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Domestic

Definition: Domestic

Domestic

Adjective

1. Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction".

2. Of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic science".

3. Of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste".

4. Converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize".

5. Produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil".

Noun

1. A household servant.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "domestic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Domestic

DomainDefinition

Literature

Domestic England's domestic poet. William Cowper, author of The Task. (1731-1800.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Statistics

It means the territory of a Member State. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Cat

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

This article deals with the domestic cat. For other species of the cat family, please see Felidae.

Cat
Typical short-haired domestic cat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Felidae
Genus:Felis
Species:silvestris
Subspecies:catus

The cat, Felis silvestris catus, is a small feline carnivore that has been domesticated for several millennia. The term cat most commonly means a domestic cat, although it can also be used to refer to the other members of the feline family. For example lions, tigers, jaguars and the like are often referred to as the big cats.

Physiology

The physiology of cats is fairly consistent, especially when compared to the other most common domestic animal, the dog. Cats typically weigh somewhere in the range of 5 to 7 kg (10 to 15 pounds), rarely over 9 kg (20 pounds). In captivity cats typically live 10 to 15 years, though the oldest known cat lived to age 34. Domestic cats, on average, live longer if they are not permitted to go outdoors, and if they are spayed or neutered.

Cats (including domesticated cats) have a scent organ in the roof of their mouths called the vomeronasal, or Jacobson's Organ. When a cat wrinkles its muzzle, raises its chin, and lets its tongue hang a bit, it is opening the passage to the vomeronasal. This is called the flehman response.

The wild ancestor of the cat is believed to have been from a desert climate, and cats display behaviours associated with such creatures. They enjoy heat and sunning themselves. Their feces are usually very dry and cats prefer to bury them in sandy places. They are able to stay unmoving in one place for long periods of time, usually when observing prey. In North Africa there are still small wildcats that are probably the ancestors of todays domesticated breeds.

Baby cats are known as kittens, which is the same term used for baby squirrels.

The sound a cat makes is written "meow" in American English, "miaow" in British English and "mjá" in icelandic. Cats can also produce a purring noise, in the presence of their humans, that is immensely pleasurable to many humans. Some cats growl when they see other cats on their territory.

History and mythology

The cat was first domesticated by the Ancient Egyptians in 4000 BC, to keep mice and rats away from their grain stores. They regarded cats as embodiments of the goddess Bast; the penalty for killing a cat was death, and when a cat died it was sometimes mummified in the same way as a human. In the Middle Ages, though, cats were often thought to be witches' familiars. Today some people believe that white cats are unlucky, or that it is unlucky if a black cat crosses your path, but others believe that black cats are lucky.

The Cat is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Vietnamese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

Domestication

Cats are kept for companionship as pets, and to hunt mice and rats. Farms often have dozens of cats, living semi-wild in the barns. Hunting in the barns and the fields, they kill and eat rodents that would otherwise eat large parts of the grain crop. (Many pet cats successfully hunt and kill mice, birds and fish by instinct, but may not eat their prey.) Feral cats may live alone or in large groups with communal nurseries, depending on resource availability.

Like many other domesticated animals, cats lived in a mutualistic arrangement with humans. The benefit of removing rats and mice from humans' food stores outweighed the cost of allowing a formerly-wild animal to enjoy the relative safety of a human settlement; hence, the relationship between cat and human has continued. However, unlike other domesticated species, housecats' ancestors did not hunt socially or enjoy the safety of a herd, as other domesticated animals did. This evolutionary history may be the reason cats do not 'understand' the desires of humans in the same way that dogs do; before humans, cats had fewer social relationships to benefit from. This may also contribute to a sense common among pet owners that cats are both more aloof and more self-sufficient than other pets. However, cats can be very affectionate towards their humans, especially if they imprint on them at a very young age and are treated with consistent affection.

For more information on the care of domestic cats, see How to choose your pet and take care of it, which has a section on cats.

Varieties of domestic cat

There are many named breeds, each with distinct features and heritage. However, due to common cross-breeding in populated areas, many cats are simply identified as belonging to the homogeneous breeds of domestic longhair and domestic shorthair, depending on their type of fur.

Calico (US) or tortoiseshell (UK) cats have multiple colors. Bicolor cats are partly white. A tabby cat is a striped cat.

A male cat is usually called a tom cat, a female cat is called a queen. A young cat is called a kitten. A cat whose ancestry is officially registered is called a purebred cat or a Pedigreed cat or a Show cat. The owners and breeders of show cats compete to see who can breed the cat with the closest resemblance to the 'ideal' definition of the breed. Less than one percent of the total feline population are purebred cats - the remaining 99% have mixed ancestry and are generally known as moggies, or more properly domestic longhairs and domestic shorthairs.

Cats as food

In desperate times, people have been known to be reduced to cooking and eating cats. This occurred in Argentina in 1996. [1] In some poor parts of Africa, there are no stray cats on the street, because every stray that is found gets caught and cooked. Cats, like many other animals, are also occasionally prepared in Cantonese cuisine.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Domestic

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
DODEnglishDomestic Operations DivisionN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Domestic

Synonyms: domesticated (adj), domestic help (n), house servant (n). (additional references)
Antonyms: foreign (adj), undomestic (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Domestic

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Abode

Adjective: urban, metropolitan; suburban; provincial, rural, rustic; domestic; cosmopolitan; palatial.

Animal

Flocks and herds, live stock; domestic animals, wild animals; game, ferae naturae; beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea; black game, black grouse;flocks and herds, live stock; domestic animals, wild animals; game, ferae naturae; beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea; black game, black grouse; blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe.

Husbandry

Adjective: pastoral, bucolic; tame, domestic.

Inhabitant

Adjective: indigenous; native, natal; autochthonal, autochthonous; British; English; American; Canadian, Irish, Scotch, Scottish, Welsh; domestic; domiciliated, domiciled; naturalized, vernacular, domesticated; domiciliary.

Interiority

Home, domestic, indoor, intramural, vernacular; endemic.

Seclusion Exclusion

Snug, domestic, stay-at-home.

Servant

Noun: subject, liegeman; servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache; official.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Domestic

English words defined with "domestic": domestic ass. (references)
Specialty definitions using "domestic": Domestic Consumption, Domestic farm labor, Domestic Poultry, Domestic price, domestic water useLAUNDRY WORKER, DOMESTIC. (references)
Etymologies containing "domestic": rooster. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Domestic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (domestic, home, household, menial, tame).

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Modern Usage: Domestic

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Who is, in her own domestic and socially acceptable way also a drug addict (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

Umm, which of you has domestic experience (Schindler's List; writing credit: Steven Zaillian)

Hey, time out, there will be absolutely no use of superpowers to settle domestic disagreements (Birds of Prey; writing credit: Adam Armus; Nora Kay Foster)

Multiple, cold and domestic. (PCU; writing credit: Adam Leff; Zak Penn)

Ladies and gentlemen -- in fact, all of you. Feeling that you are weary of domestic triangles, we have gone to Europe for our next scene (The Hollywood Revue of 1929; writing credit: Al Boasberg; Robert E. Hopkins)

Lyrics

The sneaky silent men the punk domestic violence men (Doo Wop (That Thing); performing artist: Lauryn Hill)

We were all wounded in some domestic war (Enough of Me; performing artist: Melissa Etheridge)

Like a sick domestic abuser looking for a fight, (Simple Kind of Life; performing artist: No Doubt)

Movie/TV Titles

Marriage Wows Series: Domestic Bliss-ters (1934)

George Mozart in Domestic Troubles (1930)

Domestic Troubles (1928)

Their Domestic Deception (1917)

The Domestic Game Hunt (1914)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Domestic

DomainTitle

References

  • Domestic & General Group PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Non-electric Heating Domestic Cooking Apparatuses in Latin America (reference)

  • The 2003 World Forecasts of Non-Electric Heating Domestic Cooking Apparatuses Export Supplies (reference)

  • The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Domestic Heating Appliances (reference)

  • Domestic Electrical Appliances in Taiwan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Going to Market: The New Aggressiveness in State Domestic Agricultural Marketing (reference)

  • Research in Domestic and International Agribusiness Management, 1992: A Research Annual (reference)

  • Acanthocephala of domestic and wild animals (reference)

  • How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking (reference)

  • Effects of abatement of domestic sewage pollution on the benthos, volumes of zooplankton, and the fouling organisms of Biscayne Bay, Florida (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Christian Science Monitor - Domestic Ed (reference)

  • Domestic Animal Endocrinology (reference)

  • Domestic Mail Rates Informator - Diskette Windows (reference)

  • Domestic Public Fixed Radio Services (reference)

  • Domestic Tourism Monitor Annual Report (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Domestic Violence Against Women (reference)

  • Politically Incorrect: Domestic Politics (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Domestic

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Photo Album: Domestic

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Line graph showing reported cases of rabies in domestic animals, United States, 1955-1995. Credit: CDC.

Domestic mosquito species are those that breed close to human habitation. Flower containers in cemeteries may contain larvae of any of the three domestic species including Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex pipiens, and Aedes aegypti. Credit: CDC.

A small flock of domestic ducks near the area of the April 7th Swanson Creek oil spill. Fortunately, these birds were not affected at this time. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Domestic sheep are brought emergency water on rangeleland during severe drought. Spring 2002 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Flock of white domestic turkeys. Credit: USDA.

To increase the genetic diversity of U.S. corn, the Germplasm Enhancement for Maize (GEM) project seeks to combine exotic germplasm, such as this unusually colored and shaped maize from Latin America, with domestic corn lines. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..

Strong's dime caricatures. No. 1, Domestic troubles. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sketch for the domestic blockade. Credit: Library of Congress.

Domestic interior with fireplace. Credit: Library of Congress.

Group portrait of friends at social gathering, seated and standing with tea cups, in domestic setting. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Domestic
 

"Ash" by John Philip
Commentary: "Grey domestic cat close up."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Domestic".

PlayCaption
Domestic canine howls.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Domestic

AuthorQuotation

Samuel Johnson

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Domestic

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

As conquest may be called a foreign usurpation, so usurpation is a kind of domestic conquest, with this difference, that an usurper can never have right on his side, it being no usurpation, but where one is got into the possession of what another has right to. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Declaration of Independence

1776

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. (reference)

US Constitution

1791

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

If the dispute between the parties is claimed by one of them, and is found by the Council, to arise out of a matter which by international law is solely within the domestic jurisdiction of that party, the Council shall so report, and shall make no recommendation as to its settlement. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Domestic

TitleAuthorQuote

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

When the clock struck eleven, this domestic ball broke up.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

There are always such little fatalities complicating domestic dramas

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I could never forget those domestic pledges I had left behind me.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

At last, we know not what it is to live in the open air, and our lives are domestic in more senses than we think

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Domestic

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Apparent steady increase in domestic ETEC outbreaks. (references)

Elimination of domestic and feral animal reservoirs. (references)

Glanders is contracted by humans from infected domestic animals. (references)

Business

Some distribute to domestic consumers. (references)

VAT also applies to domestic products. (references)

It does not apply to domestic consumers. (references)

Children

South Africa

Violence against children, including domestic violence, remains widespread. (references)

Nepal

The age difference in marriage often is cited as one cause of domestic violence. (references)

Russia

Many officials consider domestic problems private affairs and prefer not to interfere. (references)

Civil Liberties

Mali

Eight domestic servers provide access to the Internet. (references)

Niger

Analysis or investigative reporting on domestic topics was extremely rare. (references)

Cuba

It is highly unusual for police to impose house arrest in a domestic dispute. (references)

Economic History

Thailand

New Government Promises Domestic Focus... (references)

Kenya

Kenya has no domestic production of aircraft. (references)

Haiti

Cultivation for domestic consumption declined. (references)

Human Rights

El Salvador

Numerous domestic and various international NGO's operated freely. (references)

Morocco

The cases were criticized in the domestic and international press. (references)

Zimbabwe

The amnesty was criticized widely by domestic and international human rights groups. (references)

Indigenous People

El Salvador

These small indigenous groups exist in the poorest parts of the rural countryside where employment opportunities are few and domestic violence is a problem. (references)

Ecuador

In the Amazon area, indigenous groups have lobbied the Government, enlisted the help of foreign and domestic NGO's, and mounted protests (including kidnaping oil workers and tourists), in their attempts to win a share of oil revenues and a voice in exploitation and development decisions. (references)

Minorities

Hong Kong

It serves the approximately 67,000 Indonesian domestic helpers who work in the SAR. (references)

Political Economy

PARAGUAY

The same multiplier was not applied to domestic products. (references)

URUGUAY

Tenders are generally open to all bidders, foreign and domestic. (references)

Sudan

Legal foreign workers have the same labor rights as domestic workers. (references)

Political Rights

Andorra

The election was run smoothly, and considered to be free and fair by domestic monitors. (references)

Zimbabwe

Civil servants have been the Government's traditional source for domestic election monitors. (references)

Bangladesh

It also codifies permission for election observers, both international and domestic, in the polling booths. (references)

Trade

Venezuela

These are usually applied to avoid domestic shortages. (references)

Hungary

The rules apply to both domestic and imported products. (references)

Cyprus

All domestic banks have correspondent arrangements with U.S. banks. (references)

Travel

Indonesia

Train and air services are usually used for domestic travel. (references)

Bulgaria

Hemus Air flies to short-range domestic and regional destinations. (references)

Honduras

Domestic maid services are also available at a relatively low cost. (references)

Women

Poland

Police intervene in cases of domestic violence. (references)

Rwanda

Wife beating and domestic violence occur frequently. (references)

Seychelles

Rape, spousal rape, and domestic abuse are criminal offenses. (references)

Worker Rights

Ethiopia

Child domestic workers are common. (references)

Bangladesh

Children routinely perform domestic work. (references)

Guatemala

These limits do not apply to domestic workers. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. The Enemy of Human Souls Sat grieving at the cost of coals; For Hell had been annexed of late, And was a sovereign Southern State. "It were no more than right," said he, "That I should get my fuel free. The duty, neither just nor wise, Compels me to economize -- Whereby my broilers, every one, Are execrably underdone. What would they have? -- although I yearn To do them nicely to a turn, I can't afford an honest heat. This tariff makes even devils cheat! I'm ruined, and my humble trade All rascals may at will invade: Beneath my nose the public press Outdoes me in sulphureousness; The bar ingeniously applies To my undoing my own lies; My medicines the doctors use (Albeit vainly) to refuse To me my fair and rightful prey And keep their own in shape to pay; The preachers by example teach What, scorning to perform, I teach; And statesmen, aping me, all make More promises than they can break. Against such competition I Lift up a disregarded cry. Since all ignore my just complaint, By Hokey-Pokey! I'll turn saint!" Now, the Republicans, who all Are saints, began at once to bawl Against his competition; so There was a devil of a go! They locked horns with him, tete-a-tete In acrimonious debate, Till Democrats, forlorn and lone, Had hopes of coming by their own. That evil to avert, in haste The two belligerents embraced; But since 'twere wicked to relax A tittle of the Sacred Tax, 'Twas finally agreed to grant The bold Insurgent-protestant A bounty on each soul that fell Into his ineffectual Hell. Edam Smith

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Domestic

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Andrew Card

I love Rob Portman. He's a terrific fellow. But I happen know that President Bush pushed very hard for his domestic agenda.

Commerce Secretary Donald Evans

When it comes to the economic security of this country, the domestic security of this country, national security of this country, the president speaks. But he's got a strong team of economic advisers around him that he counts on and relies on.

Gerald Ford

My conscience tells me it is my duty, not merely to proclaim domestic tranquility, but to use every means that I have to ensure it.

Robert Novak

Mr. Vice President, I'd like to turn to the domestic arena. One of the real problems, I think, for the county and for the Republican Party and for the administration has been this issue of corporate corruption.

Rush Limbaugh

Democrats said over the weekend that economic security and domestic security go hand in hand, and it was important that lawmakers set priorities with both goals in mind.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Domestic

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Besides, something is due to the Man who puts his life in his hands, hazards his health, and forsakes the Sweets of domestic enjoyments.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809Nor have we used the power confided by the same act of prolonging the foreign debt by reloans, and of redeeming instead thereof an equal sum of the domestic debt.

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829Those which are founded on geographical divisions, adverse interests of soil, climate, and modes of domestic life are more permanent, and therefore, perhaps, more dangerous.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Today inflation is our greatest immediate domestic problem.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963As the idealism of our youth has served world peace, so can it serve the domestic tranquility.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977Use of our most abundant domestic resource--coal--is severely limited.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981That action has strengthened the domestic steel industry.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989It's time we restored domestic tranquility.

George Bush

1989-1993Sullivan, Lou Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services, to lead a Domestic Policy Council review of recommendations on the quality, accessibility and cost of our nation's health care system.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001We froze domestic spending and used honest budget numbers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Domestic

"Domestic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.93% of the time. "Domestic" is used about 6,693 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)99.93%6,6881,445
Noun (singular)0.07%5157,705
                    Total100.00%6,693N/A

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

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Usage in Company Names: Domestic

CountryName
United Kingdom

Domestic & General Group PLC

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Domestic

Expressions using "domestic": domestic administrator domestic affairs domestic airlines domestic animal domestic animals domestic art domestic ass domestic carp domestic cat domestic cattle domestic chastisement domestic consumption domestic court domestic credit expansion domestic dog domestic drama domestic economy domestic flight domestic fowl domestic goat domestic goods domestic help domestic industry domestic interested party domestic investment domestic investors domestic issues domestic life domestic line domestic liquidity domestic llama domestic mail domestic market domestic news domestic oven domestic peace domestic pigeon domestic policy domestic product domestic production domestic relations law domestic rodent domestic savings domestic scene domestic science domestic science adviser domestic science school domestic science teacher domestic servant domestic service domestic sheep domestic silkworm moth domestic staff domestic taxation domestic trade domestic value Domestic Violence domestic voyage failure to comply with the regulations governing the protection of tenants of domestic and commercial properties gross domestic product gross domestic product at constant prices gross domestic product in real terms gross domestic product in volume gross domestic production net domestic product real gross domestic product total amount funded by international R&D and innovation programmes as a percentage of the gross domestic expenditure on R&D in a region in a given year. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "domestic": domestic-airline, domestic-based, domestic-care, domestic-equity, domestic-policy, domestic-type.

Ending with "domestic": non-domestic.

Containing "domestic": finish-it-in-thirty-days-using-only-domestic-handtools.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Domestic

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

domestic violence

2,077

domestic duck

48

domestic discipline

463

domestic office preparedness

46

domestic abuse

291

domestic violence and child

45

domestic cat

279

domestic pa relations

41

gross domestic product

232

domestic flight

39

domestic

227

domestic rabbit

39

domestic adoption

133

domestic shelter violence

37

domestic disturbance

128

domestic partnership

35

domestic violence statistics

122

domestic hot water

32

domestic airline

80

domestic appliance

31

domestic relations

77

qantas domestic

31

domestic picture violence

72

spanking and domestic discipline

30

domestic spanking

67

domestic airfare

30

law domestic violence

63

airfare domestic cheap

29

domestic partner benefit

59

domestic help

29

domestic partner

55

cheap domestic flight

28

discipline domestic story

54

center domestic preparedness

28

domestic terrorism

52

discipline domestic wife

27

qualified domestic relations order

51

domestic gas

27

domestic services

49

domestic grant violence

26

domestic violence article

26
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Domestic

Language Translations for "domestic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

inheems (aboriginal, native), gesins-, binnelands (aboriginal). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

vendi (home-brewed), shtëpie (home-made, indoor), shtëpiake, shtëpiak (household, indoor, stay at home), shërbëtor (attendant, bellboy, bellhop, Butler, commissionaire, flunkey, flunky, footman, groom, gyp, lackey, lacquey, man, manservant, menial, valet, Walla, yeoman), i vendit (home, inborn, native), i shtëpisë, i brendshëm (esoteric, immanent, indoor, inland, inlying, inner, inside, interior, internal, intestine, intimate, intramural, intrinsic, inward, Midland, seamy), e zbutur (domesticated). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

أَهْلِيّ (of the country itself), ‏مكرس نفسه للحياة المنزلية, ‏منزلي (household), ‏محلي (home, local, municipal, native, regional, territorial, topical), ‏وطني (country, inland, national, nationalist, nationalistic, native, patriotic, patriotically), ‏خادم بالبيت, ‏أهلي (country, indigenous), ‏أليف (domesticated, housebroken, tame), ‏داخلي (female, in, indoor, inland, inner, inside, interior, internal, intestine, inward, parietal, residential), ‏داجن (domesticated, familiar, tame), ‏بياضات منزلية, ‏بلدي (indigenous, municipal, native). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

семеен (home), роден (born, borne, german, germane, home, home-bred, native, natural, own, vernacular, whole), вътрешен (endo-, home, in, indoor, inland, inner, inside, interior, internal, intimate, intrinsic, inward, mediterranean, mental), питомен (civilized, tame), домашна прислужница (maid, maidservant, servant maid), домашен (fireside, home, home-bred, homelike, homely, home-made, homespun, homey, homy, house, household, indoor). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

國內 (civil, internal), 国内 (Domestical, Domestically, internecine). (various references)

   

Czech

  

domácího, domácí (brownie, domiciliary, home, homegrown, homelike, homemade, home-made, indoor, inland, internal, native, tame, vernacular), vnitrostátní, vnitropolitický (internal), vnitřní (inland, inner, interior, internal, intrinsic, intrinsical, inward, male), tuzemský (homegrown, inland), interní (internal). (various references)

   

Danish

  

hushjaelp (domestic staff). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

inlands (aboriginal, native), inheems (aboriginal, native), binnenlands (aboriginal, inner, inside, internal). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

hejma, familia, enlanda (aboriginal). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

sum húsfólk. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مستخدم یاخادمه , خانه دار (Homemaker, Homey, Housekeeper, Thrifty), خانگی (Homelike, Household, Indoor), خانوادگی , اهلی (Aborigine, Native, Tame), رام (Docile, Inward, Manageable, Meek, Obedient, Tame), بومی (Aborigine, Autochthonous, Indigenous, Native, Vernacular). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

palvelija (maid, servant), kotimainen (home, native), kotimaan . (home, inland), kesy (tame). (various references)

   

French

  

domestique (domestic animal). (various references)

   

German

  

häuslich (domesticated, family, home-loving, homely), inländisch (home, inland). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατοικίδιος, εσωτερικόσ (esoteric, indoor, inland, inner, inside, interior, internal, intestine, intrinsic, inward), εγχώριοσ υπηρέτησ, οικιακόσ (homelike), οικιακός (household), οικιακό προσωπικό (domestic staff). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

של משק הבית, ביתי (homely, homey). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hazai (home, home grown, home-made, indigenous, inland, national, vernacular), háztartási alkalmazott (help), háztartási (home), házi (domiciliary, family, home, home grown, home-made, indoor, in-house, tame), belföldi (home, indigenous, inland, interior, internal, intestine). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

domestik, rumah tangga (household), pelayan rumah. (various references)

   

Italian

  

nazionale (home, internal, national). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ドミノ理論 (car rental agency, de Morgan, domain, domestic science, domino theory, draft, draft beer, drag, drag bunt, drag race, dragging, dragon, drama, dramatic, dramatist, drastic, dried sausage, drive, drive in, drive serve, drive-in bank, drive-in restaurant, drive-in theater, driver, drive-through, driveway, driving, driving club, driving contest, drugstore, drum, drum machine, drum solo, drummer, drumming, drum-set, dry, dry cleaning, dry curry, dry cut, dry flower, dry gin, dry ice, dry martini, dry milk, dry paint, dry shampoo, dry shaving, dry skin, dry suit, dryer, drypoint, longest drive contest, road map, screwdriver, trip by car), 家庭内 (in the family), 国内 (internal), 対内 (internal). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たいない (inside the body, interior of womb, internal), ドメスチック , ドメス , かていない (in the family), こくない (internal). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

국내 (Domestical). (various references)

   

Manx

  

thieoilagh (domestic servant), thieoil (homely), thie (building, habitation, home, homeward, house, indoor, residency), mooinjerey (of people). (various references)

   

Mohawk

  

kanahskwa (domestic animal). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

innenriks (inland). (various references)

   

Papago

  

shoiga (domestic animal). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

indígena (aboriginal, native). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

omesticday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

doméstico (pet, tame). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

domestic (home, household, menial, tame), de casã (home-bred, household), slujnicã (handmaid, handmaiden, maid-of-all-works), slugã (follower, menial, servant), servitor (attendant, dependant, dependent, follower, footman, hind, man servant, menial, ministrant, retainer, servant), mãrfuri fabricate în ţarã, iubitor de familie, intern (inland, inner, interior, internal, internally, inward, resident), indigen (aboriginal, aborigine, home, home-bred, indigenous, native, vernacular), familial (family), conjugal (conjugal, connubial, married, matrimonial), casnic (domesticated, family, home, homely, home-made, household, housewifely, menial, settled). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

внутренний (back-end, endo-, endogeneous, indoor, in-house, inland, inner, inner tube, innermost, inside, internal, interum, intestine, intimate, intrinsical, mediterranean). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

ballan (a vessel, tub, wooden domestic vessel). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

domaći (home, home-bred, homelike, homemade, home-made, homey, homy, indigenous, inland, interior, native), roba domaće proizvodnje, posluga (servants). (various references)

   

Shona

  

nguruve (domestic pig), hangaiwa (domestic pigeon), chipfuyo (domestic animal). (various references)

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