ファミコン
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Syllabic abbreviation of ファミリーコンピューター (famirī konpyūtā), a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from family + computer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- A Nintendo (Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Famicom
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN