domino

1801, borrowed from French domino (1771), originally the term for a hooded garment, itself from Medieval Latin domino, oblique case of dominus (“lord, master”); compare Medieval Latin dominicale (“a kind of veil”).

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

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• (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.

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 175:

     The chair being announced, she fastened on her mask, and drew her domino round her, it not being her intention to display her splendid and fantastic costume till supper, when all the guests were expected to unmask.

   • 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

7. (music, colloquial) A mistake in performing.
   • 1932, The Musical Times and Singing-class Circular (page 263)

     Any player is liable to make a 'domino' — that is to say, he goes wool-gathering and continues to play when everyone else has stopped. If he does so at a grown-up concert the fault is irredeemable […]

• 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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 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

From French domino.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdomino/, [ˈdo̞mino̞]
• Rhymes: -omino
• Syllabification^(key): do‧mi‧no

domino

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

• moodin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin domino, from Latin dominus (“lord, master”), perhaps from a prayer formula such as "benedicamus domino". The development of the modern meaning is unclear, perhaps from the black color of the early domino tiles.

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domino m (plural dominos)

1. black hooded cloak worn by priests in winter [1401]
2. hooded garment worn at balls [1665]

   1941 "Suzanne ramena sur sa tête le capuchon du domino, fit un pas et déclama soudain [...]" (Georges Duhamel, Suzanne et les jeunes hommes, p. 144)

3. a paper marked with figures used to play board games [1514]
4. dominoes [1771]
5. (in the plural) a domino set
6. (in the singular) a domino tile

• effet domino

• “domino”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin dominus. Doublet of don.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.mi.no/
• Rhymes: -ɔmino
• Hyphenation: dò‧mi‧no

domino m (plural domini, feminine domina)

1. (archaic) lord, master

Borrowed from French domino, from Medieval Latin dominō, dative of Latin dominus (“lord, master”); possibly from the liturgical phrase benedīcāmus Dominō (literally “let us bless the Lord”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.mi.no/
• Rhymes: -ɔmino
• Hyphenation: dò‧mi‧no

domino m (invariable)

1. long robe shaped as a cloak with a hood, worn at masked balls
2. (by extension) person wearing such a robe

Borrowed from French domino, originally the same as Etymology 2; see above.[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.mi.no/
• Rhymes: -ɔmino
• Hyphenation: dò‧mi‧no

domino m (uncountable)

1. dominoes (board game)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mi.no/, /ˈdɔ.mi.no/[3]
• Rhymes: -omino, -ɔmino
• Hyphenation: dó‧mi‧no, dò‧mi‧no

domino

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.mi.no/
• Rhymes: -ɔmino
• Hyphenation: dò‧mi‧no

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative of dominare

• indomo

domino

1. Rōmaji transcription of ドミノ

dominō (present infinitive domināre, perfect active domināvī, supine dominātum); first conjugation

1. (rare) Alternative form of dominor (“rule, control”)

   Synonyms: devinco, supero, conquesto, subigo, vinco, profligo, caedo, pello, domo

This is a regularised active form of the deponent verb dominor, which is much more common. The consequence of this situation is that dominor can occasionally mean "I am ruled" as well as the more usual sense "I rule".

dominō

1. dative/ablative singular of dominus

• domino in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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.

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

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈmi.nɔ/

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• Rhymes: -inɔ
• Syllabification: do‧mi‧no

domino n

1. (dominoes) dominoes

domino n

1. domino costume (masquerade costume)

• domino in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• domino in Polish dictionaries at PWN

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative of dominar

From French domino.

domino n (plural dominouri)

1. domino

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative of dominar

domino n (uncountable)

1. dominoes; a type of game

Borrowed from Spanish dominó (“domino”).

• Hyphenation: do‧mi‧no
• IPA^(key): /ˌdomiˈno/, [ˌdo.mɪˈno]

dóminó

1. dominoes (game)
2. domino tile
3. a kind of cloak with wide sleeves, hood, and mask (worn at masquerades)
4. a small, black mask for the eyes

• magdomino