game

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: gām, IPA(key): /ɡeɪm/ Rhymes: -eɪm === Etymology 1 === From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”). Cognate with Yola gaame, gaaume, gaume (“game”), Old Frisian game, gome (“joy, amusement, entertainment”), Dutch gemelijk (“cantankerous, crabbed”), Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Danish gammen (“merriment”), Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk gaman (“joy, fun”), Swedish gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”). Related to gammon, gamble. ==== Noun ==== game (countable and uncountable, plural games) A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. Synonyms: amusement, diversion, entertainment, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gambol, lark, merriment, merrymaking, pastime, play, prank, recreation, sport, spree Antonyms: drudgery, work, toil (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:game (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised. (countable) A particular instance of playing a game. Synonym: match That which is gained, such as the stake in a game. The number of points necessary to win a game. See also: for the win (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum. (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title. One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game. (countable) Ellipsis of video game. (countable, usually in the singular, informal) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession. Synonym: line (hip-hop, with the) The music industry. (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed. (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants. Synonym: wargame (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal. Synonyms: scheme, racket (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food. (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce or woo someone, usually by strategy. Synonym: rizz (now rare) Lovemaking, flirtation. (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.) (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something. (uncountable, archaic) Diversion, entertainment. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Brazilian Portuguese: game → Dutch: gamen, game → Finnish: geimit → Irish: géim → Japanese: ゲーム → Korean: 게임 (geim), 겜 (gem) → Norman: gamme → Norwegian: gamen, game → Spanish: game → Vietnamese: game → Welsh: gêm ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== game (comparative gamer, superlative gamest) (colloquial) Willing and able to participate. Synonyms: sporting, willing, daring, disposed, favorable, nervy, courageous, valiant Antonyms: cautious, disinclined (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== game (third-person singular simple present games, present participle gaming, simple past and past participle gamed) (intransitive) To gamble. (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games. (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable. (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy. ===== Derived terms ===== game the system gamer ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Adjective ==== game (comparative more game, superlative most game) (of a limb) Injured, lame. === See also === game on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === MEGA, Mega, mage, mega, mega- == Chinese == === Alternative forms === (leetspeak) 驚 / 惊 (geng1) === Etymology === From English game (Cheung, 2007, page 220). === Pronunciation === === Noun === game (Hong Kong Cantonese) game (especially video games and online games) (Classifier: 隻／只 c) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡeːm/ Hyphenation: game Rhymes: -eːm === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English game. ==== Noun ==== game m (plural games, diminutive gamepje n) a video game, an electronic game Synonyms: videogame, videospel ===== Hyponyms ===== computerspel videospel ===== Related terms ===== gamen gamer === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== game inflection of gamen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === An apocopic form of gamen (“game”), with generalisation of preconsonantal loss of /n/, as in clewe, filme, and mayde. Northern forms with /a/ probably reflect generalisation of the vocalism of gamnes, plural of gamen, where open-syllable lengthening failed to occur. ==== Alternative forms ==== gam, gamme geme (Kent); gaume, gome (West Midland) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡaːm(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ̞ːm(ə)/ (Kent) IPA(key): /ɡam/ (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ̞ːm(ə)/ (West Midland, from Old English gomen) ==== Noun ==== game (plural games or game) Joy, entertainment; that which amuses or gladdens: Sexual or romantic dalliance (including sexual intercourse). An amusement or festivity; an instance of merriment. A joke or gag; something humorous. A game; a codified (and often competitive) form of entertainment: Hunting or fishing; capture of animals as a sport. (rare) The reward for winning a game. Game; wild animals hunted as food: (rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch. (figuratively) An event or endeavour; something occuring. ===== Derived terms ===== gameful gamely gamen ===== Descendants ===== English: game (see there for further descendants); (dialectal gam) Middle Scots: gam, game, gemme Scots: gemm Yola: gaame, gaume, gaaume ===== References ===== “gāme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 July 2019. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== game alternative form of gamen (“to play”) == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Unadapted borrowing from English game. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== game m (plural games) (Brazil) electronic game (game played on an electronic device, such as a computer game, a video game or the like) Synonyms: videojogo, jogo === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi Hyphenation: ga‧me ==== Verb ==== game inflection of gamar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “game”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Noun === game m (plural games) (tennis) game == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English game. Attested since 1900. === Pronunciation === Homophone: gem === Noun === game n (tennis, squash) game (slang) game (ability to seduce someone) Synonym: rizz ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gammal i gamet === References === “game”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “game”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) == Vietnamese == === Etymology === From English game === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣem˧˧], [ɣɛm˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣem˧˧], [ɣɛm˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣem˧˧], [ɣɛm˧˧] Phonetic spelling: ghêm, ghem === Noun === (classifier con, tựa) game (video games) synonym of trò chơi điện tử (“a video game”) === See also === game thủ