domestique

Borrowed from French domestique (“domestic servant, maid”).

domestique (plural domestiques)

1. (cycling) A rider on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders even if at the expense of his/her own individual performance.

• semi-quoted, semiquoted

From Latin domesticus (“domestic”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm.

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.mɛs.tik/

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domestique (plural domestiques)

1. domestic

domestique m or f (plural domestiques)

1. servant; maid
2. cleaner, housemaid

• “domestique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

domestique

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of domesticar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of domesticar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of domesticar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of domesticar

• IPA^(key): /domesˈtike/, [d̪omesˈt̪ike]

domestique

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of domesticar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of domesticar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of domesticar.