joypad

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

joy + pad

Noun

joypad (plural joypads)

1. (video games) A type of game controller held in the hand, where the digits (especially thumbs) are used to provide input
   • 2000, Rebbecca Ray, Pure, p362

     I heard it through Michael's window, I dropped the joypad on his floor.

   • 2004, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, p146

     If you enjoy playing arcade-style games on your PC, you may have found that they benefit immensely from a joypad.

   • 2006, Karl-Friedrich Kraiss (ed.), Advanced Man-Machine Interaction, p361

     Joypads, as they are used in the gaming idustry, have the great advantage that they are designed to be used without looking at them (relief buttons, hand ergonomics).

Synonyms

• gamepad

Translations

controller

• Finnish: peliohjain (fi)
• French: manette (fr)

• Marathi: जॉय्पॅड (mr) (jǒypǎḍa) m
• Polish: joypad (pl) m

See also

• joystick

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Polish

Etymology

English joypad

Pronunciation

• IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈpɛt/ or IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈpat/

Noun

joypad m

1. joypad

Declension

    declension of joypad

	singular	plural
nominative	joypad (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)t/)	joypady (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)dɨ/)
genitive	joypada (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)da/)	joypadów (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)duf/)
dative	joypadowi (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjp(ɛ/a)ˈdɔvi/)	joypadom (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)dɔm/)
accusative	joypad (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)t/)	joypady (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)dɨ/)
instrumental	joypadem (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)dɛm/)	joypadami (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjp(ɛ/a)ˈdami/)
locative	joypadzie (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)d͡ʑɛ/)	joypadach (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)dax/)
vocative	joypadzie (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)d͡ʑɛ/)	joypady (IPA: /d͡ʐɔjˈp(ɛ/a)dɨ/)