game
[ɡeɪ̯m]
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.72 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Being a child is all fun and games."
- "Games in the classroom can make learning fun."
- "Joshua: Shall we play a game? David: ... Love to. How about Global Thermonuclear War? Joshua: Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess? David: Later. Let's play Global Thermonuclear War. Joshua: Fine."
- "From time to time tracksuited boys ran past them, with all the deadly purpose and humourless concentration of those who enjoyed Games."
- "Sally won the game."
- "They can turn the game around in the second half."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gamaną Proto-West Germanic *gaman Old English gamen Middle English game English game From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”). Cognate with Yola gaame, gaaume, gaume (“game”), Old Frisian game, gome (“joy, amusement, entertainment”), Dutch gemelijk (“cantankerous, crabbed”), Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Danish gammen (“merriment”), Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk gaman (“joy, fun”), Swedish gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”). Related to gammon, gamble.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [ɡeɪ̯m]
Usage
Inflected Forms
games (plural)
gamer (comparative)
gamest (superlative)
games (present, singular)
gaming (participle, present)
gamed (participle, past)
gamed (past)
more game (comparative)
most game (superlative)