joystick

English

classic joystick from the home computer era

Etymology

From joy +‎ stick. First attested around 1910 (as joy-stick) as the control stick on an airplane. Its relation to the word joy is unclear.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

joystick (plural joysticks)

1. A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.
   • 1989, Microtimes (volume 6, page 140)

     If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.

2. (slang) A penis.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis

   • 2015, “Gamez”, performed by Maejor ft. Keri Hilson:

     She playing with my joystick / All in my two seater

Hyponyms

(mechanical control device):

• center stick
• sidestick

Translations

mechanical control device

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: يد f (yadd)

• Azerbaijani: coystik
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 控制桿／控制杆 (zh) (kòngzhìgǎn), 控制杆 (kòngzhìgǎn), 操縱桿／操纵杆 (zh) (cāozònggǎn), 操纵杆 (zh) (cāozònggǎn)

• Czech: joystick m
• Danish: joystick (da) c or n
• Dutch: bedieningshendel m, stuurknuppel (nl), joystick (nl)
• Finnish: sauvaohjain, ohjainsauva; (colloquial) ilotikku (fi), joystick (fi)
• French: manche (fr) m, joystick (fr) m, manche à balai (fr) m, manette (fr) f
• Georgian: ჯოისტიკი (ǯoisṭiḳi), მართვის სახელური (martvis saxeluri)
• German: Steuerknüppel m, Joystick (de) m
• Greek: πηδάλιο (el) n (pidálio)
• Hungarian: botkormány
• Icelandic: stýripinni m, (rare) stýristautur m, (rare) leikvölur m
• Indonesian: tuas kendali
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• Italian: barra di comando f
• Japanese: ジョイスティック (joisutikku)
• Korean: 조이스틱 (joiseutik)
• Malay: kayu ria, kayu bedik, کايو ريا (kayu ria)
• Maori: kakautohu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: joystick m

  Nynorsk: joystick m

• Polish: dżojstik m, joystick (pl) m
• Portuguese: manche (pt) m
• Russian: джо́йстик (ru) m (džójstik)
• Serbo-Croatian: džojstik (sh) m
• Spanish: palanca de mando f, joystick m
• Swedish: (computers) joystick (sv) c, styrspak c
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Verb

joystick (third-person singular simple present joysticks, present participle joysticking, simple past and past participle joysticked)

1. (rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick.
   • 2006, Sid Davis, Home makeovers that sell:

     Marketing your home isn't as difficult as joysticking a Mars rover through a crater, despite what many people believe.

   • 2007, Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico G Sorrenti, Tomoichi Takahashi, RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X

     Therefore, part of the errors in the localization results is due to the problem of joysticking the robot exactly onto the marked positions.

   • 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox, Robotics: Science and Systems II

     It can run in autonomous mode or be manually joysticked using a radio controller.

Further reading

• joystick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔi̯.stɪk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: joy‧stick

Noun

joystick m (plural joysticks, diminutive joystickje n)

1. joystick
2. tiller extension

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒoi̯stik/, [ˈdʒo̞i̯s̠tik]

Noun

joystick

1. (especially gaming) Synonym of sauvaohjain (“joystick”)

Declension

Inflection of joystick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		joystick	joystickit
genitive		joystickin	joystickien
partitive		joystickia	joystickeja
illative		joystickiin	joystickeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		joystick	joystickit
accusative	nom.	joystick	joystickit
	gen.	joystickin
genitive		joystickin	joystickien
partitive		joystickia	joystickeja
inessive		joystickissa	joystickeissa
elative		joystickista	joystickeista
illative		joystickiin	joystickeihin
adessive		joystickilla	joystickeilla
ablative		joystickilta	joystickeilta
allative		joystickille	joystickeille
essive		joystickina	joystickeina
translative		joystickiksi	joystickeiksi
abessive		joystickitta	joystickeitta
instructive		—	joystickein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of joystick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative joystickini joystickini accusative nom. joystickini joystickini gen. joystickini genitive joystickini joystickieni partitive joystickiani joystickejani inessive joystickissani joystickeissani elative joystickistani joystickeistani illative joystickiini joystickeihini adessive joystickillani joystickeillani ablative joystickiltani joystickeiltani allative joystickilleni joystickeilleni essive joystickinani joystickeinani translative joystickikseni joystickeikseni abessive joystickittani joystickeittani instructive — — comitative — joystickeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative joystickisi joystickisi accusative nom. joystickisi joystickisi gen. joystickisi genitive joystickisi joystickiesi partitive joystickiasi joystickejasi inessive joystickissasi joystickeissasi elative joystickistasi joystickeistasi illative joystickiisi joystickeihisi adessive joystickillasi joystickeillasi ablative joystickiltasi joystickeiltasi allative joystickillesi joystickeillesi essive joystickinasi joystickeinasi translative joystickiksesi joystickeiksesi abessive joystickittasi joystickeittasi instructive — — comitative — joystickeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative joystickimme joystickimme accusative nom. joystickimme joystickimme gen. joystickimme genitive joystickimme joystickiemme partitive joystickiamme joystickejamme inessive joystickissamme joystickeissamme elative joystickistamme joystickeistamme illative joystickiimme joystickeihimme adessive joystickillamme joystickeillamme ablative joystickiltamme joystickeiltamme allative joystickillemme joystickeillemme essive joystickinamme joystickeinamme translative joystickiksemme joystickeiksemme abessive joystickittamme joystickeittamme instructive — — comitative — joystickeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative joystickinne joystickinne accusative nom. joystickinne joystickinne gen. joystickinne genitive joystickinne joystickienne partitive joystickianne joystickejanne inessive joystickissanne joystickeissanne elative joystickistanne joystickeistanne illative joystickiinne joystickeihinne adessive joystickillanne joystickeillanne ablative joystickiltanne joystickeiltanne allative joystickillenne joystickeillenne essive joystickinanne joystickeinanne translative joystickiksenne joystickeiksenne abessive joystickittanne joystickeittanne instructive — — comitative — joystickeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative joystickinsa joystickinsa accusative nom. joystickinsa joystickinsa gen. joystickinsa genitive joystickinsa joystickiensa partitive joystickiaan joystickiansa joystickejaan joystickejansa inessive joystickissaan joystickissansa joystickeissaan joystickeissansa elative joystickistaan joystickistansa joystickeistaan joystickeistansa illative joystickiinsa joystickeihinsa adessive joystickillaan joystickillansa joystickeillaan joystickeillansa ablative joystickiltaan joystickiltansa joystickeiltaan joystickeiltansa allative joystickilleen joystickillensa joystickeilleen joystickeillensa essive joystickinaan joystickinansa joystickeinaan joystickeinansa translative joystickikseen joystickiksensa joystickeikseen joystickeiksensa abessive joystickittaan joystickittansa joystickeittaan joystickeittansa instructive — — comitative — joystickeineen joystickeinensa

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

Noun

joystick m (invariable)

1. joystick (device)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English joystick.

Noun

joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joysticker, definite plural joystickene)

1. a joystick

References

• “joystick” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “joystick” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English joystick.

Noun

joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joystickar, definite plural joystickane)

1. a joystick

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Polish

Alternative forms

• dżojstik

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Noun

joystick m inan

1. joystick

   Synonym: pad

Declension

Declension of joystick

	singular	plural
nominative	joystick	joysticki
genitive	joysticku	joysticków
dative	joystickowi	joystickom
accusative	joystick	joysticki
instrumental	joystickiem	joystickami
locative	joysticku	joystickach
vocative	joysticku	joysticki

Further reading

• joystick in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• joystick in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃoisˈtik/ [t͡ʃoi̯sˈt̪ik]

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝoisˈtik/ [ɟ͡ʝoi̯sˈt̪ik]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝoisˈtik/ [ɟ͡ʝoi̯sˈt̪ik]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoisˈtik/ [ʃoi̯sˈt̪ik]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoisˈtik/ [ʒoi̯sˈt̪ik]

Noun

joystick m (plural joysticks)

1. joystick

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.