casino C1 Topic:People & Society Also spelled cassino US /kæˈsinoʊ/ UK /kəˈsiːnəʊ/ See IPA manual Freq #4304 Meanings 1 noun A building or room where people gamble on games of chance. He visited the casino every night to play cards. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a building or room where... gambling casino Word family Forms casinos Derived forms anticasinocasinoizationcasinolikecybercasinoe-casinomegacasinominicasinononcasinoracinosubcasinosupercasino Common collocations gambling casino Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”). casino Italian casa Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # casino **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kæˈsinoʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /kəˈsiːnəʊ/ **Frequency rank:** 4304 ## Meanings 1. A building or room where people gamble on games of chance. ## Examples - He visited the casino every night to play cards. ## Derived Forms - anticasino - casinoization - casinolike - cybercasino - e-casino - megacasino - minicasino - noncasino - racino - subcasino - supercasino ## Roots and Affixes - Root: casino - Root: casa ## Etymology From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”). ## AI Etymology Casino is from Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”). Important recorded forms include casino (Italian) and casa (Latin). Current senses include a building or room where people gamble on games of chance. The wider family includes derived forms such as anticasino, casinoization, casinolike, cybercasino, and e-casino. ## Topics - People & Society markdown