game over

English

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˌɡeɪm ˈəʊ.və(ɹ)/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˌɡeɪm ˈoʊ.vɚ/

(video games) A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.
- 1984, Robert Maxxe, Arcade:
  Before I could figure out what the hell was the object of the game, I hear the thing go boom-boom, and the screen lights up with a sign: game over.
(by extension) The end of some ongoing situation due to either failure or success.
If your wife finds out about us, it's game over!
- 2004, Ryan Russell, Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent, page xxi:
  Once we started attacking that network from the inside, it was pretty much game over.

message

Arabic: اِنْتَهَت اللُّعْبَة f (intahat al-luʕba)
Azerbaijani: oyun bitdi
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 遊戲結束／游戏结束 (jau⁴ hei³ git³ cuk¹)

Mandarin: 遊戲結束／游戏结束 (yóuxì jiéshù)
Czech: konec hry
Esperanto: finita ludo
Finnish: peli ohi
French: game over (fr) m, fin de jeu f, jeu terminé, partie terminée
Georgian: თამაში დასრულდა (tamaši dasrulda)
German: Game over n
Hindi: खेल ख़त्म m (khel xatma)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} vége a játéknak
Italian: gioco terminato
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Japanese: ゲームオーバー (gēmu ōbā)
Korean: 게임 오버 (geim obeo)
Kurdish: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Mongolian: тоглоом дууслаа (togloom duuslaa)
Norwegian: game over
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: fim de jogo (pt) m
Russian: игра́ зако́нчена (igrá zakónčena)
Spanish: partida terminada f
Swedish: spelet är över, spelet är slut
Turkish: oyun bitti
Urdu: کھیل ختم m (khel xatma)
Vietnamese: trò chơi kết thúc

end of some ongoing situation

game over (plural game overs)

(video games, rare) An appearance of a game over message.
When you die too many times in this game, you get a game over.

game over (third-person singular simple present game overs, present participle game overing, simple past and past participle game overed)