domestic

[duh-mes-tik]

adjective

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

   domestic pleasures.

2. devoted to home life or household affairs.

3. no longer wild; domesticated; tame.

   domestic animals.

4. of or relating to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries.

   domestic trade.

5. indigenous to or produced or made within one's own country; not foreign; native.

   domestic goods.

noun

1. a hired household servant.

2. something produced or manufactured in one's own country.

3. domestics, household items made of cloth, as sheets, towels, and tablecloths.

domestic

/ dəˈmɛstɪk /

adjective

1. of or involving the home or family

2. enjoying or accustomed to home or family life

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

4. of, produced in, or involving one's own country or a specific country

   domestic and foreign affairs

noun

1. a household servant

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

Other Word Forms

• domestically adverb
• antidomestic adjective
• antidomestically adverb
• nondomestic adjective
• nondomestically adverb
• predomestic adjective
• predomestically adverb
• semidomestic adjective
• semidomestically adverb
• undomestic adjective
• undomestically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of domestic¹

First recorded in 1515–25; from Latin domesticus, derivative of domus “house” ( dome ); replacing domestique, from Middle French

Word History and Origins

Origin of domestic¹

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

Example Sentences

As the domestic season enters its second international break, Rangers are eighth in the Premiership and trail leaders Hearts by 11 points.

From BBC

Legal analysts say these challenges could set a major precedent for domestic deployments, potentially limiting presidential authority in ways that future administrations will have to navigate carefully.

From Salon

Creators are also prohibited from featuring children or domestic workers.

From Salon

Standing up to the North American colossus and its despised leader was, of course, a massive boost for Lula’s domestic popularity and, if anything, sealed Bolsonaro’s fate.

From Salon

Apart from some surveillance, tailing suspects, one fatal encounter and an occasional chase, there’s little in the way of capital-A Action, mostly just a lot of talk — inquisitive, instructive, threatening, discursive, domestic or speechifying.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• indigenous 
• internal 
• national