domino

Borrowed from French domino (1801), from Medieval Latin domino, from Latin dominus (“lord, master”); compare Medieval Latin dominicale (“a kind of veil”). The game is said to be so called from the black under surface or part of the pieces with which it is played.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dŏ'mĭnō, IPA^(key): /ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/
• (US) enPR: dämĭnō, IPA^(key): /ˈdɑmɪnoʊ/

domino (plural dominos or dominoes)

1. (dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]
2. (politics) A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
3. A masquerade costume consisting of a hooded robe and a mask covering the upper part of the face.

   Synonym: domino costume

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 485:

     all the women were desirous of having the bundle immediately opened; which operation was at length performed by little Betsy, with the consent of Mr Jones: and the contents were found to be a domino, a mask, and a masquerade ticket.

   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1007:

     Then he hunted for the black carnival domino, supposing that it was the appropriate thing for a penitent to wear.

4. The mask itself.

   Synonyms: domino mask, half mask, eyemask

   • 1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram‎, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:

     He wore a domino, but beneath it could be seen his whiskers, cut after the English fashion, and long and pendent.

5. The person wearing the costume.
6. (geometry) A polyomino made up of two squares.

   Synonym: 2-omino

• dominate

domino (third-person singular simple present dominoes, present participle dominoing, simple past and past participle dominoed)

1. (intransitive) To collapse in the manner of dominoes.
   • 2010, Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey →ISBN, page 107:

     A dismasting often means the dominoing of one mast into the other, down through the decks, cannoning the cargo through the hull below, and sinking the ship very quickly.

2. (transitive) To cause to collapse in the manner of dominoes.

• domino in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• domino in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

• monoid

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative form of dominar

• IPA^(key): [ˈdomɪno]
• Rhymes: -ɪno

domino n

1. dominoes

• domino in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• domino in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /ˈdomino/, [ˈdo̞mino̞]
• Hyphenation: do‧mi‧no

domino

1. (dominoes) dominoes
2. (dominoes) a domino (tile)

• moodin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin domino, from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).

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domino m (plural dominos)

1. dominoes

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

Borrowed from French domino, from Medieval Latin domino, from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).

domino m (plural domini)

1. dominoes

domino

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of domare
2. third-person plural imperative of domare

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative of dominare

dominō

1. dative singular of dominus
2. ablative singular of dominus

• domino in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• domino in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

From French domino, from Latin dominus

domino m (definite singular dominoen, indefinite plural dominoer, definite plural dominoene)

1. dominoes (game)
2. a domino (cloak)

• dominobrikke

• “domino” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “domino_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “domino_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From French domino, from Latin dominus

domino m (definite singular dominoen, indefinite plural dominoar, definite plural dominoane)

1. dominoes (game)
2. a domino (cloak)

• dominobrikke

• “domino” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative of dominar

domino

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of dominar.

domino n (uncountable)

1. dominoes; a type of game

Borrowed from Spanish dominó (“domino”).

dominó

1. domino