casino

CEFRB1

/kəˈsiːnəʊ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place where people play games for money.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A certain Italian card game for two to four players.

Examples

  • After three hours in the casino, he's $2,000 in the hole.

  • A new hotel and casino in Las Vegas

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /kæˈsinoʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.

  2. A public building or room for gambling.

  3. Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game.

More examples

In context

  • He went to the casino every night till 1:00 am.

  • He's a casino dealer.

  • 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 nei...

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Origin

noun

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