
- 2005, Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website at[2] on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly.
Translations
Related terms
Anagrams
- comedist, cosmetid, demotics, docetism
Interlingua
Adjective
domestic (not comparable)
- domestic, domesticated, pertaining to homes, home life or husbandry
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French domestique, Latin domesticus. Largely replaced earlier dumesnic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do?mes.tik/
Adjective
domestic m or n (feminine singular domestic?, masculine plural domestici, feminine and neuter plural domestice)
- domestic (of or relating to the home)
- (of animals) domestic
Declension
Synonyms
- (of or related to the house): casnic
Related terms
- domestici
- domesticitate
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- what domestic beers are gluten free
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