Nintendo

See also: nintendo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 任天堂 (Nintendō, literally “Luck of Heaven”).

Pronunciation

• (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

• GCN
• N64
• NDS
• NES
• NGC
• Nintendinitis
• Nintendium
• Nintendocore
• Nintendo generation
• Nintendo hard
• Nintendo thumb
• Nintendrone
• Ninty
• NoA
• NS
• NSO
• SNES

 

Translations

Japanese videogame company

• Arabic: نينتندو (nīntindū)
• Bengali: নিন্টেন্ডো (ninṭenḍō)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 任天堂 (jam⁶ tin¹ tong⁴)

  Mandarin: 任天堂 (zh) (Rèntiāntáng)

• Esperanto: Nintendo
• French: Nintendo (fr)
• Hindi: निंटेंडो (niṇṭeṇḍo)
• Italian: Nintendo (it)
• Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー (Nintendō)
• Korean: 닌텐도 (Nintendo)
• Portuguese: Nintendo f
• Romanian: Nintendo
• Russian: Нинте́ндо (Ninténdo), Нинтендо (Nintendo)
• Serbo-Croatian: Нинтендо
• Spanish: Nintendo f
• Swedish: Nintendo n
• Tamil: நிண்டெண்டோ (niṇṭeṇṭō)
• Thai: นินเทนโด (Ninthendo)
• Vietnamese: Nintendo, Nhiệm Thiên Đường

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. (broadly) 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

• Famicom (chiefly Japan)
• NES

Translations

Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo

• Amharic: ኒንተንዶ (nintändo)
• Arabic: نينتندو
• Bengali: নিনটেনডো (ninṭenoḍō)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 任天堂 (jam⁶ tin¹ tong⁴)

  Mandarin: 任天堂 (zh) (Rèntiāntáng)

• Danish: Nintendo
• Dutch: Nintendo
• Esperanto: Nintendo
• Finnish: Nintendo
• French: Nintendo (fr) f
• German: Nintendo n
• Greek: Νιντενδω (Nintendo), Νιντενδο (Nintendo)
• Hebrew: נינטנדו
• Hindi: निनटेंडो m (ninṭeṇḍo)
• Italian: Nintendo (it), Nintendo (it) f
• Japanese: 任天堂 (Nintendō), ニンテンドー (Nintendō)
• Korean: 닌텐도 (nintendo)
• Latin: Nintendo (genitive Nintendonis)
• Nepali: निन्टेन्डो (ninṭenḍo)
• Persian: نینتندو (fa)
• Polish: Nintendo n
• Portuguese: Nintendo m
• Russian: Нинте́ндо (Ninténdo), Нинтендо (Nintendo)
• Serbo-Croatian: нинтендо
• Spanish: Nintendo
• Swedish: Nintendo n
• Thai: นินเทนโด (Ninthendo)
• Uyghur: نىنتېندو (nintëndo)
• Vietnamese: Nintendo
• Yiddish: נינטענדאָו (nintendou)

Polish

Nintendo

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

• Nintendo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

• nintendo

Noun

Nintendo n

1. a Nintendo (video game console from Nintendo)

   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
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	Nintendo	Nintendot	—	—
Genitive	Nintendos	Nintendots	—	—

Derived terms

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

See also

• turbodosa (“turbo controller”)

Proper noun

Nintendo n (genitive Nintendos)

1. Nintendo (Japanese video game company)