electronic game

English

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Noun

electronic game (plural electronic games)

1. (video games) A game played on an electronic device.

Usage notes

The term video game is historically restricted to games played on game consoles. The term computer game is used to refer to electronic games played on a general purpose computer.

Hyponyms

• arcade game
• computer game
• mobile game
• video game

Translations

game played on an electronic device

• Arabic: لَعْبَة إِلِكْتْرُونِيَّة f (laʕba ʔiliktrōniyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電子遊戲 / 电子游戏 (zh) (diànzǐ yóuxì)

• Finnish: tietokonepeli (fi)
• French: jeu électronique (fr) m
• Galician: xogo electrónico m
• Georgian: ელექტრონული თამაში (elekṭronuli tamaši)
• German: elektronisches Spiel n
• Greek: ηλεκτρονικό παιχνίδι n (ilektronikó paichnídi)
• Japanese: 電子ゲーム (denshi gēmu)
• Korean: 전자 게임 (jeonja geim)
• Portuguese: jogo eletrônico (pt) m
• Romanian: joc electronic n
• Russian: электро́нная игра́ f (elektrónnaja igrá)
• Spanish: juego electrónico m
• Tagalog: dagisiking laro
• Vietnamese: trò chơi điện tử