domino

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Domino

Dominostein

Dominospiel

Dreipunkt-Preussenfisch

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

domino

domino

dominó

dominó

ντόμινο

tessera del domino

domino

bautta

doncella destres puntos

dominó

mascherina

Dascyllus trimaculatus

dominosteen

ficha

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).