# bingo
## English
### Etymology 1

Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.

#### Alternative forms

* Bingo

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡəʊ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

#### Noun

bingo (countable and uncountable, plural bingos)
* (uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
* (uncountable) A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance:
    animal bingo (animal pictures), ABBA bingo (titles or lyrics of ABBA songs), buzzword bingo
* (countable) A win in such a game.
    There were two bingos in the last game, so the players split the prize money.
* (countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.
* Great, sudden, typically hard-to-predict success; the jackpot.
** 1986 April 19, Loie Hayes, Donna Deitch, “Leapin' Lesbians!”, in Gay Community News, page 8:An explosion of gay male movies has hit the U.S. in the past few months. Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Parting Glances and My Beautiful Laundrette, among others, have not only demonstrateed that the coming out story can be surpassed, they've also shown the movie industry that substantive gay portrayals can mean box office bingo.

##### Synonyms

* (game of chance): housey-housey, lotto

##### Derived terms

* bingo bango bongo
* bingo caller
* bingo card
* Bingogate
* bingo hall
* bingolike
* bingo wings
* bingpot
* bullshit bingo
* buzzword bingo
* chicken bingo
* cow bingo
* screeno

##### Descendants

* → Polish: bingo

##### Translations
#### Interjection

bingo
* Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
* (informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
** 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 31:‘Some big, hard-boiled egg meets up with a pretty face, and bingo! He cracks up and melts.’
** 2009 February 28, Megan Ogilvie, “Flex your plan for healthier eating”, in Toronto Star‎:Just have to pick the bfast, lunch and dinner I feel most like eating today and – bingo!
** 2011 February 25, Alan Schoolcraft, Brent Simons, 7:35 from the start, in Simon J. Smith, director, Megamind: The Button of Doom (DVD/Blu-ray), Paramount Pictures:Megamind: Boingo! Minion: I think you mean "bingo", sir. Megamind: That's what I said. Boingo!
* (informal) Used to enthusiastically confirm or validate another speaker's point.

##### Synonyms

* (used in bingo to claim a win): house!
* (when finding something): aha!, eureka!, got it!, that's it!, yes!

##### Translations
#### Adjective

bingo (not comparable)
* (US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)
** 1993, Red River Valley Fighter Pilots, page 40:Well, the old pucker factor went up about 75 notches at that point cause that length of time would put my wingman below Bingo fuel, plus the thought of sitting in an orbit several miles West of the Yen Bai […]
** 2012, Larry R Gibson, Recollections of a Marine Attack Pilot, page 54:The first pilot to get down to this bingo fuel state would call, “Banjo 4, bingo fuel,” or whatever.

#### Verb

bingo (third-person singular simple present bingos, present participle bingoing, simple past and past participle bingoed)
* (intransitive) To play the game of bingo.
* (intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
* (intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.
** 2009, Joe Edley, John Williams, Everything Scrabble: Third Edition, page 333:With IN on the board, he bingoed with OPERATING for 74 points, while Ann added the CO in front of it for 30 points.
* (intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base.

#### See also

* Kelly's eye (“1”)
* man alive (“5”)
* lucky for some (“7”)
* Maggie's den, Major's den, Tony's den (“10”) (in the UK, referring to the Number 10, Downing Street, the prime minister's residence)
* one fat lady (“8”)
* doctor's orders (“9”)
* legs eleven (“11”)
* unlucky for some
* on its own (“followed by the number: any single-digit number”)
* sweet sixteen (“16”)
* key of the door, key to the door (“21”) (both forms seem to exist)
* two little ducks (“22”)
* thee and me (“23”)
* dirty Gertie (“30”)
* more than eleven (“37”)
* halfway there (“45”)
* tweak of the thumb (“51”)
* Brighton line (“59”)
* red raw (“64”)
* clickety-click (“66”)
* bang on the drum (“71”)
* trombones (“76”)
* one more time (“79”)
* stop and run (“81”)
* between the sticks (“86”)
* two fat ladies (“88”)
* top of the shop (“90”)

### Etymology 2

Perhaps related to stingo.

#### Noun

bingo (uncountable)
* (slang, obsolete) Brandy.

##### References

* John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

### Anagrams

* Gobin, bigon, bog in, boing

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bin‧go

### Noun

bingo m (plural bingo's)
* bingo (a game of chance)
* bingo (a win in that game of chance)

### Interjection

bingo
* bingo; expression to claim a win in bingo.
* bingo; expression to indicate that a hit has been landed or that one has an idea.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From English bingo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbinɡo]
* Rhymes: -inɡo
* Hyphenation: bin‧go

### Noun

bingo (uncountable, accusative bingon)
* bingo

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English bingo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiŋːo/, [ˈbiŋːo̞]
* Rhymes: -iŋːo
* Hyphenation: bin‧go

### Noun

bingo
* bingo

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bingo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bingoni
bingoni
accusative
nom.
bingoni
bingoni
gen.
bingoni
genitive
bingoni
bingojeni
partitive
bingoani
bingojani
inessive
bingossani
bingoissani
elative
bingostani
bingoistani
illative
bingooni
bingoihini
adessive
bingollani
bingoillani
ablative
bingoltani
bingoiltani
allative
bingolleni
bingoilleni
essive
bingonani
bingoinani
translative
bingokseni
bingoikseni
abessive
bingottani
bingoittani
instructive
comitative
—bingoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bingosi
bingosi
accusative
nom.
bingosi
bingosi
gen.
bingosi
genitive
bingosi
bingojesi
partitive
bingoasi
bingojasi
inessive
bingossasi
bingoissasi
elative
bingostasi
bingoistasi
illative
bingoosi
bingoihisi
adessive
bingollasi
bingoillasi
ablative
bingoltasi
bingoiltasi
allative
bingollesi
bingoillesi
essive
bingonasi
bingoinasi
translative
bingoksesi
bingoiksesi
abessive
bingottasi
bingoittasi
instructive
comitative
—bingoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bingomme
bingomme
accusative
nom.
bingomme
bingomme
gen.
bingomme
genitive
bingomme
bingojemme
partitive
bingoamme
bingojamme
inessive
bingossamme
bingoissamme
elative
bingostamme
bingoistamme
illative
bingoomme
bingoihimme
adessive
bingollamme
bingoillamme
ablative
bingoltamme
bingoiltamme
allative
bingollemme
bingoillemme
essive
bingonamme
bingoinamme
translative
bingoksemme
bingoiksemme
abessive
bingottamme
bingoittamme
instructive
comitative
—bingoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bingonne
bingonne
accusative
nom.
bingonne
bingonne
gen.
bingonne
genitive
bingonne
bingojenne
partitive
bingoanne
bingojanne
inessive
bingossanne
bingoissanne
elative
bingostanne
bingoistanne
illative
bingoonne
bingoihinne
adessive
bingollanne
bingoillanne
ablative
bingoltanne
bingoiltanne
allative
bingollenne
bingoillenne
essive
bingonanne
bingoinanne
translative
bingoksenne
bingoiksenne
abessive
bingottanne
bingoittanne
instructive
comitative
—bingoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bingonsa
bingonsa
accusative
nom.
bingonsa
bingonsa
gen.
bingonsa
genitive
bingonsa
bingojensa
partitive
bingoaan bingoansa
bingojaan bingojansa
inessive
bingossaan bingossansa
bingoissaan bingoissansa
elative
bingostaan bingostansa
bingoistaan bingoistansa
illative
bingoonsa
bingoihinsa
adessive
bingollaan bingollansa
bingoillaan bingoillansa
ablative
bingoltaan bingoltansa
bingoiltaan bingoiltansa
allative
bingolleen bingollensa
bingoilleen bingoillensa
essive
bingonaan bingonansa
bingoinaan bingoinansa
translative
bingokseen bingoksensa
bingoikseen bingoiksensa
abessive
bingottaan bingottansa
bingoittaan bingoittansa
instructive
comitative
—bingoineen bingoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* bingota
* bingopeli

### Interjection

bingo
* bingo

### Further reading

* “bingo”, 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

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /biŋ.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bingo m (plural bingos)
* bingo

### Interjection

bingo
* bingo (all senses)

## Greenlandic
### Noun

bingo
* bingo

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bingo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbin.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -inɡo
* Hyphenation: bìn‧go

### Noun

bingo m (invariable)
* bingo (game)

### Interjection

bingo
* bingo!

## Malagasy
### Etymology

Related to faingoka, compare with Malay bengkok (“bent”).

### Adjective

bingo
* crooked, bent

### Further reading

* bingo in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English bingo.

### Noun

bingo m (definite singular bingoen, indefinite plural bingoer, definite plural bingoene)
* bingo

### Interjection

bingo
* bingo!

### References

* “bingo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɪŋu/

### Noun

bingo m (definite singular bingoen, indefinite plural bingoar, definite plural bingoane)
* bingo

#### Derived terms

* bingoblokk
* radiobingo

### Interjection

bingo
* bingo!

### References

* “bingo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiŋ.ɡɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iŋɡɔ
* Syllabification: bin‧go

### Noun

bingo n (indeclinable)
* bingo (game of chance)
    bingo fantowe ― raffle bingo
    gra bingo ― game of bingo
    salon bingo ― bingo hall
    gra w bingo ― a round of bingo
    grać w bingo ― to play bingo
* bingo (win)
    mieć bingo ― to have a bingo
    trafić bingo ― to hit a bingo

#### Declension

Usually in the singular.
or
Indeclinable.

### Interjection

bingo
* bingo! (to claim a win in bingo)
* bingo! (used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task)

### Further reading

* bingo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bingo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbĩ.ɡu/
* Rhymes: -ĩɡu
* Hyphenation: bin‧go

### Noun

bingo m (plural bingos)
* (uncountable) bingo (game of chance)

### Interjection

bingo!
* bingo (all senses)
** 2011 February 25, 7:55 from the start, in Pavlos Euthymiou, transl., Megamente: O Botão da Perdição [Megamind: The Button of Doom] (DVD/Blu-ray), Rio de Janeiro: Double Sound:Megamente (Cláudio Galvan): Boingo! Criado (Mckeidy Lisita): O certo é dizer "bingo", senhor. Megamente (Cláudio Galvan): Foi o que eu disse. Boingo!(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bingo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbinɡo/ [ˈbĩŋ.ɡo]
* Rhymes: -inɡo
* Syllabification: bin‧go

### Noun

bingo m (plural bingos)
* bingo (game)

### Further reading

* “bingo”, 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

## Swedish
### Noun

bingo c
* bingo (game of chance)
* a bingo (win in such a game)

#### Declension
### Interjection

bingo
* bingo (when claiming a win in bingo)
* bingo (you got it!)
* bingo (success!)

### References

* bingo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bingo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)