Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retrogaming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
ret-rogam-ing
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hobby of playing or collecting older video games and computer games.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English gaming English retrogaming From retro- + gaming.

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What does retrogaming mean?
The hobby of playing or collecting older video games and computer games.
Where does retrogaming come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English gaming English retrogaming From retro- + gaming.

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