Phrase guide

video game console

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games, especially in accompaniment with a television.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: video-games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: game console, games console, gaming console

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نظام ألعاب فيديو — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Arabic: مشغل ألعاب الفيديو — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Catalan: consola de joc — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Catalan: videoconsola — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Catalan: consola de jocs — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子遊戲控制台 /电子游戏控制台 (diànzǐ yóuxì kòngzhìtái) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遊戲主機 /游戏主机 (yóuxì zhǔjī) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遊戲機 /游戏机 (yóuxìjī) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電視遊樂器 /电视游乐器 (diànshì yóulèqì) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Czech: herní konzole — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Danish: spillekonsol — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Dutch: spelcomputer — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Dutch: spelconsole — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Esperanto: konzolo — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Finnish: pelikonsoli — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • French: console de jeux vidéo — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • French: console de jeux — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Georgian: სათამაშო აპარატი (satamašo aṗaraṭi) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Georgian: სათამაშო კონსოლი (satamašo ḳonsoli) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Georgian: ვიდეოთამაშების მოწყობილობა (videotamašebis moc̣q̇obiloba) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Georgian: ვიდეოთამაშების კონსოლი (videotamašebis ḳonsoli) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Georgian: ვიდეოთამაშების აპარატი (videotamašebis aṗaraṭi) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • German: Spielkonsole — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • German: Videospielkonsole — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Greek: παιχνιδομηχανή (paichnidomichaní) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Greek: παιχνιδοκονσόλα (paichnidokonsóla) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Hungarian: videojáték-konzol — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Icelandic: leikjatölva — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Indonesian: konsol — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Italian: console di videogiochi — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Italian: console per videogiochi — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Japanese: ゲーム機 (gēmu-ki) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Korean: 비디오 게임 콘솔 (bidio geim konsol) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Korean: 게임기 (geimgi) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Latin: consola ludis electronicis — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Malay: konsol permainan video — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Norwegian: spillkonsoll — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spelekonsoll — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Occitan: consòla de jòc — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Occitan: consòla de jòcs — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Occitan: videoconsòla — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Occitan: consòla de juec — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Occitan: consòla de juecs — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Polish: konsola do gier — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Polish: konsola — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Polish: konsola gier wideo — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Portuguese: console — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Portuguese: video game — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Portuguese: consola — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Romanian: consolă de joc video — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Romanian: consolă — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Russian: игрова́я приста́вка (igrovája pristávka) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Russian: игрова́я консо́ль (igrovája konsólʹ) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Scots: video gemme console — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Spanish: consola de videojuegos — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Swedish: spelkonsol — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games
  • Tigrinya: ኮንሶል ቪድዮ (konsol vidyo) — dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games