How to pronounce domicile
American English pronunciation
DOM-ih-syle
- IPA
- /ˈdɑmɪˌsaɪl/
- Syllables
- DOM · ih · syle (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- DOM-ih-sil
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What domicile means
The place a person officially calls home
In a sentence: Even while she studied in Spain for a year, her domicile was still her parents' house in Ohio.
Where it comes from: It came into English from the French domicile and straight from the Latin domicilium, a word for a home.
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