Standard Lemma guide

dominoes

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɒmɪnəʊz/
  • US: /ˈdɑmɪnoʊz/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D AA1 M AH0 N OW2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

plural of domino

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of several games played by arranging domino tiles on a flat surface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any of several games played with small rectangular blocks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dominos

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: table game

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: domino — game
  • Arabic: الدَّوْمَنَة (ad-dawmana) — game
  • Arabic: دُومِينُو (dōminō) — game
  • Armenian: դոմինո (domino) — game
  • Azerbaijani: domino — game
  • Belarusian: даміно́ (daminó) — game
  • Bulgarian: до́мино (dómino) — game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多米諾 /多米诺 (duōmǐnuò) — game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 骨牌 (gǔpái) — game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多米諾骨牌 /多米诺骨牌 (duōmǐnuògǔpái) — game
  • Czech: domino — game
  • Danish: domino — game
  • Estonian: doomino — game
  • Finnish: domino — game
  • French: dominos — game
  • Galician: dominó — game
  • Georgian: დომინო (domino) — game
  • German: Domino — game
  • Greek: ντόμινο (ntómino) — game
  • Hebrew: דּוֹמִינוֹ (domino) — game
  • Hungarian: dominó — game
  • Ido: domino — game
  • Indonesian: domino — game
  • Japanese: ドミノ (domino) — game
  • Japanese: ドミノ牌 (domino hai) — game
  • Korean: 도미노 (domino) — game
  • Korean: 골패 (golpae) — game
  • Macedonian: домино (domino) — game
  • Norwegian Bokmål: domino — game
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: domino — game
  • Persian: دومینو (dôminô) — game
  • Polish: domino — game
  • Portuguese: dominó — game
  • Romanian: domino — game
  • Russian: домино́ (dominó) — game
  • Serbo-Croatian: до̏мино — game
  • Serbo-Croatian: dȍmino — game
  • Slovak: domino — game
  • Slovene: domino — game
  • Spanish: dominó — game
  • Thai: โดมิโน (doo-mí-nôo) — game
  • Turkish: domino — game
  • Ukrainian: доміно́ (dominó) — game