gamer
English
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪmɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪmə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle English gamer, attested since before 1450 as a common noun[1] and possibly since 1248 in the name of one Johannes le Gamer.[2] Equivalent to game (noun) + -er (occupational suffix).
Noun
editgamer (plural gamers)
- A person who plays any kind of game.
- Synonym: gameplayer
- 1422, Code of Laws of Walsall:
- […] any dice-player, carder, tennis player, or other unlawful gamer.
- 2002, Gary Alan Fine, Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds, page 93:
- These dice are the gamers' weapons […]
- A person whose hobby is video games.
- Synonym: videogamer
- Hypernym: gameplayer
- 2019, The Scottish Parliament, Motion S5M-15504 [1]
- That the Parliament congratulates the online gamer, Harry Brewis, who is known by the handle HBomberGuy, […]
- A person who games the system.
- Hypernyms: cheat, cheater, self-server
- Near-synonym: gamesman
- 2016, Eric Lovald, Hugely Confused:
- […] the real "takers" in this country are commercial gamers of the system who are only in it to swipe a fast buck from the common trust.
- (obsolete) A gambler.
- 1845 The Head Quarters, Volume III, Number 122 (November 19, 1845)
- The gamer is farther from restoration even than the drunkard, because what he does he does in the light of sobriety and reason.
- 1845 The Head Quarters, Volume III, Number 122 (November 19, 1845)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Danish: gamer
- → Dutch: gamer
- → French: gamer
- → Georgian: გეიმერი (geimeri)
- → German: Gamer
- → Gulf Arabic: قيمر (gēmar), گيمر (gēmar)
- → Japanese: ゲーマー (gēmā)
- → Korean: 게이머 (geimeo)
- → Macedonian: ге́јмер (géjmer)
- → Persian: گیمر (geymer)
- → Portuguese: gamer, guêimer
- → Russian: ге́ймер (géjmer)
- → Spanish: gamer
- → Swedish: gamer
- → Ukrainian: ге́ймер (héjmer), ґе́ймер (géjmer)
Translations
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Etymology 2
editFrom game (adjective) + -er (comparative suffix).
Adjective
editgamer
- comparative form of game: more game
References
edit- Gamer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “gamer”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “gamer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
References
edit- ^ a. 1450, Code of Laws governing Walsall, in Willmore Hist. (167): "Also it is ordeyned, that who soevyr suffer eny dise-player, carder, tenys player, or other unliefull gamer, to use unlifull games in their house, to lese for ev[er]y suche defaute vi s. viii d."
- ^ https://archive.org/details/closerollssupple0000grea/page/68/mode/1up?q=%22Johannes+le+Gamer%22
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgamer c (singular definite gameren, plural indefinite gamere)
Inflection
editReferences
edit- “gamer” in Den Danske Ordbog
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English gamer. Equivalent to gamen + -er.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgamer m (plural gamers)
- A gamer, someone who plays video games.
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɡɛ.mœʁ/ ~ /ɡe.mœʁ/
- (Canada, Missouri, New England, Louisiana) IPA(key): /ɡeɪmɚ/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: gamers
Noun
editgamer m (plural gamers)
- a person whose hobby is video games
- a high-end laptop designed to play video games
Indonesian
editNoun
editgamer (first-person possessive gamerku, second-person possessive gamermu, third-person possessive gamernya)
- (Kalimantan) Calophyllum soulattri, a species of bintangor
Synonyms
editMalay
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgamer (Jawi spelling ݢامر, informal 1st possessive gamerku, 2nd possessive gamermu, 3rd possessive gamernya)
- hesitate to want to make something out of shame etc.
See also
edit- janggal (“awkward”)
- malu (“shame”)
- teragak-agak (“hesitate”)
Further reading
edit- “gamer” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English
editEtymology
editNoun
editgamer (plural gamers)
Descendants
edit- English: gamer
References
edit- “gāmer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English gamer.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editgamer m or f by sense (plural gamers)
- gamer (a person who plays video games)
- Synonym: videojogador
Adjective
editgamer (invariable)
Derived terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editNoun
editgamer m or f by sense (plural gamers)
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