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/

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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]
   • 2000, “The Hollow”, performed by A Perfect Circle:

     Dominoes of indiscretions down
     Falling all around, in cycles, in circles
     Constantly consuming
     Conquer and devour

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 […]

• dominate

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

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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “domino”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• monoid

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative of dominar

• IPA^(key): [ˈdomɪno]
• Rhymes: -ɪno

domino n

1. dominoes

• “domino”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “domino”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 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)

• “domino”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• moodin

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.

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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.

From French domino.

• IPA^(key): /domino/

domino

1. dominoes

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".

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

dominō

1. dative/ablative singular of dominus

• 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)

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.

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈmi.nɔ/

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

Borrowed from French domino.

domino n (related adjective dominowy)

2. (dominoes) dominoes (any of several games played by arranging domino tiles on a flat surface)

domino n

2. domino costume (loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask, worn especially at masquerades)

   Hypernym: płaszcz

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

domino f

1. vocative singular of domina

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

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative of dominar

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

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /domiˈno/ [d̪o.mɪˈn̪o]
    • Rhymes: -o
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdomino/ [ˌd̪oː.mɪˈn̪o] (Latin or English influence)
    • Rhymes: -omino
• Syllabification: do‧mi‧no

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

• magdomino

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