dompter

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (transitive) to tame (a wild animal), break in (a horse)
  2. (transitive) to tame, to subdue, to suppress (rebellion, uprising, emotions etc.)

Frequenz

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/dɔ̃.te/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Inherited from Old French donter, from Latin domitāre. The p is unetymological, also seen in terms like Old French dampner (Latin damnō, Modern French damner).

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