different between domino vs bobsled

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French domino (1801), from Medieval Latin domino, from Latin dominus (“lord, master”); compare Medieval Latin dominicale (“a kind of veil”). The game is said to be so called from the black under surface or part of the pieces with which it is played.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: d?'m?n?, IPA^(key): /?d?m?n??/
• (US) enPR: däm?n?, IPA^(key): /?d?m?no?/

Noun

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]
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 1973, p. 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.

   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 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
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 […]

Derived terms

Related terms

• dominate

Translations

Verb

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.

Translations

Further reading

• domino in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• domino in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• monoid

Catalan

Verb

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative form of dominar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dom?no]
• Rhymes: -?no

Noun

domino n

1. dominoes

Further reading

• domino in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• domino in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?domino/, [?do?mino?]
• Rhymes: -omino
• Syllabification: do?mi?no

Noun

domino

1. (dominoes) dominoes
2. (dominoes) a domino (tile)

Declension

Anagrams

• moodin

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin domino, from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).

Pronunciation

Noun

domino m (plural dominos)

1. dominoes
2. (in the plural) a domino set
3. (in the singular) a domino tile

Derived terms

• effet domino

Further reading

• “domino” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

domino m (plural domini)

1. dominoes

Verb

domino

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of domare
2. third-person plural imperative of domare

Verb

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative of dominare

Japanese

Romanization

domino

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Latin

Noun

domin?

1. dative singular of dominus
2. ablative singular of dominus

References

• 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, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French domino, from Latin dominus

Noun

domino m (definite singular dominoen, indefinite plural dominoer, definite plural dominoene)

1. dominoes (game)
2. a domino (cloak)

Derived terms

• dominobrikke

References

• “domino” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “domino_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “domino_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French domino, from Latin dominus

Noun

domino m (definite singular dominoen, indefinite plural dominoar, definite plural dominoane)

1. dominoes (game)
2. a domino (cloak)

Derived terms

• dominobrikke

References

• “domino” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French domino, from Medieval Latin domin?, from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??m?i.n?/

Noun

domino n

1. (dominoes) dominoes

Declension

Noun

domino n

1. domino costume (masquerade costume)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) dominowy

Further reading

• domino in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• domino in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

domino

1. first-person singular present indicative of dominar

Romanian

Etymology

From French domino

Noun

domino n (plural dominouri)

1. domino

Declension

Spanish

Verb

domino

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of dominar.

Swedish

Noun

domino n (uncountable)

1. dominoes; a type of game

Declension

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dominó (“domino”).

Noun

dominó

1. domino

English

Noun

bobsled (plural bobsleds)

1. (US and Canada) A sled used to go down a bob track.
2. (US and Canada) The sport of travelling down a bob track as fast as possible.
3. A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; the compound sled so formed.
   • W. D. Howells

     The long wagon body set on bobsleds.

Synonyms

• (sled): bobsleigh
• (sport): bobsleigh, bobsledding

Derived terms

• bobsledder

Translations

Verb

bobsled (third-person singular simple present bobsleds, present participle bobsledding, simple past and past participle bobsledded)

1. To ride a bobsled.

Translations

See also

• bobsled on Wikipedia.Wikipedia