keno

English Online Dictionary. What means keno‎? What does keno mean?

English

Etymology

From French quine, with reference to a set of five winning lottery numbers.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnəʊ/
• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ

Noun

keno (uncountable)

1. A gambling game, a variety of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered.
   • 1971, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005), page 41:

     Memories of this night are extremely hazy. All I have, for guide-pegs, is a pocketful of keno cards and cocktail napkins, all covered with scribbled notes.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Koen, Kone

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkeno]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: ke‧no

Etymology 1

From German Kien.

Noun

keno (uncountable, accusative kenon)

1. fatwood ("a heartwood of pine trees")

Etymology 2

From English keno, from French quine, ultimately from Latin quīnī (“five each, five at a time”). Doublet of kvin, Pompejo, and punĉo.

Noun

keno (uncountable, accusative kenon)

1. keno

See also

• loterio

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeno/, [ˈk̟e̞no̞]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification^(key): ke‧no

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *keno (compare Estonian kenus), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kenwuz (later *kinnuz), albeit the semantic development would not be entirely clear.

Adjective

keno (comparative kenompi, superlative kenoin)

1. (rare) slanted, tilted

Usage notes

Rarely used as an adjective, but the inessive, illative and elative forms are commonly used as adverbs.

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English keno, from French quine.

Noun

keno

1. keno (gambling game)

Declension

Anagrams

• keon, koen, kone