domino

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See also: dominó, dominò, and Domino

English[edit]

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Two domino blocks

Etymology[edit]

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”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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, published 1973, page 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], “The Masked Ball”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, 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 (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 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[1], 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 […]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

n squares name
1 squares monomino
2 squares domino
3 squares tromino or triomino
4 squares tetromino
5 squares pentomino
6 squares hexomino
7 squares heptomino
8 squares octomino
9 squares nonomino or enneomino
10 squares decomino
11 squares undecomino
12 squares dodecomino
n squares n-omino
unspecified number
squares		 polyomino

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

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.

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

etymologically unrelated terms

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

domino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dominar

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

domino n

  1. dominoes

Declension[edit]

Declension of domino (hard neuter)
singular plural
nominative domino domina
genitive domina domin
dative dominu dominům
accusative domino domina
vocative domino domina
locative dominu dominech
instrumental dominem dominy

Further reading[edit]

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

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French domino.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

domino

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

Declension[edit]

Inflection of domino (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative domino dominot
genitive dominon dominojen
dominoiden
dominoitten
partitive dominoa dominoja
dominoita
illative dominoon dominoihin
singular plural
nominative domino dominot
accusative nom. domino dominot
gen. dominon
genitive dominon dominojen
dominoiden
dominoitten
partitive dominoa dominoja
dominoita
inessive dominossa dominoissa
elative dominosta dominoista
illative dominoon dominoihin
adessive dominolla dominoilla
ablative dominolta dominoilta
allative dominolle dominoille
essive dominona dominoina
translative dominoksi dominoiksi
abessive dominotta dominoitta
instructive — dominoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of domino (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative dominoni dominoni
accusative nom. dominoni dominoni
gen. dominoni
genitive dominoni dominojeni
dominoideni
dominoitteni
partitive dominoani dominojani
dominoitani
inessive dominossani dominoissani
elative dominostani dominoistani
illative dominooni dominoihini
adessive dominollani dominoillani
ablative dominoltani dominoiltani
allative dominolleni dominoilleni
essive dominonani dominoinani
translative dominokseni dominoikseni
abessive dominottani dominoittani
instructive — —
comitative — dominoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative dominosi dominosi
accusative nom. dominosi dominosi
gen. dominosi
genitive dominosi dominojesi
dominoidesi
dominoittesi
partitive dominoasi dominojasi
dominoitasi
inessive dominossasi dominoissasi
elative dominostasi dominoistasi
illative dominoosi dominoihisi
adessive dominollasi dominoillasi
ablative dominoltasi dominoiltasi
allative dominollesi dominoillesi
essive dominonasi dominoinasi
translative dominoksesi dominoiksesi
abessive dominottasi dominoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — dominoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative dominomme dominomme
accusative nom. dominomme dominomme
gen. dominomme
genitive dominomme dominojemme
dominoidemme
dominoittemme
partitive dominoamme dominojamme
dominoitamme
inessive dominossamme dominoissamme
elative dominostamme dominoistamme
illative dominoomme dominoihimme
adessive dominollamme dominoillamme
ablative dominoltamme dominoiltamme
allative dominollemme dominoillemme
essive dominonamme dominoinamme
translative dominoksemme dominoiksemme
abessive dominottamme dominoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — dominoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative dominonne dominonne
accusative nom. dominonne dominonne
gen. dominonne
genitive dominonne dominojenne
dominoidenne
dominoittenne
partitive dominoanne dominojanne
dominoitanne
inessive dominossanne dominoissanne
elative dominostanne dominoistanne
illative dominoonne dominoihinne
adessive dominollanne dominoillanne
ablative dominoltanne dominoiltanne
allative dominollenne dominoillenne
essive dominonanne dominoinanne
translative dominoksenne dominoiksenne
abessive dominottanne dominoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — dominoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative dominonsa dominonsa
accusative nom. dominonsa dominonsa
gen. dominonsa
genitive dominonsa dominojensa
dominoidensa
dominoittensa
partitive dominoaan
dominoansa 		dominojaan
dominoitaan
dominojansa
dominoitansa
inessive dominossaan
dominossansa 		dominoissaan
dominoissansa
elative dominostaan
dominostansa 		dominoistaan
dominoistansa
illative dominoonsa dominoihinsa
adessive dominollaan
dominollansa 		dominoillaan
dominoillansa
ablative dominoltaan
dominoltansa 		dominoiltaan
dominoiltansa
allative dominolleen
dominollensa 		dominoilleen
dominoillensa
essive dominonaan
dominonansa 		dominoinaan
dominoinansa
translative dominokseen
dominoksensa 		dominoikseen
dominoiksensa
abessive dominottaan
dominottansa 		dominoittaan
dominoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — dominoineen
dominoinensa

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dominō, 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.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: domino
  • → Italian: domino
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: domino
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: domino
  • → Polish: domino
  • → Portuguese: dominó
  • → Romanian: domino

Further reading[edit]

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French domino.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

domino

  1. dominoes

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dominus. Doublet of don.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

domino m (plural domini, feminine domina)

  1. (archaic) lord, master

Etymology 2[edit]

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]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

domino m (uncountable)

  1. dominoes (board game)

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

domino

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

Etymology 5[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

domino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dominare

References[edit]

  1. ^ domino2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
  2. ^ domino3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
  3. ^ domo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

domino

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ドミノ

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

Usage notes[edit]

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".

Conjugation[edit]

   Conjugation of dominō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dominō dominās dominat domināmus dominātis dominant
imperfect dominābam dominābās dominābat dominābāmus dominābātis dominābant
future dominābō dominābis dominābit dominābimus dominābitis dominābunt
perfect domināvī domināvistī domināvit domināvimus domināvistis domināvērunt,
domināvēre
pluperfect domināveram domināverās domināverat domināverāmus domināverātis domināverant
future perfect domināverō domināveris domināverit domināverimus domināveritis domināverint
passive present dominor domināris,
domināre 		dominātur domināmur domināminī dominantur
imperfect dominābar dominābāris,
dominābāre 		dominābātur dominābāmur dominābāminī dominābantur
future dominābor domināberis,
dominābere 		dominābitur dominābimur dominābiminī dominābuntur
perfect dominātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dominātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dominātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dominem dominēs dominet dominēmus dominētis dominent
imperfect dominārem dominārēs domināret dominārēmus dominārētis dominārent
perfect domināverim domināverīs domināverit domināverīmus domināverītis domināverint
pluperfect domināvissem domināvissēs domināvisset domināvissēmus domināvissētis domināvissent
passive present dominer dominēris,
dominēre 		dominētur dominēmur dominēminī dominentur
imperfect dominārer dominārēris,
dominārēre 		dominārētur dominārēmur dominārēminī dominārentur
perfect dominātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dominātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dominā — — domināte —
future — dominātō dominātō — dominātōte dominantō
passive present — domināre — — domināminī —
future — dominātor dominātor — — dominantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives domināre domināvisse dominātūrum esse dominārī dominātum esse dominātum īrī
participles domināns — dominātūrus — dominātus dominandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dominandī dominandō dominandum dominandō dominātum dominātū

Noun[edit]

dominō

  1. dative/ablative singular of dominus

References[edit]

  • domino in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), 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)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From French domino, from Latin dominus.

Noun[edit]

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

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

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French domino, from Latin dominus.

Noun[edit]

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

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

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
domino sense 1
domino sense 1

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dɔˈmi.nɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -inɔ
  • Syllabification: do‧mi‧no

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French domino.

Noun[edit]

domino n (related adjective dominowy)

  2. (dominoes) dominoes (any of several games played by arranging domino tiles on a flat surface)
Declension[edit]
Declension of domino
singular
nominative domino
genitive domina
dative dominu
accusative domino
instrumental dominem
locative dominie
vocative domino

Noun[edit]

domino n

  2. domino costume (loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask, worn especially at masquerades)
    Hypernym: płaszcz
Declension[edit]
Declension of domino
singular plural
nominative domino domina
genitive domina domin
dative dominu dominom
accusative domino domina
instrumental dominem dominami
locative dominie dominach
vocative domino domina

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

domino f

  1. vocative singular of domina

Further reading[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

domino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dominar

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French domino.

Noun[edit]

domino n (plural dominouri)

  1. domino

Declension[edit]

Declension of domino
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) domino dominoul (niște) dominouri dominourile
genitive/dative (unui) domino dominoului (unor) dominouri dominourilor
vocative dominoule dominourilor

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

domino

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dominar

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

domino n (uncountable)

  1. dominoes; a type of game

Declension[edit]

Declension of domino 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative domino dominot — —
Genitive dominos dominots — —

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish dominó, from French domino, from Medieval Latin domino, oblique case of dominus (“lord, master”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /domiˈno/, [do.mɪˈno]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdomino/, [ˈdo.mɪ.no] (Latin or English influence)
  • Hyphenation: do‧mi‧no

Noun[edit]

dominó or dóminó (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈᜓ)

  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

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “domino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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