domino
English edit
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
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dŏ'mĭnō, IPA(key): /ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: dämĭnō, IPA(key): /ˈdɑmɪnoʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun edit
domino (plural dominos or dominoes)
- (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]
- (politics) A country that is expected to react to events in a neighboring country, according to the domino effect.
- 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.
- 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.
- The person wearing the costume.
- (geometry) A polyomino made up of two squares.
- Synonym: 2-omino
- (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 […]
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n squares | name |
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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 |
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Verb edit
domino (third-person singular simple present dominoes, present participle dominoing, simple past and past participle dominoed)
- (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.
- (transitive) To cause to collapse in the manner of dominoes.
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “domino”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “domino”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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domino
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domino n
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Finnish edit
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domino
Declension edit
Inflection of domino (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Further reading edit
- “domino”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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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
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Noun edit
domino m (plural dominos)
- black hooded cloak worn by priests in winter [1401]
- 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)
- a paper marked with figures used to play board games [1514]
- dominoes [1771]
- (in the plural) a domino set
- (in the singular) a domino tile
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “domino”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole edit
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domino
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin dominus. Doublet of don.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
domino m (plural domini, feminine domina)
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
Noun edit
domino m (invariable)
- long robe shaped as a cloak with a hood, worn at masked balls
- (by extension) person wearing such a robe
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from French domino, originally the same as Etymology 2; see above.[2]
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domino m (uncountable)
- dominoes (board game)
Etymology 4 edit
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Verb edit
domino
- inflection of domare:
Etymology 5 edit
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domino
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domino
Latin edit
Verb edit
dominō (present infinitive domināre, perfect active domināvī, supine dominātum); first conjugation
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) | |||||||
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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
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
Etymology edit
From French domino, from Latin dominus.
Noun edit
domino m (definite singular dominoen, indefinite plural dominoer, definite plural dominoene)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “domino” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “domino_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “domino_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From French domino, from Latin dominus.
Noun edit
domino m (definite singular dominoen, indefinite plural dominoar, definite plural dominoane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “domino” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
domino n (related adjective dominowy)
Declension edit
Noun edit
domino n
- domino costume (loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask, worn especially at masquerades)
- Hypernym: płaszcz
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
domino f
Further reading edit
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domino
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
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domino n (plural dominouri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
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domino
Swedish edit
Noun edit
domino n (uncountable)
- dominoes; a type of game
Declension edit
Declension of domino | ||||
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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
- Hyphenation: do‧mi‧no
- IPA(key): /domiˈno/, [do.mɪˈno]
- IPA(key): /ˈdomino/, [ˈdo.mɪ.no] (Latin or English influence)
Noun edit
dominó or dóminó (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜋᜒᜈᜓ)
- dominoes (game)
- domino tile
- a kind of cloak with wide sleeves, hood, and mask (worn at masquerades)
- a small, black mask for the eyes
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- “domino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018