Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tv game

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English

Syllables
tv game
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early type of video game, the predecessor of modern games consoles, consisting of a unit with a built-in controller that plugged into a television set.

noun

A home console game.

Etymology

NNSE sense is borrowed from Japanese テレビゲーム (terebi gēmu), from English TV + game.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

TV games (plural)

Questions

What does tv game mean?
An early type of video game, the predecessor of modern games consoles, consisting of a unit with a built-in controller that plugged into a television set.
Where does tv game come from?
It is traced to English.

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