PlayStation

See also Playstation

English

A Sony PlayStation console.

Etymology

play +‎ station, coined by Sony Computer Entertainment

Noun

PlayStation (plural PlayStations)

1. (video games, trademark) A video game console of the "PlayStation" brand.

   I bought a PlayStation for my son.

   • 2003, Cash Peters, Gullible's Travels: The Adventures of a Bad Taste Tourist‎, page 55:

     Back then, kids didn't have TV or video games, so I guess slaughtering your mom and dad was a bit like the Playstation of its day.

   • 2009, Michael Schaffer, One Nation Under Dog, page 150:

     The Everlasting Treat Ball landed like the PlayStation of the pet products world back in 2004.

   • 2009, Paul Clammer, Alison Bing, Anthony Sattin, Paul Stiles, Lonely Planet Morocco, page 38:

     He was obsessed with bullfighting, which was the PlayStation of the day, only considerably more dangerous; he was soon gored to death.

Translations

series of video game consoles

• Dutch: PlayStation (nl) c
• French: PlayStation (fr) f
• German: PlayStation (de) f
• Japanese: プレイステーション (ja) (pureisutēshon)
• Korean: 플레이스테이션 (ko) (peullei-seuteisyeon)

• Marathi: प्लेस्टेशन (mr) (plesṭeśana)
• Polish: PlayStation (pl) m
• Portuguese: PlayStation (pt) m
• Russian: плэйстэйшн (ru) (plejstéjšn) m and f (usually indeclinable)
• Turkish: PlayStation (tr)

External links

• PlayStation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia