casino

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See also: Casino and casinò

English

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Etymology

From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (house), from Latin casa (cottage, hut).

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Noun

casino (countable and uncountable, plural casinos or casinoes or casini)

  1. A public building or room for gambling.
    • 2017 August 16, Christopher Knauss, The Guardian:
      A bid by Donald Trump to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected 30 years ago after police expressed concerns about his links to the mafia.
  2. (obsolete) A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.
    • 1786 July 3, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:
      Quirini [was] knowing in the belles Lettres, & highly skilled in making his Casino comfortable to all the Wits & Blues as we now call them in London.
    • 1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 163:
      I felt it strange, and regretted it, that so amiable a man should have contracted such dissolute habits, and at this very time, instead of living respectably with his charming Countess, had Baccelli, the superannuated dancing courtesan, in a casino in the neighbourhood.
  3. (uncountable) A certain Italian card game for two to four players.
  4. (countable) Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian casino.

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Noun

casino m (plural casinos)

  1. private club

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Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Borrowed from French or directly from Italian?”)

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Noun

casino m (plural casino's, diminutive casinootje n)

  1. casino, gambling house
    Synonym: speelhuis

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Descendants

  • Indonesian: kasino

French

Etymology

From Italian, possibly via English.

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Noun

casino m (plural casinos)

  1. a casino

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Italian

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Etymology

From casa +‎ -ino; cognate with Piedmontese casin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈzi.no/, (traditional) /kaˈsi.no/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: ca‧sì‧no

Noun

casino m (plural casini)

  1. (colloquial, vulgar) brothel
  2. (informal, slightly vulgar) mess
  3. (informal, slightly vulgar) a large amount, shitload
  4. hunting lodge
  5. casino
  6. a particular card game

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References

  1. ^ casino in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian casino.[1][2] Doublet of cassino.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ca‧si‧no

Noun

casino m (plural casinos)

  1. (Portugal) casino (gambling facility)
    Synonym: (Brazil) cassino

References

  1. ^ casino”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ casino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian casino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈsino/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: ca‧si‧no

Noun

casino m (plural casinos)

  1. casino
  2. (Chile) cafeteria, canteen (staff restaurant)

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Swedish

Noun

casino n

  1. Alternative spelling of kasino

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