bingo

== English == === Etymology 1 === Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925. ==== Alternative forms ==== Bingo ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/ Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ ==== Noun ==== bingo (countable and uncountable, plural bingos) (uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid. (uncountable) A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance: animal bingo (animal pictures), ABBA bingo (titles or lyrics of ABBA songs), buzzword bingo (countable) A win in such a game. (countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus. Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot. ===== Synonyms ===== (game of chance): housey-housey, lotto ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Polish: bingo → Chinese: 賓果 / 宾果 (bīnguǒ) ===== Translations ===== ==== Interjection ==== bingo Used by players of bingo to claim a win. (informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task. (informal) Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point. ===== Synonyms ===== (used in bingo to claim a win): house! (when finding something): aha!, eureka!, got it!, that's it!, yes! ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== bingo (not comparable) (US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO) ==== Verb ==== bingo (third-person singular simple present bingos, present participle bingoing, simple past and past participle bingoed) (intransitive) To play the game of bingo. (intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game. (intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus. (intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base. ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === Perhaps related to stingo. ==== Noun ==== bingo (uncountable) (slang, obsolete) Brandy. ===== References ===== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Anagrams === Gobin, bigon, bog in, boing == Chinese == === Etymology === From English bingo. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bingo (Cantonese) bingo (the game of chance) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bingo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoː/ Hyphenation: bin‧go === Noun === bingo m (plural bingo's, no diminutive) bingo (a game of chance) bingo (a win in that game of chance) === Interjection === bingo bingo; expression to claim a win in bingo. bingo; expression to indicate that a hit has been landed or that one has an idea. == Esperanto == === Etymology === From English bingo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbinɡo/ Rhymes: -inɡo Syllabification: bin‧go === Noun === bingo (uncountable, accusative bingon) bingo === Further reading === “bingo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present == Finnish == === Etymology === From English bingo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiŋːo/, [ˈbiŋːo̞] Rhymes: -iŋːo Syllabification(key): bin‧go Hyphenation(key): bin‧go === Noun === bingo bingo ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Interjection === bingo bingo === Further reading === “bingo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /biŋ.ɡo/ === Noun === bingo m (plural bingos) bingo === Interjection === bingo bingo (all senses) == Greenlandic == === Noun === bingo bingo == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bingo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbin.ɡo/ Rhymes: -inɡo Hyphenation: bìn‧go === Noun === bingo m (invariable) bingo (game) === Interjection === bingo bingo! == Malagasy == === Etymology === Related to faingoka, compare with Malay bengkok (“bent”). === Adjective === bingo crooked, bent === Further reading === bingo in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English bingo. === Noun === bingo m (definite singular bingoen, indefinite plural bingoer, definite plural bingoene) bingo === Interjection === bingo bingo! === References === “bingo” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bingo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪŋu/ === Noun === bingo m (definite singular bingoen, indefinite plural bingoar, definite plural bingoane) bingo ==== Derived terms ==== bingoblokk radiobingo === Interjection === bingo bingo! === References === “bingo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bingo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiŋ.ɡɔ/ Rhymes: -iŋɡɔ Syllabification: bin‧go === Noun === bingo n (indeclinable) bingo (game of chance) bingo fantowe ― raffle bingo gra bingo ― game of bingo salon bingo ― bingo hall gra w bingo ― a round of bingo grać w bingo ― to play bingo bingo (win) mieć bingo ― to have a bingo trafić bingo ― to hit a bingo ==== Declension ==== Usually in the singular. or Indeclinable. === Interjection === bingo bingo! (to claim a win in bingo) bingo! (used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task) === Further reading === bingo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN bingo in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bingo. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ĩɡu Hyphenation: bin‧go === Noun === bingo m (plural bingos) (uncountable) bingo (game of chance) === Interjection === bingo! bingo (all senses) === Further reading === “bingo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bingo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English bingo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbinɡo/ [ˈbĩŋ.ɡo] Rhymes: -inɡo Syllabification: bin‧go === Noun === bingo m (plural bingos) bingo (game) === Further reading === “bingo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === bingo c bingo (game of chance) a bingo (win in such a game) ==== Declension ==== === Interjection === bingo bingo (when claiming a win in bingo) bingo (you got it!) bingo (success!) === References === “bingo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “bingo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)