dominer
French, verb/dɔ.mi.ne/
dominer is spelled D-O-M-I-N-E-R (7 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written French, the 11,545th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dominer is a French verb meaning “to dominate (govern, rule, or control by superior authority or power)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Commander souverainement, avoir une puissance absolue”.
What does dominer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dominate (govern, rule, or control by superior authority or power)
- 2
to dominate, to overpower, to subdue, to govern, to rule, to master
- 3
to dominate (one's competition)
- 4
to dominate [with sur ‘over’] (exert an overwhelming guiding influence over)
- 5
to (pre-)dominate (enjoy a commanding position or visibility in some field)
- 6
to dominate (overlook from a height)
- 7
to know (a subject) in depth, encompassing all of its aspects
- 8
to remain master of own's own, to stay in control of oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Commander souverainement, avoir une puissance absolue. 2. Maitriser ; exercer son autorité, son influence sur quelqu’un ou sur quelque chose ; avoir de la prépondérance ; prévaloir. 3. Paraitre le plus parmi d’autres choses, se faire le plus remarquer, être le plus fort. 4. Être plus élevé que d'autres choses que l'on tient en sujétion ; surplomber.
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 dominer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- dominant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- dominé participle past
- domine first-person indicative present
- domines indicative present second-person
- dominons first-person indicative plural
- dominez indicative plural present
- dominent indicative plural present
- dominais first-person imperfect indicative
- dominait imperfect indicative singular
- dominions first-person imperfect indicative
- dominiez imperfect indicative plural
- dominaient imperfect indicative plural
- dominai first-person historic indicative
- dominas historic indicative past
- domina historic indicative past
- dominâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dominer?
- /dɔ.mi.ne/
- \dɔ.mi.ne\
- [dɔ.mi.ne]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dominer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dominer in French?
dominer appears 4.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).