dino
/ˈdiːnəʊ/US/ˈdaɪnoʊ/
dino noun: a dinosaur (type of animal).
Noun (1)
dino (plural dinos)
- A dinosaur (type of animal).
- So whereas attempts to single out a dino killer may have failed, for now, they do point to a conspiracy of culprits.2019 February 21, Howard Lee, “The Real Dino Killer: A One–Two Punch”, in Scientific American
- 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.2021 September 21, Karen Hopkin, “Dinosaurs Lived—and Made Little Dinos—in the Arctic”, in Scientific American
- A long-time participant in a multi-user dungeon.
Noun (2) capitalized: DINO
DINO (plural DINOs)
- Acronym of Democrat in name only, typically used by liberal members of the U.S. Democratic Party to describe Democrats whose views are conservative or perceived as conservative.
- Acronym of developer in name only, a real estate development company or individual that is still active, but does not have any developments underway due to a downturn in the market or in the economy in general.
Proper noun capitalized: Dino
Dino (plural Dinos)
- A male given name from Italian, feminine equivalent Dina.
dino meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
dino in Hindi
- डिनो, दीनो, डीनो
dino in Tamil
- டினோ, தினோ
dino in Marathi
- डिनो, दीनो
dino in Urdu
- ڈینو, ڈنو
More languagesFewer languages
- dino in Bengali
- ডিনো, দীনো
- dino in Telugu
- డినో, డీనో
- dino in Malayalam
- ഡിനോ, ദീനോ
- dino in Kannada
- ಡಿನೋ, ದೀನೋ
- dino in Punjabi
- ਡਿਨੋ, ਡੀਨੋ, ਦੀਨੋ
- dino in Gujarati
- ડિનો, દીનો, ડીનો
- dino in Odia
- ଡିନୋ
- dino in Nepali
- डिनो
Forms of dino
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dinos |
| plural | DINOs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Dinos |
Origin of dino
Clipping of dinosaur.
Attested 1994; modelled after RINO (“Republican in name only”).
Borrowed from Italian Dino.
Words formed from dino
Words that rhyme with dino
Questions about dino
- What does dino mean?
- Dino means a dinosaur (type of animal).
- What is dino in Hindi?
- Dino in Hindi is डिनो, दीनो, डीनो. See Dino meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dino?
- Dino can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dino?
- Dino is pronounced /ˈdaɪnoʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of dino?
- The plural of dino is dinos.
Words near dino in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dino (page history and authors); DINO (page history and authors); Dino (page history and authors); dino (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dino (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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