Phrase guide

computer game

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkəmˈpjuːtəˌɡeɪm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An electronic game, especially a game played using a general-purpose computer (as opposed to a game console).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a game played against a computer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: video game

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: game

Narrower terms: virtual reality

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: rekenaarspel — electronic game
  • Albanian: lojë kompjuterike — electronic game
  • Arabic: لَعْبَة كَمْبْيُوتَر (laʕbat kambyūtar) — electronic game
  • Armenian: համակարգչային խաղ (hamakargčʻayin xaġ) — electronic game
  • Azerbaijani: kompüter oyunu — electronic game
  • Bashkir: компьютер уйыны (kompʹyuter uyını) — electronic game
  • Belarusian: камп'ю́тарная гульня́ (kampʺjútarnaja hulʹnjá) — electronic game
  • Belarusian: кампу́тарная гульня́ (kampútarnaja hulʹnjá) — electronic game
  • Bengali: কম্পিউটার গেম (kompiuṭar gem) — electronic game
  • Bengali: কম্পিউটার খেলা (kompiuṭar khela) — electronic game
  • Bulgarian: компю́търна игра́ (kompjútǎrna igrá) — electronic game
  • Burmese: ကွန်ပျူတာဂိမ်း (kwanpyutagim:) — electronic game
  • Carpathian Rusyn: компю́терна ба́вка (kompjúterna bávka) — electronic game
  • Catalan: joc d'ordinador — electronic game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電腦遊戲 /电脑游戏 (diànnǎo yóuxì) — electronic game
  • Chuvash: компьютер вӑййи (kompʹjut̬er văjji) — electronic game
  • Crimean Tatar: kompyuter oyunı — electronic game
  • Czech: počítačová hra — electronic game
  • Danish: computerspil — electronic game
  • Dutch: computerspel — electronic game
  • Esperanto: komputilludo — electronic game
  • Estonian: arvutimäng — electronic game
  • Faroese: telduspæl — electronic game
  • Finnish: tietokonepeli — electronic game
  • French: jeu vidéo — electronic game
  • French: jeu informatique — electronic game
  • Galician: xogo de ordenador — electronic game
  • Georgian: კომპიუტერული თამაში (ḳomṗiuṭeruli tamaši) — electronic game
  • German: Computerspiel — electronic game
  • Greek: παιχνίδι υπολογιστών (paichnídi ypologistón) — electronic game
  • Hebrew: מִשְׂחַק מַחְשֵׁב (miskhák makhshév) — electronic game
  • Hindi: कंप्यूटर खेल (kampyūṭar khel) — electronic game
  • Hindi: कंप्यूटर गेम (kampyūṭar gem) — electronic game
  • Hungarian: számítógépes játék — electronic game
  • Icelandic: tölvuleikur — electronic game
  • Indonesian: permainan komputer — electronic game
  • Irish: ríomhchluiche — electronic game
  • Irish: cluiche ríomhaire — electronic game
  • Italian: gioco di computer — electronic game
  • Japanese: コンピューターゲーム (konpyūtā gēmu) — electronic game
  • Japanese: コンピュータゲーム (konpyūta gēmu) — electronic game
  • Kazakh: компьютер ойыны (kompüter oiyny) — electronic game
  • Kazakh: компьютерлік ойын (kompüterlık oiyn) — electronic game
  • Korean: 컴퓨터 게임 (keompyuteo geim) — electronic game
  • Kyrgyz: компьютер оюну (kompyuter oyunu) — electronic game
  • Lao: ຄອມພິວເຕີເກມ (khǭm phiu tœ̄ kēm) — electronic game
  • Latin: ludus computatri — electronic game
  • Latvian: datorspēle — electronic game
  • Lithuanian: kompiuterinis žaidimas — electronic game
  • Macedonian: компјутерска игра (kompjuterska igra) — electronic game
  • Malay: permainan komputer — electronic game
  • Mongolian: компьютер тоглоом (kompʹjüter togloom) — electronic game
  • Nahuatl: chīuhpōhualhuaztli patolli — electronic game
  • Norman: gamme dé compiuteu — electronic game
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dataspill — electronic game
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dataspel — electronic game
  • Iranian Persian: بازیِ کامْپْیوتِر (bâzi-ye kâmpyuter) — electronic game
  • Polish: gra komputerowa — electronic game
  • Polish: gra wideo — electronic game
  • Portuguese: jogo de computador — electronic game
  • Romanian: joc video — electronic game
  • Russian: компью́терная игра́ (kompʹjútɛrnaja igrá) — electronic game
  • Serbo-Croatian: компјутерска игра — electronic game
  • Serbo-Croatian: рачунална игра — electronic game
  • Serbo-Croatian: kompjuterska igra — electronic game
  • Serbo-Croatian: računalna igra — electronic game
  • Slovak: počítačová hra — electronic game
  • Slovene: računalniška igra — electronic game
  • Spanish: juego de computadora — electronic game
  • Swedish: datorspel — electronic game
  • Swedish: dataspel — electronic game
  • Tajik: бозии компютерӣ (bozi-yi kompyuteri) — electronic game
  • Tatar: компьютер уены (qompʹyüter uyını) — electronic game
  • Thai: เกมคอมพิวเตอร์ (geem-kɔm-piu-dtə̂ə) — electronic game
  • Turkish: bilgisayar oyunu — electronic game
  • Turkmen: kompýuter oýuny — electronic game
  • Tuvan: компьютер оюну (kompʹyuter oyunu) — electronic game
  • Ukrainian: комп'ю́терна гра (kompʺjúterna hra) — electronic game
  • Urdu: کَمْپْیُوٹَر گیم (kampyūṭar gem) — electronic game
  • Urdu: کَمْپْیُوٹَر کھیل (kampyūṭar khel) — electronic game
  • Uyghur: كومپيۇتېر ئويۇنى (kompyutër oyuni) — electronic game
  • Uzbek: kompyuter oʻyini — electronic game
  • Vietnamese: trò chơi máy tính — electronic game
  • Vietnamese: trò chơi video — electronic game
  • Vietnamese: video game — electronic game
  • Yakut: көмпүүтэр оонньуута (kömpüüter oonňuuta) — electronic game