Тетрис

Russian

Etymology

Coined by the creator of the game Alexey Pajitnov from the Greek numerical prefix тетра- (tetra-, “tetra-”) (as all of the game’s pieces contain four segments) and те́ннис (tɛ́nnis, “tennis”), his favourite/favorite sport.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛtrʲɪs] (phonetic respelling: Тэ́трис)

Proper noun

Те́трис • (Tɛ́tris) m inan (genitive Те́триса)

1. (video games) Tetris

Declension

Declension of Те́трис (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Те́трис Tɛ́tris
genitive	Те́триса Tɛ́trisa
dative	Те́трису Tɛ́trisu
accusative	Те́трис Tɛ́tris
instrumental	Те́трисом Tɛ́trisom
prepositional	Те́трисе Tɛ́trise

Descendants

• → English: Tetris