From en.wiktionary.org:
[Appendix:Variations of "game"]
** English
[Game (disambiguation)]
*** Pronunciation
- [gām] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], [enm], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [gem-pro] +
[gem-pro]; or alternatively from [gem-pro] + a root from [en].
Cognate with [ofs], [ofs], [gmh], [sv], [is]. Related to [en], [en].
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] A playful or competitive activity .
1. [en] A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime .
2. [en] An activity described by a set of rule s, especially for the purpose of entertainment , often competitive or having an explicit goal .
3. * [en]
4. [en] A school subject during which sport s are practised.
5. * [page=26]
6. [en] [en] A particular instance of playing a game.
7. * [I]
8. [en] That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
9. [en] The number of point s necessary to win a game.
10. [en] [en] In some games, a point awarded to the player whose card s add up to the largest sum .
11. [en] [en] The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
12. [en] One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
13. * [chapter=11]
14. [en] [en] [en] .
15. * [en]
2. [en] [en] A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession .
3. [en] [en] Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
4. * [page=77]
5. * [I]
6. * [en]
7. [en] [en] An exercise simulating warfare , whether computerized or involving human participants.
8. [en] [en] A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
9. * [en]
10. * [en]
11. [en] [en] Wild animals hunted for food.
12. * [en]
13. [en] [en] The ability to seduce or woo someone, usually by strategy.
14. * [en]
15. [en] [en] Lovemaking , flirtation .
16. [en] [en] [prostitution] . (Now chiefly in [en] .)
17. * [act=IV]
18. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1755 | translator=w:Tobias Smollett | author=Miguel de Cervantes | title=Don Quixote | section=Volume 1, I.2
|passage=[H]e put spurs to his horse, and just in the twilight reached the
gate, where, at that time, there happened to be two ladies of the GAME [es],
who being on their journey to Seville, with the carriers, had chanced to take
up their night's lodging in this place.}}
1. [en] [en] Mastery ; the ability to excel at something.
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. [en] Diversion , entertainment .
6. * [volume=III]
***** Derived terms
{{col|en|163rd game|Mediterranean Games |action game |adventure game
|advergame |aftergame |after-game|return game |A game,A-game |ahead of the
game |ain't no shame in my game |all fun and games |alternate reality game
|antigame |arcade game |art game |artillery game |at the top of one's game
|away game |backgame |back in the game |back-seat game |badger game |Balbo's
game |ball game |banking game |beat someone at their own game |the beautiful
game|game viewer |beer and pretzels game |big game |Big Game |black game
|blackgame |blame game |blow this for a game of soldiers |board game |bowl
game |bullet-screen game |cannon game |card game |cash game |casual game
|catch someone at their own game |cat's game |centipede game |change the game
|children's game |choking game |circle game |city-building game |clapping game
|clicker game |cocktail game |complete game |computer game |confidence
game,con game |console game |cooperative game |Cornish game hen |counting-out
game |crane game |crapgame |crunch game |crying game |cue game |cybergame
|dance game |day game |death game |dice game |doorgame |door game |doujin game
|dress-up game |drinking game |end game,endgame,end-game |end of the ball
game,ballgame |Eurogame |exergame |exhibition game |expectations game
|extensive form game |fair game |fangame |field game |fighting game |folkgame
|foregame |fuck this for a game of soldiers |fun and games |gameable |game bag
|gamebag |game ball |game bird |gameboard |game board |gamebook |gamebot
|gamebreaking |game camera |gamecard |gamecatcher |game chair |gamechanger
|game changer,game-changer |game-changing |game clock |game club |gamecock
|game console |game controller |gamecraft |gameday |game day |gamedev |game
drive |game-end |game engine |game face |gamefic |game-filled |game fish
|gamefish |game for a laugh |gamefowl |game fowl |game-goer |gamegoer
|game-head |gamejack |gamejacker |game jam,game jammer |gamekeeper |game
keeper,game-keeper |gamekeeping |gameland |game laws |gameless |gamelike
|gamely |game-making |game manager |game master,game mastering |game mode
|game of chance |game of chicken |game of gotcha |game of luck |game of skill
|game of strategy |game of the goose |game of Troy |game of two halves
|gameography |game on |game out |game over,game-over |gamepad |game pad |game
park |game piece |game plan |gameplayer |gameplay,game-play |gameplaying |game
point |gameport |game port |game preserve |gamer |game rage |game reserve
|game room,games room |game save |gamescape |game score |game sense |game set
|game, set, match |game sheet |game show |gamesman |gamesmanship |gamesome
|gamespace |gamesplayer |gamester |game studies |gamesy |game
theory,game-theoretical,game theorist |game time → game-time decision
|gametype |gameverse |game warden |gameware |game-winner |gamewise |game with
a purpose |gameworld |gamey,gamy |gamification |gamify |German game |give the
game away |god game |good game |goomer |grab game |grand strategy game |ground
game |guessing game |gutter game |handgame |hand game |have fun and games
|head game,head-game |home game |hypergame |idle game |imitation game
|incremental game |ingame |in-game → in-game currency |in the game |iron game
|killer game |knife game |language game |late in/to the game |launch game
|lift one's game |long game |lookers-on see most of the game |love game
|makegame |make game of |map game |massively multiplayer online game,m.m.o.
role-playing g. |match-three game,[match-four] game |mathematical game |May
game |Mazur game |mechanical game |medal game |megagame |metagame,metagaming
|microgame |middle game |middlegame |midgame |mind game |mini-game |minigame
|mobile game |mug's game |multigame |Murphy game |music (video) game |name of
the game |netgame |neurogame |new game +,new game plus |newsgame |new to the
game |night game |nomination game |nongame |normal form game |Northcott's game
|no shame in my game |number game,numbers game |off one's game |old army game
|online reality game |only game in town |on one's game |on the game |on top of
one's game |open game |otome game |outgame |panel game |parity game |parlor
game,parlor-game,parlour game,parlour-game |party game |passing game |pebble
game |penis game |Penney's game |perfect game |pervasive game |philosopher's
game |pick-up game |pinch of the game |pitch game |platform game |play a
double game |playgame |play games |play someone at their own game |play stupid
games, win stupid prizes |play the game |play the pronoun game |Ponzi game
|postgame |post game |pre-game |pregame |pseudogame |put someone on game
|puzzle game |race game |rage game |raise one's game |redemption game
|reindeer games |retrogame |rhythm game |ring game |road game |roaring game
|roleplaying (role-playing/role playing/rôle-playing) game |role-playing video
game |round game |rules of the game |run game,run game on |running game
|sandbox game |saved game |savegame |screw this for a game of soldiers
|semi-closed game |semi-open game |service game |shell game |shitgame |Sir
Philip Sidney game |skin in the game |small game |sod this (/that) for a game
of soldiers |sports game |stage of the game |stealth game |step up one's game
|strap game |strategy game |strongman game |subgame |survival game |table game
|tabletop game |tactical role-playing game |take-that game |take the game to
|talk a good (/big) game |team game |telephone game |the game is not worth the
candle |the game is up |there's no shame in my game |tile-matching game
|town-building game |Troy game |TV game |twitch game |two can play that (this/
at this/ at that) game |two-handed game |tycoon game |ultimatum game |up one's
game |up the game |vantage game |video arcade game |video-game/ video game
console |video game,viddy game |waiting game |wall game |war game |webgame
|what's your game |whole new ball game |wide game |word game |zero-sum game }}
***** Descendants
- [pt-BR]
- [bor=1]
- [fi]
- [ga]
- [ja]
- [bor=1]
- [nrf]
- [bor=1]
- [es]
- [cy]
***** Translations
[playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement,
pastime]{{multitrans|data=
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Alviri-Vidari:
- Amharic: [am]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Aragonese: [an]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Assamese: [as]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Baluchi: [bal] , [bal]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Carpathian Rusyn: [rue]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Chinese:
- Chukchi: [ckt]
- Corsican: [co]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] [Flemish]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Ewe: [ee]
- Extremaduran: [ext]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur] , [fur]
- Gagauz: [gag]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Guaraní: [gn]
- Guató: [gta] :
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is] , [is]
- Ido: [io] , [io]
- Ilocano: [ilo]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Javanese: [jv] , [jv]
- Kapampangan: [pam]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Ladino: [lad] , [lad]
- Lao: [lo] , [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv] [dated]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Luhya: [luy]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Manchu: [mnc]
- Maori: [mi] [one designed to improve dexterity] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Middle Persian: [pal]
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old East Slavic: [orv]
- Old Norse: [non]
- Old Uyghur: [oui]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Pannonian Rusyn: [rsk]
- Pashto: [ps] , [ps]
- Persian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polabian: [pox]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm] , [rm] , [rm] , [rm] , [rm]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Scots: [sco]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl] ( _a sport_ )
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] ( _a game with a winner_ ), [sv] ( _a game without a winner_ )
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Tatar: [tt] , [tt]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th] , [th] , [th]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk] / [uk]
- Unami: [unm]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Vilamovian: [wym]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Yakut: [sah]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zazaki: [zza]
- Zhuang: [za]
[trans-bottom]
[activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of
entertainment]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Polish: [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[particular instance of playing a game; match]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [entire encounter] [fr] , [part of a match] [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Javanese: [jv] , [jv]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] , [mk]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Persian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Thai: [th]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
[trans-bottom]
[that which is gained, such as the stake in a game]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Middle English: [enm]
[trans-bottom]
[number of points necessary to win a game]
- Finnish: [fi] [mainly with "peli on (~ illative)"]
[trans-bottom]
[card games: point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest
sum]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[one's manner, style, or performance in playing a game]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[amorous dalliance]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Middle English: [enm]
[trans-bottom]
[video game]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[field of an industry or profession]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[something that resembles a game with rules]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[exercise simulating warfare]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[wild animals hunted for food]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Estonian: [et] , [et]
- Ewe: [ee]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[ability to successfully seduce someone]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [verb]
[trans-bottom]
[mastery; the ability to excel at something]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[questionable, unethical, or illegal practice]
- Finnish: [fi]
}} [trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Swedish: [sv] < !-- Was under "business or occupation" -->
[trans-bottom]
**** Adjective
[er]<!--NOTE: compar & superl confirmed as existing in other dictionaries-->
1. [en] Willing and able to participate.
2. * [chapter=36]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. [en] That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
6. Persistent [, especially in senses similar to the above] .
***** Derived terms
{{col4|en|gameness |game is game|(as) game as Ned Kelly }}
***** Translations
[willing to participate]{{multitrans|data=
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [colloquial] [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Sicilian: [scn] , [scn]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
}} [trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To gamble .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1898 | title=s:en:Suggestive programs for special day exercises | chapter= Basa Sunda: en:Suggestive programs for special day exercises/Washington and Lowell Day/Statesman Christian Gentleman
|passage=an impressive protest against GAMING, swearing, and all immoral
practices which might forfeit divine aid in the great struggle for National
Independence}}
1. [en] To play card game s, board game s [,] or video game s.
2. * [en]
3. [en] To exploit loophole s in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. [en] To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
8. * [en]
9. * [en]
10. * [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[to gamble]
[to play games]{{multitrans|data=
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Polish: [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[to defeat the rules in order to obtain a result]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
}} [trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
[en] <!--Chambers 1908 says "Most probably NOT the Celtic 'cam', crooked-->
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] Injured , lame .
2. * [chapter=Lost on Dress Parade]
3. * [en]
*** See also
- [pedia]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Chinese
*** Alternative forms
- [zh]
*** Etymology
From [yue] ([Cheung, 2007], page 220).
*** Pronunciation
{{zh-pron |c=gem1 |cat=n }}
*** Noun
[zh]
1. [zh] [en] [especially video games and online games] [c:隻]
**** Derived terms
[yue]
*** References
- [R:yue:ELHKC]
** Dutch
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 1
Borrowed from [nl].
**** Noun
[m]
1. a video game , an electronic [en]
***** Hyponyms
- [nl]
- [nl]
***** Related terms
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
** Middle English
*** Etymology 1
[enm] From [enm], from [enm], from [enm], of disputed origin.
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
**** Pronunciation
- [enm]
- [enm]
- [enm]
**** Noun
[games]
1. Entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
1. A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
2. A [en] ; a codified (and often competitive) form of entertainment.
3. Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity [including intercourse in itself] .
4. An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
2. Any kind of event or occurrence ; something that happens:
1. An endeavour ; a set of actions towards a goal.
2. Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry .
3. The state of being happy or joyful .
4. [en] ; wild animals hunted for food.
5. [enm] One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
6. [enm] Gamesmanship ; gaming behaviour.
7. [enm] The reward for winning a game.
***** Derived terms
- [enm]
- [enm]
- [enm]
***** Descendants
- [en] [see desc] ; [dialectal [en]]
- [sco]
- [yol]
***** References
- [entry=gāme ]
*** Etymology 2
From [enm], [ang], [ang].
**** Verb
[enm]
1. [enm]
[enm]
** Portuguese
*** Etymology 1
[pt].
**** Pronunciation
[gueime]
**** Noun
[m]
1. [pt] electronic game [game played on an electronic device, such as a computer game , a video game or the like]
2. * [pt]
3. * [pt]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Pronunciation
[pt-IPA]
- [pt]
- [pt]
**** Verb
[pt]
1. [gamar]
[pt]
** Spanish
*** Noun
[m]
1. [es] [en]
** Swedish
*** Etymology
[sv]. Attested since 1900.
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
*** Noun
[n]
1. [sv] [en]
2. [sv] [en] (ability to seduce someone)
**** Declension
[2=gam]
**** Derived terms
- [sv]
*** References
- [saol]
- [so]
** Vietnamese
*** Etymology
From [vi]
*** Pronunciation
[ghêm]
*** Noun
[cls= con , tựa]
1. [vi] [vi]
*** See also
- [vi]