dominion
French, noun/dɔ.mi.njɔ̃/
dominion is spelled D-O-M-I-N-I-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dominion is a French masculine noun meaning “dominion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné par les Anglais à des pays qui constituent les États indépendants appartenant à l’Empire…”.
What does dominion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedominion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom donné par les Anglais à des pays qui constituent les États indépendants appartenant à l’Empire Britannique mais restent sous domination partielle de la Couronne.
noun: 1. Statut de l'État du Canada selon l'appellation donnée par les Britanniques à la constitution de celui-ci en 1867.
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 dominion
- dominions plural
- dominion
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dominion?
- /dɔ.mi.njɔ̃/
- \dɔ.mi.njɔn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dominion in French?
dominion 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).