"dominatrix" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominatrix.wav Forms: dominatrices [plural], dominatrixes [plural]
Etymology: From Latin dominatrix, equivalent to dominate + -trix. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dominatrix}} Latin dominatrix, {{suf|en|dominate|trix}} dominate + -trix Head templates: {{en-noun|dominatrices|+}} dominatrix (plural dominatrices or dominatrixes)
  1. A dominating woman; a female dominator. Categories (topical): BDSM, Occupations, Sexuality Translations (A dominating woman; a female dominator): dominatrice [feminine] (French)
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  2. A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices. Categories (topical): BDSM, Occupations, Sexuality Translations (A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices): domina (Finnish), domina (French), dominatrice (French), Domina [feminine] (German), до́мина (dómina) [feminine] (Macedonian), domina [feminine] (Polish), dominatrix [common-gender] (Swedish), domina [common-gender] (Swedish), dominatris [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dominatrix-en-noun-l9ya-M7C Disambiguation of BDSM: 47 53 0 Disambiguation of Occupations: 42 49 9 Disambiguation of Sexuality: 47 53 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -trix, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 47 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -trix: 40 50 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 58 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 43 47 5 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 47 4 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 55 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 40 52 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 41 55 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 42 54 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 54 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 40 56 4 Disambiguation of 'A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: domina, domme Derived forms: humiliatrix

Verb

IPA: /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dominatrix.wav Forms: dominatrixes [present, singular, third-person], dominatrixing [participle, present], dominatrixed [participle, past], dominatrixed [past]
Etymology: From Latin dominatrix, equivalent to dominate + -trix. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dominatrix}} Latin dominatrix, {{suf|en|dominate|trix}} dominate + -trix Head templates: {{en-verb}} dominatrix (third-person singular simple present dominatrixes, present participle dominatrixing, simple past and past participle dominatrixed)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To act as a dominatrix, especially professionally. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-dominatrix-en-verb-E2xhaqsX

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "domina"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices",
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      ],
      "word": "dominatris"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "ref": "1999 September 1, cara, quoting Brian Pez, “The most boring character on Road Rules”, in alt.tv.road-rules (Usenet):",
          "text": "Cara, when you reach 18, maybe you will take up \"dominatrixing\" for a living.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 March 25, “Foxy (not a reference to the dumper bound DJ Dr Fox – in case you were wondering)”, in Bitchy Jones's Diary:",
          "text": "Not one single nod is given to the fact is might be something a woman would ever do for the sheer blissy hot of it. Nah, nah, nah, nah, NAH! In fact, in this context, that would probably be beyond horridious. And isn’t that kind of weird. Dominatrixing for money is far more okay (and even kind of family friendly) than dominatrixing for sexual kicks. And you’ve got to wonder why that might be.",
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        "To act as a dominatrix, especially professionally."
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        "(informal, intransitive) To act as a dominatrix, especially professionally."
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