casino

Etymology

From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”).

noun

1. A public building or room for gambling.
   A bid by Donald Trump to build Sydney’s first casino was rejected 30 years ago after police expressed concerns about his links to the mafia. 16 August 2017, Christopher Knauss, The Guardian
2. (obsolete) A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.
   Quirini [was] knowing in the belles Lettres, & highly skilled in making his Casino comfortable to all the Wits & Blues as we now call them in London. 3 July 1786, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana
   I felt it strange, and regretted it, that so amiable a man should have contracted such dissolute habits, and at this very time, instead of living respectably with his charming Countess, had Baccelli, the superannuated dancing courtesan, in a casino in the neighbourhood. 1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 163
3. (uncountable) A certain Italian card game for two to four players.
4. (countable) Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game.