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do·mes·tic

(də-mĕs′tĭk)

adj.

1. Of or relating to the family or household: domestic chores.

2. Fond of home life and household affairs.

3. Tame or domesticated. Used of animals.

4. Of or relating to a country's internal affairs: domestic issues such as tax rates and highway construction.

5. Produced in or indigenous to a particular country: domestic oil; domestic wine.

1. A household servant.

2. often domestics Household linens.

3. A product or substance discovered in, developed in, or exported from a particular country.

[Middle English, from Old French domestique, from Latin domesticus, from domus, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]

do·mes′ti·cal·ly adv.

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domestic

(dəˈmɛstɪk)

adj

1. of or involving the home or family

2. enjoying or accustomed to home or family life

3. (Agriculture) (of an animal) bred or kept by man as a pet or for purposes such as the supply of food

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, produced in, or involving one's own country or a specific country: domestic and foreign affairs.

5. (Professions) a household servant

6. (Law) informal (esp in police use) an incident of violence in the home, esp between a man and a woman

[C16: from Old French domestique, from Latin domesticus belonging to the house, from domus house]

doˈmestically adv

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do•mes•tic

(dəˈmɛs tɪk)

adj.

1. of or pertaining to the home, family, or household affairs.

2. devoted to home life.

3. tame; domesticated.

4. of or pertaining to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries: domestic trade.

5. produced within one's own country; native.

6. a household servant.

7. Usu., domestics. items produced in one's own country.

[1515–25; (< Middle French domestique) < Latin domesticus, derivative of domus house]

do•mes′ti•cal•ly, adv.

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Noun	1.	domestic - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household domestic help, house servant ayah - (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children home help - a person hired to help in another's home (especially one employed by a local authority to help the infirm with domestic work) housekeeper - a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household housemaid, maid, maidservant, amah - a female domestic servant, retainer - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household) skivvy, slavey - a female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
Adj.	1.	domestic - of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction" national - limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy" foreign - of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
	2.	domestic - of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic science"
	3.	domestic - 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" undomestic - not domestic or related to home; "had established herself in her career at the price of being so undomestic she didn't even know how to light the oven"
	4.	domestic - converted or adapted to domestic use; "domestic animals"; "domesticated plants like maize" domesticated tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
	5.	domestic - produced in a particular country; "domestic wine"; "domestic oil" native - characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"

domestic

adjective

1. home, state, national, internal, interior, native, indigenous, not foreign sales in the domestic market

2. household, home, family, private, domiciliary a plan for sharing domestic chores She described their domestic life as 'normal'

3. home-loving, homely, housewifely, stay-at-home, domesticated She was kind and domestic.

4. domesticated, trained, tame, house, pet, house-trained a domestic cat

noun

1. servant, help, maid, woman (informal), daily, char (informal), charwoman, daily help, maid-of-all-work She worked for 10 or 15 years as a domestic.

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domestic

adjective

1. Of or relating to the family or household:

familial, family, home, homely, household.

2. Trained or bred to live with and be of use to people:

tame.

3. Of, from, or within a country's own territory:

home, internal, national, native.

Translations

أَهْلي، عائِليبَيْتي، مَنْزِليداجِن، أَليفدَاخِلِيّمَحَلِّي، داخِلي

domácíochočenýrodinnýsoukromýtuzemský

indenrigs-tæmmettamfamilie-hjemlig

häuslich Domestik Domestike Haus-...Innen-...

εγχώριος οικιακός

doméstico nacional familiar

kotimainen

domestique familial intérieur aborigène bonne

domaći

családiháziállat

heimilis-innanríkis-taminn, heimilis-

domestico interno nazionale

国内の

국내의

kraštonaminisnamųnamų darbininkasnamų pagalbininkas

ģimenes-iekš-iekšējaisiekšzemes-māj-

binnenlands

familie-hjemlig hjemme-hus-innenlands

domowy krajowy

doméstico nacional

внутренний домашний

domačdružinskigospodinjskinotranji

inhemsk

ในประเทศ

aile hayatı ile ilgiliailesel/özel yaşamı ilgilendirenevcileve aitiçişleriyle ilgili

nội địa

国内的家庭暴力家庭的家里的驯养的

domestic

[dəˈmestɪk]

A. ADJ

1. (= household) [activities, duty, life, animal] → doméstico; [fuel] → de uso doméstico; [harmony, quarrel] → familiar; [violence] → en el hogar
for domestic use → para uso doméstico
she does domestic work for a living → trabaja como empleada del hogar or empleada doméstica
a scene of domestic bliss → una escena de felicidad familiar or doméstica

2. (= home-loving) → casero, hogareño

3. (Econ, Pol) (= internal) [flight, industry, news, economy, politics] → nacional; [market, consumption, policy] → nacional, interior; [affairs, problems] → nacional, interno

B. N → doméstico/a m/f, empleado/a m/f doméstico/a

C. CPD domestic appliance N → aparato m doméstico, aparato m de uso doméstico
domestic help N → empleado/a m/f del hogar, empleado/a m/f doméstico/a
domestic science N (esp Brit) (Scol) → economía f doméstica, hogar m (Sp)
domestic science teacher N (esp Brit) (Scol) → profesor(a) m/f de economía doméstica, profesor(a) m/f de hogar (Sp)
domestic servant N → sirviente/a m/f, doméstico/a m/f
domestic service N → servicio m doméstico
to be in domestic service → trabajar en el servicio doméstico
domestic staff N (in hospital, institution) → personal m de servicio; (in private household) → servicio m doméstico
domestic worker N → empleado/a m/f doméstico/a

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domestic

[dəˈmɛstɪk] adj

[policy, affairs] → intérieur(e)

[flight] → intérieur(e)
a domestic flight → un vol intérieur

[news] → national(e)

(= household) → ménager/ère

[duty, happiness] → familial(e)

[animal] → domestiquedomestic abuse n → violences fpl domestiquesdomestic appliance n → appareil m ménager

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domestic

adj

(= household) → häuslich; the domestic arrangements → die häusliche Situation; domestic chores or duties → Hausarbeit f; his wife has always taken care of his domestic needs → seine Frau hat zu Hause immer alles für ihn gemacht; everything of a domestic nature → alles, was den Haushalt angeht; she was never very domestic, she was never a very domestic sort of person → sie war nie ein sehr häuslicher Mensch; domestic activities or things take up a lot of time → der Haushalt nimmt viel Zeit in Anspruch; in the interests of domestic harmony → im Interesse des Familienfriedens; domestic bliss → häusliches Glück; domestic quarrel → Ehekrach m; domestic appliances → Haushaltsgeräte pl; for domestic use → für den Hausgebrauch; domestic rubbish (Brit) or garbage (US) → Hausmüll m

(esp Pol, Comm: = within a country) consumption, production, spending, sales, demand etc → inländisch, im Inland; currency → inländisch; problems → im Inland; news → aus dem Inland; issues, affairs → innenpolitisch; he was more interested in foreign affairs than in domestic affairs → er interessierte sich mehr für Außenpolitik als für Innenpolitik

(= servant) → Hausangestellte(r) mf

(inf: = quarrel) → Ehekrach m

domestic

domestic cat

n → Hauskatze f

domestic dog

n → Haushund m

domestic economy

n (Pol) → Binnenwirtschaft f

domestic flight

n → Inlandflug m

domestic fuel

n → Brennstoff m → für private Haushalte

domestic

domestic market

n (Pol, Comm) → Binnenmarkt m

domestic policy, domestic politics

n → Innenpolitik f

domestic rates

pl (Brit Econ, Hist) → Kommunalabgaben pl

domestic science

n (esp old Brit Sch) → Hauswirtschaftslehre f; domestic college/teacher (esp old Brit Sch) → Hauswirtschaftsschule f → /-lehrer(in) m(f)

domestic servant

n → Hausangestellte(r) mf

domestic service

n → Arbeit f → als Hausangestellte(r); to be in domestic → als Hausangestellte(r) arbeiten

domestic staff

n → Hauspersonal nt

domestic supply

n → Hausanschluss m; they had no domestic of water → sie hatten keinen Wasseranschluss im Haus

domestic violence

n → Gewalt f → in der Familie; one in ten women is a victim of domestic → eine von zehn Frauen ist Opfer häuslicher Gewalt or wird zu Hause misshandelt

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domestic

[dəˈmɛstɪk]

1. adj

a. (industry, flight) → nazionale; (affairs, policy) → interno/a; (news) → dall'interno

b. (chores, duties, animal) → domestico/a
domestic bliss → le gioie della famiglia
domestic peace → pace in famiglia
to be in domestic service → essere a servizio
domestic servant → domestico/a

2. n (cleaner) → inserviente m/f

domestic

(dəˈmestik) adjective

1. of or in the house or home. a domestic servant; domestic utensils.

2. concerning one's private life or family. domestic problems.

3. (of animals) tame and living with or used by people.

4. not foreign. the Government's domestic policy.

doˈmesticated (-keitid) adjective

1. (of animals) accustomed to living near and being used by people. Cows and sheep have been domesticated for many thousands of years.

2. good at doing jobs associated with running a house. My husband has become very domesticated since I've been ill.

doˌmestiˈcation noun

domesticity (doumeˈstisəti) noun

(fondness for) home life.

domestic help

(a person paid to give) assistance with housework etc.

domestic

→ دَاخِلِيّ domácí indenrigs- häuslich εγχώριος doméstico, nacional kotimainen domestique domaći interno 国内の 국내의 binnenlands innenlands krajowy doméstico, nacional внутренний inhemsk ในประเทศ ülke içi nội địa 国内的

domestic

a. doméstico-a.

domestic

adj doméstico, casero

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Causes of Variability -- Effects of Habit -- Correlation of Growth -- Inheritance -- Character of Domestic Varieties -- Difficulty of distinguishing between Varieties and Species -- Origin of Domestic Varieties from one or more Species -- Domestic Pigeons, their Differences and Origin -- Principle of Selection anciently followed, its Effects -- Methodical and Unconscious Selection -- Unknown Origin of our Domestic Productions -- Circumstances favourable to Man's power of Selection.

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