demaine

== English == === Noun === demaine (plural demaines) Obsolete form of demesne. == Old French == === Alternative forms === demeigne, demeine, demene, demesne, demeyne, domaine, domane === Etymology 1 === From Latin dominicus. ==== Adjective ==== demaine m (oblique and nominative feminine singular demaine) seignorial; lordly possessive (indicating possession, ownership) === Etymology 2 === Substantivation of the above adjective, or taken from Latin dominium. ==== Noun ==== demaine oblique singular, m (oblique plural demaines, nominative singular demaines, nominative plural demaine) entourage of a king or another important person holdings (land) ===== Descendants ===== French: domaine→ Czech: doména→ Danish: domæne→ Dutch: domein→ English: domaine, domain→ German: Domäne→ Hungarian: domén→ Norwegian: domene→ Polish: domena→ Romanian: domeniu→ Russian: доме́н (domén)→ Swedish: domän → Italian: demanio → Middle English: demayne English: demesne → Middle English: demeine, demain English: domain === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “demaine”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.