domaine

English

Etymology

From French domaine (zone, estate). Doublet of domain.

Noun

domaine (plural domaines)

  1. (wine) A vineyard or wine estate, especially in France.
    • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 52:
      Put [...] a gun to my head to name the domaine, I would blurt out la Romanée-Conti, for the spicy cassis and black cherry alone.

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French

Etymology

    Inherited from Old French domaine, demaine, from Latin dominium or dominicus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /dɔ.mɛn/
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    Noun

    domaine m (plural domaines)

    1. domain
      • 1959, Jacques Brel, “Ne me quitte pas”:
        Je ferai un domaine où l'amour sera roi / Où l'amour sera loi, où tu seras reine
        I'll make a domain where love will be king / Where love will be law, where you will be queen
    2. zone
    3. field (of study etc.)
      domaine scientifiquescientific field
      domaine informatiqueIT field

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Czech: doména
    • Danish: domæne
    • Dutch: domein
    • English: domaine, domain
    • German: Domäne
    • Hungarian: domén
    • Norwegian: domene
    • Polish: domena
    • Romanian: domeniu
    • Russian: доме́н (domén)
    • Swedish: domän

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