video game

video game

See also: videogame, vídeo-game, and vídeo game

English

Etymology

From video +‎ game.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪdioʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/
• Hyphenation: vid‧eo game

Noun

video game (plural video games)

1. A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, or paddle. [from 1973]
   • 2011 October 7, Lana Del Rey; Justin Parker (lyrics and music), “Video Games”, in Born to Die, performed by Lana Del Rey:

     Swinging in the backyard / Pull up in your fast car whistling my name / Open up a beer / And you say get over here and play a video game / […] / I say you the bestest / Lean in for a big kiss, put his favorite perfume on / Go play your video game

Alternative forms

• videogame

Related terms

• computer game
• electronic game
• mobile game
• video gaming

Translations

type of game existing as and controlled by software

Afrikaans: videospeletjie Arabic: لَعْبَةْ فِيدِيُو‎ f (laʿbat fīdiyū) Asturian: videoxuegu m Azerbaijani: video oyun Breton: c'hoari video Bulgarian: видеоигра́ f (videoigrá) Catalan: videojoc (ca) m Corsican: videoghjocu m, videughjocu m Chinese: Mandarin: 電子遊戲／电子游戏 (zh) (diànzǐ yóuxì), 電腦遊戲／电脑游戏 (diànnǎo yóuxì) Classical Nahuatl: chīuhpōhualhuaztli patōlli Czech: videohra f, počítačová hra f Danish: computerspil (da) n (computer), konsolspil n (console). videospil n (console, rare) Dutch: videospel (nl) n, videospelletje (nl) n, game (nl) m Dzongkha: བརྙན་འཁོར་རྩེདམོ (brnyan 'khor rtsedmo) Esperanto: videoludo Estonian: videomäng Faroese: telduspøl Finnish: videopeli (fi) French: jeu vidéo (fr) m Galician: videoxogo m Georgian: ვიდეო თამაში (video tamaši), ვიდეოთამაში (videotamaši) German: Videospiel (de) n, Computerspiel (de) n Greek: βιντεοπαιχνίδι (el) n (vinteopaichnídi) Haitian Creole: jwèt videyo Hebrew: מִשְׂחַק מַחְשֵׁב‎ (he) m (miskhak makhšev), מִשְׂחַק וִידֵאוֹ‎ m (miskhak vide'o) Hindi: वीडियो गेम m (vīḍiyo gem) Hungarian: videojáték (hu) Icelandic: tölvuleikur m Ido: videoludo Irish: cluiche físeán m, físchluiche m, cluiche físe m Italian: videogioco (it) m Japanese: テレビゲーム (terebi gēmu), ビデオゲーム (bideo gēmu) Kazakh: бейне ойын (beine oiyn) Khmer: ហ្គេមវីដេអូ (geimviideeʼou), វីដេអូហ្គេម (viideeʼouhkeim), ហ្គេម (geim) Korean: 비디오 게임 (bidio geim) Kyrgyz: видео оюн (video oyun) Lao: ວິ​ດີ​ໂອ​ເກມ (wi dī ʼō kēm) Latin: lūdus ēlectrōnicus, lūdus vīsuālis Lithuanian: video žaidimai Macedonian: видеои́гра f (videoígra) Malay: permainan video Malayalam: വീഡിയോ ഗെയിം (vīḍiyō geyiṃ) Marathi: संगणक खेळ m (saṅgṇak kheḷ), व्हिडियो गेम m (vhiḍiyo gem) Nahuatl: videopatolli, tepoztlamahuizoloni patolli Navajo: ániʼ ííłdinii Norwegian: Bokmål: videospill n Nynorsk: videospel n Occitan: videojòc (oc) m Pashto: ویډیو لوبه‎ m Persian: بازیهای رایانه‎ (bâzihâ-ye râyâne) Polish: gra wideo f Portuguese: videojogo (pt) m, vídeo game (pt) m Punjabi: ਵਿਡਿਓ-ਗੇਮ f (viḍio-gem) Romanian: joc video (ro) n Russian: компью́терная игра́ (ru) f (kompʹjúternaja igrá), видеоигра́ (ru) f (videoigrá) Serbo-Croatian: видео игра f, video igra f Spanish: juego de video, videojuego (es) Swahili: mchezo wa video Swedish: tv-spel (sv) n, dataspel (sv) n, datorspel (sv) n, videospel n Thai: เกมคอมพิวเตอร์ Turkish: bilgisayar oyunu (tr) Ukrainian: відеогра́ f (videohrá) Uzbek: kompyuter oʻyinlari Vietnamese: trò chơi điện tử, game (vi) Welsh: gêm fideo f West Frisian: kompjûterspultsje Zulu: umdlalo we video, umdlalo wevidiyo

Further reading

• video game on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “video”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• videogame, vídeo-game, vídeo game, vídeo game, videogueime (rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English video game.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.de.oˈɡej.mi/ [ˌvi.de.oˈɡeɪ̯.mi], /ˌvi.d͡ʒi.oˈɡej.mi/ [ˌvi.d͡ʒɪ.oˈɡeɪ̯.mi], (faster pronunciation) /ˌvi.d͡ʒjoˈɡej.mi/ [ˌvi.d͡ʒjoˈɡeɪ̯.mi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.de.oˈɡej.mi/ [ˌvi.de.oˈɡeɪ̯.mi], /ˌvi.d͡ʒi.oˈɡej.mi/ [ˌvi.d͡ʒɪ.oˈɡeɪ̯.mi], (faster pronunciation) /ˌvi.d͡ʒjoˈɡej.mi/ [ˌvi.d͡ʒjoˈɡeɪ̯.mi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.de.oˈɡej.me/ [ˌvi.de.oˈɡeɪ̯.me]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.djɔˈɡɐj.m(ɨ)/ [ˌvi.ðjɔˈɣɐj.m(ɨ)]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.djɔˈɡɐj.m(ɨ)/ [ˌvi.ðjɔˈɣɐj.m(ɨ)]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.djɔˈɡej.m(ɨ)/ [ˌvi.ðjɔˈɣej.m(ɨ)]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.djɔˈɡe.m(ɨ)/ [ˌvi.ðjɔˈɣe.m(ɨ)]

Noun

video game m (plural video games)

1. (Brazil) video game (software game)

   Synonym: videojogo

2. (Brazil) video game console

   Synonyms: (Portugal) consola, (Brazil) console

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:video game.