domino

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. 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.
2. 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.
4. The mask itself.
5. The person wearing the costume.
6. A polyomino made up of two squares.
7. (colloquial) A mistake in performing.
8. (in-plural, slang) A person's teeth.

Verb

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

Conceptes

dominó

Sinònims

dominoes

eye mask

half mask

hooded cloak

three spot damsel

three spot damselfish

three spot dascyllus

three-spot damsel

three-spot dascyllus

three-spot humbug

threespot damselfish

threespot dascyllus

threespot humbug

white-spot puller

bone

🦴

domino piece

domino damsel

domino damselfish

Traduccions

domino

domino

dominó

Domino

Dominostein

tessera del domino

ντόμινο

dominó

bautta

domino

doncella destres puntos

Dominospiel

Dreipunkt-Preussenfisch

mascherina

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).