casino

C1 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled cassino

US /kæˈsinoʊ/ UK /kəˈsiːnəʊ/ See IPA manual

noun name 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.

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1 noun · a building or room where... gambling casino

Word family

Forms casinos

Derived forms anticasinocasinoizationcasinolikecybercasinoe-casinomegacasinominicasinononcasinoracinosubcasinosupercasino

Etymology

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

casino Italian casa Latin

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# casino

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, name
**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

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