noun, masculineplural: dominos
black hooded cloak worn by priests in winter; hooded garment worn at balls; a paper marked with figures used to play board games; dominoes; a domino set
“1941 "Suzanne ramena sur sa tête le capuchon du domino, fit un pas et déclama soudain …" (Georges Duhamel, Suzanne et les jeunes hommes, p. 144)”
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dominō, from Latin dominus (“lord, master”), perhaps from a prayer formula such as "benedicamus domino". The development of the modern meaning is unclear, perhaps from the black color of the early domino tiles.