Nintendo
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Etymology[edit]
From Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂株式会社), the Japanese video game manufacturer, from Japanese 任天堂 (Nintendō, “Luck of Heaven”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɪnˈtɛndəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /nɪnˈtɛndoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛndəʊ
Proper noun[edit]
Nintendo
- (video games, trademark) Nintendo (Japanese company)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Japanese videogame developer
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Noun[edit]
Nintendo (plural Nintendos)
- (video games) A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo.
- Wanna play on my Nintendo after school?
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1995, David Gladstone, editor, British Social Welfare: Past, Present, and Future, page 274:
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There is nothing wrong with the accoutrements of personal affluence, but if the numbers of personal stereos, Nintendos, mobile phones and cars grow […].
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2005, Lila Abu-Lughod, Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt, page 280:
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These professionals are the sort whose children play with Nintendos and own bikes
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2005, Larry L. Meyer, No Paltry Thing: Memoirs Of A Geezer Dad, page 128:
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Franz: “How do elves make Nintendos?” Dad: “You ask all the hard questions, don't you? I really don't know.”
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2007, Ilene Schneider, Chanukah Guilt, page 106:
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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".
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- (video games, by extension) Any video game console, especially by those not familiar with video games.
- (broadly) Any popular product or activity.
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2007, Anthony Ham, Alison Bing, Morocco, Lonely Planet,, →ISBN, page 34:
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He was far more interested in bullfighting, which was the Nintendo of the day, only considerably more dangerous
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Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo
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