Meaning

5 senses

  1. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)Property.

  2. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)Personal belongings; possessions.

  3. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)A characteristic; quality; attribute; trait.

  4. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)Ownership; possession.

  5. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)Control of oneself; self-mastery.

Origin

From own + -dom, a calque of German Eigentum (“property”), from eigen (“own”) + -tum (“-do

From own + -dom, a calque of German Eigentum (“property”), from eigen (“own”) + -tum (“-dom”). Compare Saterland Frisian Oaindum (“property, possession”), Dutch eigendom, West Frisian eigendom.

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Forms

plural: owndoms
Singularowndom
Pluralowndoms

regular

Synonyms

21 synonyms
possessionB1propertyB1raceB1attributeB2characteristicB1veinB1featureA2parameterC2qualityA2traitB2touchA1aughtproprietydesignation

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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