video game

== English == === Etymology === From video +‎ game. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɪdioʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/, /ˈvɪdjoʊˌɡeɪm/ Rhymes: -eɪm Hyphenation: vid‧eo game === Noun === video game (plural video games) 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, touchscreen or paddle. [from 1973] ==== Alternative forms ==== videogame vidgame (informal) viddy game, vidya game (slang) ==== Synonyms ==== game gaming ==== Derived terms ==== music video game video game console video game controller video gamer video gaming ==== Descendants ==== → Burmese: ဗွီဒီယိုဂိမ်း (bwidiyuigim:) → Hindi: वीडियो गेम (vīḍiyo gem) → Japanese: ビデオゲーム → Korean: 비디오 게임 (bidio geim) → Thai: วิดีโอเกม (wí-dii-oo-geem) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === video game (third-person singular simple present video games, present participle video gaming, simple past and past participle video gamed) (rare) To play video games. ==== Alternative forms ==== video-game === See also === computer game electronic game mobile game === Further reading === video game on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “video”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === videogame, vídeo-game, vídeo game, vídeo game, videogueime (rare) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English video game. === Pronunciation === === Noun === video game m (plural video games) (Brazil) video game (software game) Synonym: videojogo (Brazil) video game console Synonyms: (Portugal) consola, (Brazil) console === Further reading === “video game”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “video game”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026