dominante, n.f., (mus.) dominant. Dans le mode d’ut, sol est la —, et fa la sous-dominante; in the key of C, G is the dominant, F the subdominant.

dominat-eur, -rice, n. and adj., dominator, ruler, tyrant; ruling, governing, dominant, domineering, arrogant.

domination, n.f., domination; dominion, rule, sway.

dominer, v.n., to rule, to bear rule or sway, to have the mastery; to dominate, to preponderate, to prevail; to domineer, to lord it; to rise above; to command a view of, to look over, to tower above; to command; to predominate. Il faut que la raison domine sur les passions; reason must prevail over the passions. Sa tête domine au-dessus de la foule; his head rises above the crowd. Cette tour domine sur tous les environs; that tower overlooks all the surrounding country.

dominer, v.a., to rule, to govern, to sway, to prevail over, to domineer over; to rise above, to command a view of; to command, to keep in subjection. La citadelle domine la ville; the citadel commands the town.

dominicain, n.m., Dominican, Dominican friar.

dominicain, -e, adj., Dominican.

dominicaine, n.f., Dominican nun.

dominical, -e, adj., dominical. Lettre —e; dominical letter. L’oraison —e; the Lord’s prayer.

dominicale, n.f., Sunday sermon.