ca·si·no (k -s  n )n. pl. ca·si·nos 1. A public room or building for gambling and other entertainment. 2. also cas·si·no A card game for two to four players in which cards on the table are matched by cards in the hand. 3. A summer or country house in Italy. [Italian, diminutive of casa, house, from Latin.] Word History: The history of the word casino reveals a transformation from a cottage to a gambling palace. The source of our word, Italian casino, is a diminutive of casa, "house." Central to the transformation is the development of the senses of casino in Italian. The word was first applied to a country house and then came to be used for a social gathering place, a room or building where one could dance, listen to music, and gamble. This last pastime seems to have gained precedence over the others, at least as far as the development of the word is concerned, and casino took on the meaning "gambling establishment." These senses of the Italian word have all been borrowed into English, the sense "social gathering place" being recorded first in the 18th century, the sense "gambling establishment" first in 1851. |
casino
Noun
pl -nos a public building or room where gambling games are played [Italian]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  casino - a public building for gambling and entertainmentgambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house - a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business) |
| 2. | casino - a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand royal casino - a form of casino in which face cards have extra point values spade casino - a form of casino in which spades have the value of one point |
Translations
n casino [kəˈsiːnəu]
a building with gambling tables etc. casino; kasino كازينو: مَلْهى، نادٍ للقِمار казино kasino kasino das Kasino καζίνο casino kasiino قمارخانه؛ کازینو kasino casino קָזִינוֹ जुआखाना kasino, klub (játék)kaszinó kasino spilavíti casinò カジノ 카지노 kazino, lošimo namai kazino kasino casino kasino kasyno casino cazinou казино kasíno igralnica kazino kasino บ่อนการพนัน kumarhane, kasino 賭場 казино جوا خانہ sòng bạc 赌场
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