video game

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪ.di.ˌoʊ ɡeɪm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪ.di.ˌoʊ ɡeɪm/

Noun

Wikipedia

video game (plural video games)

1. A type of game existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, and played on a video terminal or television screen. Controlled by a paddle, joystick, joypad, mouse, keyboard, or a combination of any of them.

Related terms

• electronic game
• computer game
• mobile game

Translations

game controlled by a software

• Afrikaans: videospeletjie
• Arabic: لعبة فيديو f (láʿbat fīdiyu)
• Azeri: video oyun
• Bulgarian: видеоигра f (videoigrá)
• Catalan: videojoc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電子遊戲 (zh), 电子游戏 (diànzǐ yóuxì), 電腦遊戲, 电脑游戏 (diànnǎo yóuxì)

• Czech: videohra f, počítačová hra f
• Danish: videospil n
• Dutch: videospel (nl) n, videospelletje (nl) n, game (nl) m
• Esperanto: videoludo
• Finnish: videopeli (fi)
• French: jeu vidéo (fr) m, jeux vidéo (fr) pl
• Galician: videoxogo m
• Georgian: ვიდეო თამაში (video t’amaši)
• German: Videospiel (de) n
• Greek: βιντεοπαιχνίδι n (vinteopaichnídi)
• Hebrew: משחק מחשב (miskhak makhšev)
• Hungarian: videojáték (hu)
• Icelandic: tölvuleikur m

• Irish: cluiche físeán m, físchluiche m, cluiche físe m
• Italian: videogioco (it) sg, videogiochi (it) pl
• Japanese: テレビゲーム (terebi gēmu), ビデオゲーム (bideo gēmu)
• Korean: 비디오 게임 (bidio geim)
• Latin: ludus electronicus, ludus visualis
• Lithuanian: video žaidimai
• Macedonian: видеоигра f (videoígra)
• Malay: permainan video
• Marathi: संगणक खेळ m (saṃgaṇaka kheḷa), व्हिडियो गेम m (vhiḍiyo gema)
• Norwegian: videospill
• Persian: بازیهای رایانه (bâzihâ-ye râyâne)
• Polish: gra wideo f
• Portuguese: videojogo (pt) m, vídeo game (pt) m
• Romanian: joc video (ro) n, jocuri video n pl
• Russian: видеоигра (ru) f (videoigrá)
• Serbo-Croatian: видео игра f, video igra f
• Spanish: juego de video, videojuego (es)
• Swedish: TV-spel (sv) n, videospel n
• Turkish: bilgisayar oyunları
• Welsh: 'n fideo herwhela f

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Alternative forms

• videogame, vídeo-game, vídeo game, videogueime (rare)

Etymology

Borrowing from English video game.

Noun

video game m (plural video games)

1. video game (software game)
2. (Brazil) video game console

Synonyms

• (video game): videojogo
• (video game console): console