different between nunnery vs domina

English

Etymology

From Middle English nonnery, nonnerie, equivalent to nun +? -ery.

Pronunciation

Noun

nunnery (plural nunneries)

1. (archaic) a place of residence for nuns; a convent
2. (slang, obsolete) a brothel
   • 1601: Shakespeare, Hamlet III.i

     Get thee to a nunnery, why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?

Hypernyms

• monastery

Translations

See also

• abbess
• cloister
• convent
• nun

English

Etymology

From Latin domina (“mistress”). Doublet of dame and donna.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?m?n?/

Noun

domina (plural dominas)

1. The head of a nunnery.
2. A dominatrix.

Related terms

• dominus

Anagrams

• Amidon, Imonda, daimon, domain

Catalan

Verb

domina

1. third-person singular present indicative form of dominar
2. second-person singular imperative form of dominar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dom?na]
• Rhymes: -?na

Noun

domina f

1. domina, domme, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

Further reading

• domina in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• domina in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

Noun

domina

1. (BDSM) domina, domme, dominatrix (dominant female in sadomasochistic practices)

Declension

Anagrams

• maidon, monadi, nomadi

French

Verb

domina

1. third-person singular past historic of dominer

Anagrams

• amidon

Italian

Verb

domina

1. third-person singular present indicative of dominare
2. second-person singular imperative of dominare

Anagrams

• damino, dinamo, domani, donami, modani, monadi, mondai, nomadi

Latin

Etymology

Feminine of dominus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?do.mi.na/, [?d??m?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?do.mi.na/, [?d???min?]

Noun

domina f (genitive dominae, masculine dominus); first declension

1. lady or mistress of the house

Declension

First-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -?s or -?bus).

Synonyms

• domna (Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin)

Derived terms

• domna (Vulgar, Late and Medieval Latin)
• domicella (Medieval Latin)
• *domnicella (Vulgar Latin)

Descendants

References

• domina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• domina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• domina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• domina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /do.?mi.n?/

Verb

domina

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of dominar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of dominar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominari, French dominer.

Verb

a domina (third-person singular present domin?, past participle dominat) 1st conj.

1. to dominate

Conjugation

Synonyms

• st?pâni

Derived terms

Spanish

Verb

domina

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dominar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of dominar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of dominar.