dominance
French, noun/dɔ.mi.nɑ̃s/
dominance is spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 35,423rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dominance is a French feminine noun meaning “dominance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exercice d’une influence ou d’une action prépondérante ; état qui en résulte”.
What does dominance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedominance
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exercice d’une influence ou d’une action prépondérante ; état qui en résulte. 2. Qualité de ce qui domine en importance ou en quantité. 3. Suprématie hiérarchique d’un animal qui exerce une autorité sur les autres. 4. Qualité d’un gène capable de s’exprimer quel que soit l’autre gène de la même paire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dominance
- dominances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dominance?
- /dɔ.mi.nɑ̃s/
- \dɔ.mi.nɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dominance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dominance in French?
dominance appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).