# dino
## English
### Etymology

Clipping of dinosaur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdaɪnoʊ/ (US)
* IPA: /ˈdiːnəʊ/ (UK)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪnəʊ, -iːnəʊ

### Noun

dino (plural dinos)
* (informal) A dinosaur (type of animal).
** 2019 February 21, Howard Lee, “The Real Dino Killer: A One–Two Punch”, in Scientific American‎: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: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.
* (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
* 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: /ˈdi.noː/
* Audio:(file)
* 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: /ˈdino/, [ˈdino̞]
* Rhymes: -ino
* Hyphenation: di‧no

### Noun

dino (informal)
* dino

#### Declension

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]‎ (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: /di.no/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -o
* Homophone: dinos

### Noun

dino m (plural dinos)
* dino

#### Related terms

* dinosaure

## Javanese
### Romanization

dino
* Romanization of ꦢꦶꦤ

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒĩ.nu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒĩ.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdi.nu/

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

dino (feminine dina, masculine plural dinos, feminine plural dinas)
* (obsolete or poetic) Alternative form of digno

### Etymology 2

Shortening of dinossauro (“dinosaur”).

#### Noun

dino m (plural dinos)
* (familiar) dinosaur (any of various extinct reptiles belonging to the Dinosauria)
    Synonym: dinossauro

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10