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dominant

dominant

adjective do-mee-NAHN Rare
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Also means

prevailing, leading

Usage Note

Dominant agrees in gender and number: feminine dominante, plural dominants/dominantes. In music, la dominante is the fifth degree of the scale — a fixed feminine noun in that technical sense. The phrase la tendance dominante (the prevailing trend) is common in analytical writing.

Examples

"Le bleu est la couleur dominante du tableau."

Natural Translation

Blue is the dominant colour in the painting.

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