Dominique

Definition: Dominique

Dominique

Noun

1. American breed of chicken having barred gray plumage raised for meat and brown eggs.

"Dominique" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "of the Lord".

Date "Dominique" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Synonym: Dominique

Synonym: Dominick (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Dominique

Non-English Usage: "Dominique" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (Dominica).

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Modern Usage: Dominique

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Dominique is waiting. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)
Movie/TV Titles	Dominique (1968) Welcome to Bondage: Dominique (1993) Dominique (1992)
Song Titles	Dominique (performing artist: The Singing Nun)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Dominique

Domain	Title
Books	Aplix: Dominique Perrault, Architect (reference) Dominique Moceanu (People in the News) (reference) Dominique Moceanu : An American Champion : An Autobiography (reference) Dominique Moceanu: A Gymnastics Sensation (reference) Dominique Perrault (The Master Architect Series) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Cahiers Saint Dominique (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	An Evening With Dominique & Girlfriend (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	The Countertenors / Andreas Scholl - Dominique Visse - Pascal Bertin (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Dominique Flatware Set (20-pc.) (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Dominique

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[A young boy with polio] / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Dominique Darbois..		Toussaint Louverture (General en Chef á St. Dominique) ... Credit: Library of Congress.
	Tomb of Dominique You, St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: Dominique

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Chateaubriand, standing every morning at his window in the Rue Saint Dominique, No.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Dominique

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Congo	On May 18, the civilian criminal court sentenced in absentia Le Post newspaper journalist Mukebayi Nkoso to 3 months in prison for writing an article accusing former Minister of Information Dominique Sakombi of stealing $200,000 during the Government's confiscation of the privately-owned TKM television station in 2000. The sentence was not carried out by year's end. (references)
Human Rights	Haiti	The April 2000 killing of popular Radio Haiti-Inter host and journalist Jean Leopold Dominique, known for his criticism of the Government and of former coup leaders, remained unsolved. (references)
	Haiti	The letter noted the lack of progress in investigating several high-profile killings: Father Jean Marie Vincent (killed August 28, 1994), Chenel Gracien (killed May 5, 1998), Jean Pierre Louis (killed August 3, 1998), Senator Yvon Toussaint (killed March 1, 1999), Jean Lamy (killed October 8, 1999), Jean Dominique (killed April 3, 2000), and Amos Jeannot (killed September 6, 2000). Vigilante killings are common. (references)
Political Economy	Haiti	FL Senator and president of the Senate Commission on Public Security Dany Toussaint is a suspect in the Dominique murder. (references)
	Haiti	The Government made no progress in solving prominent killings that took place after the FL regained power in 1994. The 2000 killing of journalist Jean Dominique remained unsolved, although a judicial investigation continues. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Dominique

"Dominique" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.16% of the time. "Dominique" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	92.16%	47	49,740
Adjective (general or positive)	7.84%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	51	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Dominique

The following table summarizes the usage of "Dominique" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Dominique	First name Female	16,000	672
Dominique	First name Male	8,000	768
Dominique	Last name	1,000	12,438
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Dominique

"Dominique" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "of the Lord".

The following table summarizes names related to "Dominique."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Dominica	Female	N/A	Dominic
Txomin	Male	Basque	Dominic
Dominik	Male	Czech	Dominic
Dominika	Female	Czech	Dominic
Dom	Male	English	Dominic
Dominic	Male	English	N/A
Dominick	Male	English	Dominic
Dominique	Female, Male	French	Dominic
Dominik	Male	German	Dominic
Domonkos	Male	Hungarian	Dominic
Domenica	Female	Italian	Dominic
Domenico	Male	Italian	Dominic
Dominik	Male	Polish	Dominic
Dominika	Female	Polish	Dominic
Domingos	Male	Portuguese	Dominic
Dominik	Male	Russian	Dominic
Dominika	Female	Russian	Dominic
Domen	Male	Slovene	Dominic
Dominga	Female	Spanish	Dominic
Domingo	Male	Spanish	Dominic
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Dominique

Expression using "Dominique": Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "Dominique": charles-dominique, marie-dominique.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dominique

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
dominique swain	754	dominique michel	19
dominique simone	455	dominique dunn	18
dominique sweet	283	actress dominique	17
dominique moceanu	276	dominique gallery sweet	16
dominique	206	dominique swain pic	16
dominique wilkins	148	dominique perrault	16
dominique dunne	103	dominique moceanu nude	16
dominique swain nude	88	dominique sachse	15
dominique hulst van	57	dominique wilkins jersey	15
jean auguste dominique ingres	47	chicken dominique	12
de dominique villepin	47	demers dominique	12
dominique dawes	44	dominique pivain	11
dane dominique	43	dominique appia	11
dominique swain picture	27	dominique teen	10
dominique pic sweet	26	dominique bouche	10
dominique gallery simone	24	bomis dominique ring simone	9
dominique moceanu picture	23	dominique picture wilkins	9
dominique pic simone	22	dominique nude sweet	9
dominique baudis	21	dominique swain naked	9
dominique sanda	20	dominique simone picture	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Dominique

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Dominique": dominiques. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dominique" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dominikus, dominiques, Dominque, domninique. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Dominique"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Dominique" (pronounced dômunē"k)
3	-n ē" k	sneak, technique, unique.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Dominique

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-m-n-o-q-u"
	-2 letters: dominie, quinoid, quoined.
	-3 letters: domine, emodin, indium, iodine, ionium, monied, oidium.
	-4 letters: demon, denim, duomi, equid, idiom, imide, imido, imine, imino, indie, indue, iodin, medii, mined, monde, monie, mound, nudie, odeum, odium, onium, quoin.
	-5 letters: demo, deni, dime, dine, dome, done, doum, dune, idem, imid, mend, meno, menu, meou, midi, mien, mind, mine, mini.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-m-n-o-q-u"
	+1 letter: dominiques.
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