keno

• keeno, quino

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ
• Homophone: kino

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, published 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.

• Koen, neko, Kone

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

From German Kien.

keno (uncountable, accusative kenon)

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

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

keno (uncountable, accusative kenon)

1. keno

• loterio

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

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

keno (comparative kenompi, superlative kenoin) (rare)

1. slanted, tilted

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

From English keno, from French quine.

keno

1. keno (gambling game)

• keon, koen, kone