domino

n., pl., -noes, or -nos.

1. 1. A small rectangular wood or plastic block, the face of which is divided into halves, each half being blank or marked by dots resembling those on dice.
   2. dominoes or dominos (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A game played with a set of these small blocks, generally 28 in number.
2. A country expected to react politically to events as predicted by the domino theory: "The dominos did indeed fall in Indochina" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).

[French, probably from domino, mask, perhaps because of the resemblance between the eyeholes and the spots on some of the tiles. See domino².]

dom·i·no² (dŏm'ə-nō')
n., pl., -noes, or -nos.

1. 1. A costume consisting of a hooded robe worn with an eye mask at a masquerade.
   2. The mask so worn.
2. One wearing this costume.

[French, probably from Latin (benedīcāmus) dominō, (let us praise) the Lord, dative of dominus, lord.]

IN BRIEF: A black game tile with white dots.

He won the game when he was able to place his last domino.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume

Meaning #2: a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes
  Synonyms: half mask, eye mask

Meaning #3: 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

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - dominobrik, domino, lang maskeradedragt

idioms:

• domino effect    dominoeffekten

Nederlands (Dutch)
domino(steen/-spel), mantel met kap, tanden, suikerklontjes, dobbelstenen

Français (French)
n. - domino

idioms:

• domino effect    réaction en chaîne

Deutsch (German)
n. - Domino, Gesichtsmaske, Dominospiel/-stein

idioms:

• domino effect    Dominoeffekt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ντόμινο (επιτραπέζιο παιγνίδι ή αμφίεση)

idioms:

• domino effect    αλυσωτή κατάρρευση, αλυσωτό γκρέμισμα

Italiano (Italian)
domino

idioms:

• domino effect    effetto domino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dominó (m)

idioms:

• domino effect    efeito (m) dominó

Русский (Russian)
домино

idioms:

• domino effect    эффект домино, падать один за другим

Español (Spanish)
n. - dominó

idioms:

• domino effect    reacción en cadena, efecto dominó

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dominobricka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
带头巾的上衣, 骨牌, 半截假面

idioms:

• domino effect    连锁反应效果

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 帶頭巾的上衣, 骨牌, 半截假面

idioms:

• domino effect    連鎖反應效果

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (옷의 일종) 도미노, (놀이의 일종) 도미노

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ドミノ仮装衣, ドミノ仮面, ドミノ牌, 将棋倒しになるもの, ドミノ

idioms:

• domino effect    ドミノ効果

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لعبه الدومينو, حجر لعبه الدومينو, قناع صغير مع معطف يرتدى في الكرنفالات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דומינו (משחק), אבן דומינו, מעיל רחב עם חצי-מסכה לנשפי מסכות‬

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