Meaning

8 senses
  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.

    костьkostʹ, костя́шкаkostjáška, colloq. домино́шкаdominóška

    a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots

  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.

    домино́dominó

    a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes

  4. The mask itself.

    домино́dominó

  5. The person wearing the costume.

  6. A polyomino made up of two squares.

    домино́dominó

  7. (colloquial)A mistake in performing.

  8. (in the plural, slang)A person's teeth.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Tom and Mary are playing dominoes.

  2. I saw Tom and Mary playing a game of dominoes.

    deIch habe Tom und Maria dabei gesehen, wie sie Domino spielten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Have you ever played dominoes?

    ruТы когда-нибудь играл в домино? — SilverBaby

    deHast du jemals Domino gespielt? — Vortarulo

  4. Dominos is my favorite game.

    ruДомино — моя любимая игра. — Wezel

  5. Sami knocked over the first domino.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
block used in dominoes:
masquerade costume:

Origin

1801, borrowed from French domino (1771), originally the term for a hooded garment, itself

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”). By surface analysis, di- + -omino.

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Forms

plural: dominos / dominoes
Singulardomino
Pluraldominos / dominoes

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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