dino
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Clipping of dinosaur.
=== Pronunciation ===
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈdaɪnoʊ/
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈdiːnəʊ/
Homophone: dyno
Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ, -iːnəʊ
=== Noun ===
dino (plural dinos)
(informal) A dinosaur (type of animal).
(video games, slang) A long-time participant in a multi-user dungeon.
Hypernym: oldbie
==== Derived terms ====
=== Anagrams ===
noid, indo, doin', Indo, Dion, Odin, doin, Noid, doni, do in, Indo-, nido-, nodi, NOID
== Catalan ==
=== Verb ===
dino
first-person singular present indicative of dinar
== Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
Likely borrowed from English dino. Equivalent to a clipping of dinosaurus. The term became especially prominent after the release of Jurassic Park in 1993, but predated the film by at least one or two years.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈdi.noː/
Hyphenation: di‧no
Rhymes: -inoː
=== Noun ===
dino m (plural dino's, diminutive dinootje n)
(informal) a dino, a dinosaur; archosaur of the super-order Dinosauria [from late 20th c.]
==== Synonyms ====
dinosauriër (formal)
dinosaurus
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Clipping of dinosaurus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈdino/, [ˈdino̞]
Rhymes: -ino
Syllabification(key): di‧no
Hyphenation(key): di‧no
=== Noun ===
dino (informal)
dino
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“dino”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (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
=== Anagrams ===
nido
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
From dinosaure.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /di.no/
Rhymes: -o
Homophone: dinos
=== Noun ===
dino m (plural dinos)
dino
==== Related terms ====
dinosaure
== Javanese ==
=== Romanization ===
dino
romanization of ꦢꦶꦤ
== Lower Tanana ==
=== Alternative forms ===
dinot
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tinɔ/
=== Adverb ===
dino
while, during
=== Conjunction ===
dino
while, when, whenever, instead
=== References ===
Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 330
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -inu
Hyphenation: di‧no
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Adjective ====
dino (feminine dina, masculine plural dinos, feminine plural dinas)
(obsolete or poetic) alternative form of digno
=== Etymology 2 ===
Clipping of dinossauro (“dinosaur”).
==== Noun ====
dino m (plural dinos)
(familiar) dino
=== Further reading ===
“dino”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“dino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈdino/ [ˈd̪i.no]
Rhymes: -ino
Syllabification: di‧no
=== Adjective ===
dino (feminine dina, masculine plural dinos, feminine plural dinas)
obsolete spelling of digno
=== Further reading ===
“dino”, 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