dome

C2+ Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /doʊm/ UK /dəʊm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure

Sunlight streamed through the cathedral's gilded dome.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a rounded vault forming the... cupola vaultrotundaarch canopy

Word family

Forms domeddômes

Derived forms domeddoming

Related forms domical

Common collocations

geodesic dome Adjective + noun

Etymology

From French dôme or Italian duomo ('cathedral, dome'), from Latin domus ('house'), itself from Greek doma ('house, roof').

dôme French domus Latin *dem- Proto-Indo-European

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# dome

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /doʊm/
**IPA (UK):** /dəʊm/

## Meanings
1. a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure

## Examples
- Sunlight streamed through the cathedral's gilded dome.

## Synonyms
- cupola
- vault
- rotunda
- arch
- canopy

## Derived Forms
- domed
- doming

## Related Forms
- domical

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dôme
- Root: domus
- Root: *dem-

## Etymology
From French dôme or Italian duomo ('cathedral, dome'), from Latin domus ('house'), itself from Greek doma ('house, roof').

## AI Etymology
Dome is from French dôme or Italian duomo ('cathedral, dome'), from Latin domus ('house'), itself from Greek doma ('house, roof'). The ancestry passes through French dôme, Latin domus, and Proto-Indo-European *dem-. In present use as noun and verb, it means "a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include domical; derived forms include domed and doming. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in domed, doming, and domical, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction

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