dino

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dino"

English

Etymology

Clipping of dinosaur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪnoʊ/ (US)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːnəʊ/ (UK)

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ, -iːnəʊ

Noun

dino (plural dinos)

1. (informal) A dinosaur (type of animal).
   • 2019 February 21, Howard Lee, “The Real Dino Killer: A One–Two Punch”, in Scientific American‎^[1]:

     So whereas attempts to single out a dino killer may have failed, for now, they do point to a conspiracy of culprits.

   • 2021 September 21, Karen Hopkin, “Dinosaurs Lived—and Made Little Dinos—in the Arctic”, in Scientific American‎^[2]:

     So far, Druckenmiller and his team have dug up species from seven different dino families: from big duck-billed dinos, ceretopsians, and tyrannosaurs to smaller thescelosaurs, leptoceratops, dromaeosaurs, and troodontids.

2. (video games, slang) A long-time participant in a multi-user dungeon.

   Hypernym: oldbie

Derived terms

• dino juice
• dinolike
• dinomania
• dinomaniac
• dino oil
• dinophile

 

Anagrams

• noid, indo, doin', Indo, Dion, Odin, doin, Noid, doni, do in, Indo-, nido-, nodi, NOID

Catalan

Verb

dino

1. 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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: di‧no
• Rhymes: -inoː

Noun

dino m (plural dino's, diminutive dinootje n)

1. (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
• Hyphenation^(key): di‧no

Noun

dino (informal)

1. dino

Declension

Inflection of dino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		dino	dinot
genitive		dinon	dinojen
partitive		dinoa	dinoja
illative		dinoon	dinoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		dino	dinot
accusative	nom.	dino	dinot
	gen.	dinon
genitive		dinon	dinojen
partitive		dinoa	dinoja
inessive		dinossa	dinoissa
elative		dinosta	dinoista
illative		dinoon	dinoihin
adessive		dinolla	dinoilla
ablative		dinolta	dinoilta
allative		dinolle	dinoille
essive		dinona	dinoina
translative		dinoksi	dinoiksi
abessive		dinotta	dinoitta
instructive		—	dinoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of dino (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dinoni dinoni accusative nom. dinoni dinoni gen. dinoni genitive dinoni dinojeni partitive dinoani dinojani inessive dinossani dinoissani elative dinostani dinoistani illative dinooni dinoihini adessive dinollani dinoillani ablative dinoltani dinoiltani allative dinolleni dinoilleni essive dinonani dinoinani translative dinokseni dinoikseni abessive dinottani dinoittani instructive — — comitative — dinoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative dinosi dinosi accusative nom. dinosi dinosi gen. dinosi genitive dinosi dinojesi partitive dinoasi dinojasi inessive dinossasi dinoissasi elative dinostasi dinoistasi illative dinoosi dinoihisi adessive dinollasi dinoillasi ablative dinoltasi dinoiltasi allative dinollesi dinoillesi essive dinonasi dinoinasi translative dinoksesi dinoiksesi abessive dinottasi dinoittasi instructive — — comitative — dinoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dinomme dinomme accusative nom. dinomme dinomme gen. dinomme genitive dinomme dinojemme partitive dinoamme dinojamme inessive dinossamme dinoissamme elative dinostamme dinoistamme illative dinoomme dinoihimme adessive dinollamme dinoillamme ablative dinoltamme dinoiltamme allative dinollemme dinoillemme essive dinonamme dinoinamme translative dinoksemme dinoiksemme abessive dinottamme dinoittamme instructive — — comitative — dinoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative dinonne dinonne accusative nom. dinonne dinonne gen. dinonne genitive dinonne dinojenne partitive dinoanne dinojanne inessive dinossanne dinoissanne elative dinostanne dinoistanne illative dinoonne dinoihinne adessive dinollanne dinoillanne ablative dinoltanne dinoiltanne allative dinollenne dinoillenne essive dinonanne dinoinanne translative dinoksenne dinoiksenne abessive dinottanne dinoittanne instructive — — comitative — dinoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative dinonsa dinonsa accusative nom. dinonsa dinonsa gen. dinonsa genitive dinonsa dinojensa partitive dinoaan dinoansa dinojaan dinojansa inessive dinossaan dinossansa dinoissaan dinoissansa elative dinostaan dinostansa dinoistaan dinoistansa illative dinoonsa dinoihinsa adessive dinollaan dinollansa dinoillaan dinoillansa ablative dinoltaan dinoltansa dinoiltaan dinoiltansa allative dinolleen dinollensa dinoilleen dinoillensa essive dinonaan dinonansa dinoinaan dinoinansa translative dinokseen dinoksensa dinoikseen dinoiksensa abessive dinottaan dinottansa dinoittaan dinoittansa instructive — — comitative — dinoineen dinoinensa

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 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• nido

French

Etymology

From dinosaure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.no/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o
• Homophone: dinos

Noun

dino m (plural dinos)

1. dino

Related terms

• dinosaure

Javanese

Romanization

dino

1. Romanization of ꦢꦶꦤ

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.nu/

Etymology 1

Adjective

dino (feminine dina, masculine plural dinos, feminine plural dinas)

1. (obsolete or poetic) Alternative form of digno

Etymology 2

Shortening of dinossauro (“dinosaur”).

Noun

dino m (plural dinos)

1. (familiar) dinosaur (any of various extinct reptiles belonging to the Dinosauria)

   Synonym: dinossauro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdino/ [ˈd̪i.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: di‧no

Adjective

dino (feminine dina, masculine plural dinos, feminine plural dinas)

1. Obsolete spelling of digno.

Further reading

• “dino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10