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gamification

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The use of gameplay mechanics for non-game applications (as for example making work less onerous; incentivization; or pedagogy).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From gam(e) + -ification.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: игровизация (igrovizacija) — use of gameplay
  • Bulgarian: геймификация (gejmifikacija) — use of gameplay
  • Catalan: ludificació — use of gameplay
  • Catalan: gamificació — use of gameplay
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遊戲化 /游戏化 (yóuxìhuà) — use of gameplay
  • Czech: gamifikace — use of gameplay
  • Finnish: pelillistäminen — use of gameplay
  • French: ludification — use of gameplay
  • Galician: ludificación — use of gameplay
  • German: Gamification — use of gameplay
  • German: Gamifikation — use of gameplay
  • German: Gamifizierung — use of gameplay
  • German: Spielifikation — use of gameplay
  • Indonesian: gamifikasi — use of gameplay
  • Indonesian: pembermainan — use of gameplay
  • Indonesian: pengegiman — use of gameplay
  • Italian: ludicizzazione — use of gameplay
  • Japanese: ゲーミフィケーション (gēmifikēshon) — use of gameplay
  • Malay: gamifikasi — use of gameplay
  • Polish: grywalizacja — use of gameplay
  • Portuguese: ludificação — use of gameplay
  • Portuguese: gamificação — use of gameplay
  • Russian: игрофикация (igrofikacija) — use of gameplay
  • Russian: геймификация (gejmifikacija) — use of gameplay
  • Serbo-Croatian: igrifikacija — use of gameplay
  • Serbo-Croatian: igrofikacija — use of gameplay
  • Slovene: poigritev — use of gameplay
  • Spanish: ludificación — use of gameplay
  • Spanish: gamificación — use of gameplay
  • Swedish: spelifiering — use of gameplay
  • Ukrainian: ігрофікація (ihrofikacija) — use of gameplay
  • Ukrainian: гейміфіка́ція (hejmifikácija) — use of gameplay