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dome

/ˈdəʊm/DOHM
/ˈdoʊm/DOHM

Meaninga house

Common meaning: a rounded roof

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DAM‘build’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 151, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latindomus, -ūs‘a house, a home’
  3. Old Frenchdomesource
  4. Englishdome‘a rounded roof’ · today

dom also in: domesticdomicile

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin domus ‘a house, a home’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry domus, p. 609 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DOME, p. 176 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

domesticdomicile

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