casino
/kæˈsinoʊ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.16 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
name
A town in the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Example Sentences
- "We valeted our car and entered the casino."
- "A bid by Donald Trump to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected 30 years ago after police expressed concerns about his links to the mafia."
- "Quirini [was] knowing in the belles Lettres, & highly skilled in making his Casino comfortable to all the Wits & Blues as we now call them in London."
- "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 neighbourhood."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kæˈsinoʊ/
- British English: /kəˈsiːnəʊ/