Nintendo

See also: nintendo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (にん)(てん)(どう) (Nintendō).

Pronunciation

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɪnˈtɛndəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /nɪnˈtɛndoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndəʊ
  • Hyphenation: Nin‧ten‧do

Proper noun

Nintendo

  1. (video games, trademark) A Japanese multinational company that develops, publishes and releases both video games and video game consoles.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Nintendo (plural Nintendos)

  1. (video games) A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo.
    Wanna play on my Nintendo after school?
    • 1995, David Gladstone, editor, British Social Welfare: Past, Present, and Future, page 274:
      There is nothing wrong with the accoutrements of personal affluence, but if the numbers of personal stereos, Nintendos, mobile phones and cars grow […].
    • 2005, Lila Abu-Lughod, Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt, page 280:
      These professionals are the sort whose children play with Nintendos and own bikes
    • 2005, Larry L. Meyer, No Paltry Thing: Memoirs Of A Geezer Dad, page 128:
      Franz: “How do elves make Nintendos?” Dad: “You ask all the hard questions, don't you? I really don't know.”
    • 2007, Ilene Schneider, Chanukah Guilt, page 106:
      The only message at home was from my nephew, letting me know my mother was back home, safe and sound, except for a sore "Nintendo thumb".
  2. (video games, by extension) Any video game console, especially by those not familiar with video games.
  3. (loosely) Any popular product or activity.
    • 2007, Anthony Ham, Alison Bing, Morocco, Lonely Planet,, →ISBN, page 34:
      He was far more interested in bullfighting, which was the Nintendo of the day, only considerably more dangerous

Synonyms

Translations

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nintendo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲinˈtɛn.dɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɔ
  • Syllabification: Nin‧ten‧do

Proper noun

Nintendo n (indeclinable)

  1. Nintendo (Japanese multinational company that develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles)

Noun

Nintendo n (indeclinable)

  1. Nintendo (any of the home consoles made by Nintendo, especially the Nintendo Entertainment System)

Further reading

Swedish

Alternative forms

Noun

Nintendo n

  1. a Nintendo (video game console from Nintendo, especially the Nintendo Entertainment System)
    Jag gillar att spela Nintendo
    I like playing Nintendo
    Det är nåt fel på Nintendot
    There's something wrong with the Nintendo

Declension

Declension of Nintendo
nominative genitive
singular indefinite Nintendo Nintendos
definite Nintendot Nintendots
plural indefinite
definite

Derived terms

  • Nintendodosa (Nintendo controller)
  • Nintendokassett (Nintendo cartridge)
  • Nintendokontroll (Nintendo controller)
  • Nintendospel (Nintendo game)

See also

Proper noun

Nintendo n (genitive Nintendos)

  1. Nintendo (Japanese video game company)