domicile
English
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Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#DOMICILECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dem-#DOMICILEInherited from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#DOMICILECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#DOMICILE domicelle, domicylie, from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#DOMICILE domicile and directly from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#DOMICILE domicilium.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒm.ɪ.saɪl/Category:English 3-syllable words#DOMICILECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DOMICILE
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.mɪ.saɪl/, /ˈdɑ.mɪ.sɪl/Category:English 3-syllable words#DOMICILECategory:English 3-syllable words#DOMICILECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DOMICILE
- Hyphenation: do‧mi‧cile
Noun
domicile (plural domiciles)Category:English lemmas#DOMICILECategory:English nouns#DOMICILECategory:English countable nouns#DOMICILECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DOMICILECategory:Pages with entries#DOMICILECategory:Pages with 2 entries#DOMICILE
- (formalCategory:English formal terms#DOMICILE) A home or residence.
- The call to jury duty was sent to my legal domicile; too bad I was on vacation at the time.Category:English terms with usage examples#DOMICILE
- (lawCategory:en:Law#DOMICILE) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.
- 1838, Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland:
- the status of marriage has been indelibly fixed by the English celebration; and by this decision, her domicile, as a married woman, has been held to be that of her husbandCategory:English terms with quotations#DOMICILE
- (astrologyCategory:en:Astrology#DOMICILE) The zodiac sign over which a planet (a term which in astrology includes the Sun and Moon) is considered to have especially strong influence; the planet is called the sign's ruling planet or sign ruler.
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Verb
domicile (third-person singular simple present domiciles, present participle domiciling, simple past and past participle domiciled)Category:English lemmas#DOMICILECategory:English verbs#DOMICILECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DOMICILECategory:Pages with entries#DOMICILECategory:Pages with 2 entries#DOMICILE
- To have a domicile in a particular place.
- The answer depends on which state he was domiciled in at his death.Category:English terms with usage examples#DOMICILE
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Latin#DOMICILECategory:French terms derived from Latin#DOMICILE domicilium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔ.mi.sil/Category:French 3-syllable words#DOMICILECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#DOMICILE
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Noun
domicile m (plural domiciles)Category:French lemmas#DOMICILECategory:French nouns#DOMICILECategory:French countable nouns#DOMICILECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#DOMICILECategory:French masculine nouns#DOMICILECategory:Pages with entries#DOMICILECategory:Pages with 2 entries#DOMICILE
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Further reading
- “domicile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012