casinò

casino

noun kah-zee-NOH Rare

Origin: From French casino, diminutive of casa (house).

Usage Note

Casinò (with a written accent, stressed on the final syllable) means a gambling casino. Beware the false friend: casino without the accent (stressed on the penultimate syllable) is a very different, vulgar word meaning mess or chaos. The accent is essential in writing to signal the correct reading. Casinò is invariable in the plural (i casinò).

Examples

"Hanno trascorso la serata al casinò."

Natural Translation

They spent the evening at the casino.

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