first-person shooter

English

Alternative forms

• FPS (initialism)

Noun

first-person shooter (plural first-person shooters)

1. (video games) A combat or video game in the genre characterized by a three-dimensional view from the player's perspective (POV, point of view) and the ability to fire a weapon.

   Hypernyms: shooter; war game

Related terms

• active shooter

 

Translations

game

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 第一人稱射擊遊戲 / 第一人称射击游戏 (dìyīrénchēng shèjí yóuxì)

• Finnish: ensimmäisen persoonan ammuntapeli
• French: jeu de tir à la première personne (fr)
• Galician: tirador en primeira persoa
• Georgian: პირველი პირის მსროლელი (ṗirveli ṗiris msroleli)
• German: Ego-Shooter (de) m
• Italian: sparatutto in prima persona
• Japanese: 一人称シューティングゲーム (ichininshō shūtingugēmu), ファーストパーソン・シューティングゲーム (fāsutopāson shūtingugēmu)
• Polish: strzelanka pierwszoosobowa f
• Spanish: tirador en primera persona, shooter en primera persona m
• Vietnamese: trò chơi bắn súng góc nhìn người thứ nhất

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English first-person shooter.

Noun

first-person shooter m (plural first-person shooters)

1. first-person shooter

   Synonym: (initialism) FPS

Quotations

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