gamer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪmɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪmə(r)

Etymology 1

• Originated circa 1422, in Middle English. game (“noun”) +‎ -er (“agent suffix”)

Noun

gamer (plural gamers)

1. A person who plays any kind of game.
   • 1422, Code of Laws of Walsall:

     […] any dice-player, carder, tennis player, or other unlawful gamer.

   • 2002, Gary Alan Fine, Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds (page 93)

     These dice are the gamers' weapons […]

2. A person whose hobby is video games.
   • 2019, The Scottish Parliament, Motion S5M-15504 [1]

     That the Parliament congratulates the online gamer, Harry Brewis, who is known by the handle HBomberGuy, […]

3. A person who games the system.
   • 2016, Eric Lovald, Hugely Confused:

     […] the real "takers" in this country are commercial gamers of the system who are only in it to swipe a fast buck from the common trust.

4. (obsolete) A gambler
   • 1845 The Head Quarters, Volume III, Number 22 (December 19, 1845)

     The gamer is farther from restoration even than the drunkard, because what he does he does in the light of sobriety and reason.

Translations

player of any game

• Finnish: pelaaja (fi)
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• Georgian: მოთამაშე (motamaše)

person who plays video games

• Arabic:

  Gulf Arabic: قيمر, گيمر m or f (gēmar)

• Danish: gamer c
• Estonian: mängija
• Finnish: pelaaja (fi), videopelaaja
• French: joueur (fr) m (de jeu vidéo (fr))
• Galician: xogador de videoxogos
• Georgian: მოთამაშე (motamaše), გეიმერი (geimeri) (colloquial)
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• German: Spieler (de) m, Spielerin (de) f, Gamer m
• Italian: videogiocatore m, videogiocatrice f
• Japanese: ゲーマー (gēmā)
• Russian: игро́к (ru) m (igrók), ге́ймер (ru) m (géjmer)
• Swedish: datorspelare (sv) c

person who games the system

• Finnish: peluri (fi)
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Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: قيمر (gēmar)
• → Danish: gamer
• → French: gamer

Etymology 2

• game (“adjective”) +‎ -er (“former of comparatives”)

Adjective

gamer

1. comparative form of game: more game

References

• Gamer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “gamer”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “gamer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• Mager, Marge, e-gram, grame, marge, regma

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gamer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊ɛjmʌ]

Noun

gamer c (singular definite gameren, plural indefinite gamere)

1. gamer

Inflection

Declension of gamer

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gamer	gameren	gamere	gamerne
genitive	gamers	gamerens	gameres	gamernes

References

• “gamer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Anagrams

• magre

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English gamer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.mœʁ/ ~ /ɡe.mœʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: gamers

Noun

gamer m (plural gamers)

1. A person whose hobby is video games.
2. A high-end laptop designed to play video games.

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Malay

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayic, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Austronesian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡamer/
• Rhymes: -mer, -er, -r

Noun

gamer (Jawi spelling ݢامر, informal 1st possessive gamerku, 2nd possessive gamermu, 3rd possessive gamernya)

1. hesitate to want to make something out of shame etc.

See also

• janggal (“awkward”)
• malu (“shame”)
• teragak-agak (“hesitate”)

Further reading

• “gamer” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Spanish

Noun

gamer m or f (plural gameres)

1. gamer