noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/
General-American:/ˈvɪdioʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/
General-American:/ˈvɪdjoʊˌɡeɪm/
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rhymes with -eɪm
1
noun
Meaning 1
A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen or paddle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
My uncle’s favorite video game is Minecraft.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To play video games.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a game played against a computer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: computer game
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: game
Narrower terms: virtual reality
History
Etymology
From video + game.
Across languages
Translations
129 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
videospeletjie
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Albanian:
video lojë
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Arabic:
لَعْبَةْ فِيدِيُو
(laʕbat fīdiyū)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Armenian:
համակարգչային խաղ
(hamakargčʻayin xaġ)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Armenian:
տեսախաղ
(tesaxaġ)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Asturian:
videoxuegu
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Azerbaijani:
videooyun
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Belarusian:
камп'ю́тарная гульня́
(kampʺjútarnaja hulʹnjá)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Belarusian:
кампу́тарная гульня́
(kampútarnaja hulʹnjá)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Belarusian:
відэагульня́
(videahulʹnjá)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Bengali:
ভিডিও গেম
(bhiḍiō gem)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Breton:
c'hoari video
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Bulgarian:
видеоигра́
(videoigrá)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Burmese:
ဗွီဒီယိုဂိမ်း
(bwidiyuigim:)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Burmese:
ဗီဒီယိုဂိမ်း
(bidiyuigim:)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Catalan:
videojoc
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Chinese Cantonese:
視像遊戲 /视像游戏
(si6 zoeng6 jau4 hei3)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Chinese Mandarin:
電子遊戲 /电子游戏
(diànzǐ yóuxì)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Chinese Mandarin:
電腦遊戲 /电脑游戏
(diànnǎo yóuxì)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Corsican:
videoghjocu
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Corsican:
videughjocu
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Czech:
videohra
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Czech:
počítačová hra
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Danish:
computerspil
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Danish:
konsolspil
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Danish:
videospil
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Dutch:
videospel
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Dutch:
videospelletje
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Dutch:
game
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Dzongkha:
བརྙན་འཁོར་རྩེདམོ
(brnyan 'khor rtsedmo)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Esperanto:
videoludo
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Estonian:
videomäng
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Faroese:
telduspøl
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Finnish:
videopeli
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
French:
jeu vidéo
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
West-Frisian:
kompjûterspultsje
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Galician:
videoxogo
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Georgian:
ვიდეო თამაში
(video tamaši)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Georgian:
ვიდეოთამაში
(videotamaši)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
German:
Videospiel
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
German:
Computerspiel
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Greek:
βιντεοπαιχνίδι
(vinteopaichnídi)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Haitian Creole:
jwèt videyo
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Hebrew:
מִשְׂחַק מַחְשֵׁב
(miskhak makhšev)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Hebrew:
מִשְׂחַק וִידֵאוֹ
(miskhak vide'o)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Hindi:
वीडियो गेम
(vīḍiyo gem)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Hungarian:
videojáték
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Icelandic:
tölvuleikur
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Ido:
videoludo
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Indonesian:
permainan video
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Irish:
cluiche físeán
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Irish:
físchluiche
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Irish:
cluiche físe
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Italian:
videogioco
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Italian:
videogame
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Japanese:
テレビゲーム
(terebi gēmu)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Japanese:
ビデオゲーム
(bideo gēmu)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Japanese:
コンピュータゲーム
(konpyūta gēmu)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Kazakh:
бейне ойын
(beine oiyn)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Khmer:
ហ្គេមវីដេអូ
(geim viideeʼou)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Khmer:
វីដេអូហ្គេម
(viideeʼou geim)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Khmer:
ហ្គេម
(geim)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Korean:
비디오 게임
(bidio geim)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Korean:
컴퓨터 게임
(keompyuteo geim)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Northern Kurdish:
lîstika vîdyoyê
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Kyrgyz:
видео оюн
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Lao:
ເກມວິດີໂອ
(km dī ʼō)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Lao:
ວິດີໂອເກມ
(wi dī ʼō kēm)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Latin:
lūdus ēlectrōnicus
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Latin:
lūdus vīsuālis
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Latvian:
videospēle
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Lithuanian:
video žaidimas
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Macedonian:
видеои́гра
(videoígra)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Malay:
hibira
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Malay:
هيبيرا
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Malay:
permainan video
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Malayalam:
വീഡിയോ ഗെയിം
(vīḍiyō geyiṁ)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Marathi:
संगणक खेळ
(saṅgṇak kheḷ)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Marathi:
व्हिडियो गेम
(vhiḍiyo gem)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Mongolian:
компьютер тоглоом
(kompʹjüter togloom)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Mongolian:
видео тоглоом
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Nahuatl:
videopatolli
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Nahuatl:
tepoztlamahuizoloni patolli
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Classical Nahuatl:
chīuhpōhualhuaztli patōlli
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Navajo:
ániʼ ííłdinii
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Norwegian Bokmål:
videospill
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Norwegian Nynorsk:
videospel
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Occitan:
videojòc
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Pashto:
ویډیو لوبه
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Iranian Persian:
بازیِ رایانِه
(bâzi-ye râyâne)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Polish:
gra komputerowa
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Polish:
gra wideo
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Portuguese:
videojogo
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Portuguese:
vídeo game
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Romanian:
joc video
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Russian:
компью́терная игра́
(kompʹjútɛrnaja igrá)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Russian:
видеоигра́
(videoigrá)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Scottish Gaelic:
geama-bhidio
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Serbo-Croatian:
video igra
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Serbo-Croatian:
видео игра
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Silesian:
kōmputrowy szpil
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Slovak:
počítačová hra
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Slovak:
videohra
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Slovene:
videoigra
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Spanish:
juego de video
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Spanish:
videojuego
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Swahili:
mchezo wa video
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Swedish:
tv-spel
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Swedish:
dataspel
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Swedish:
datorspel
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Swedish:
videospel
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Tajik:
бозии видеоӣ
(bozi-yi videoyi)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Tajik:
бозии компютерӣ
(bozi-yi kompyuteri)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Tatar:
санак уены
(sanaq uyını)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Thai:
เกมคอมพิวเตอร์
(geem-kɔm-piu-dtə̂ə)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Thai:
วิดีโอเกม
(wí-dii-oo-geem)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Turkish:
bilgisayar oyunu
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Turkmen:
wideo oýun
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Ukrainian:
відеогра́
(videohrá)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Ukrainian:
компью́терна гра
(kompʹjúterna hra)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Urdu:
وِیڈِیو گیم
(vīḍiyo gem)
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Uzbek:
kompyuter oʻyin
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Uzbek:
video oʻyin
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Vietnamese:
trò chơi điện tử
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Vietnamese:
trò chơi vi-đê-ô
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Vietnamese:
game
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Welsh:
gêm fideo
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Zulu:
umdlalo we video
— type of game existing as and controlled by software
Zulu:
umdlalo wevidiyo
— type of game existing as and controlled by software