Word
nintendo
Phoneticsnin·ten·do
/nɪˈntɛndoʊ/
Definition
n. a famous Japanese company that makes video games and game consoles like the Switch or the Wii.
n. a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company. When used as a common noun in informal speech, it often refers to a specific gaming console produced by the brand.
Examples
“I love playing games on my Nintendo.”
“The children spent the rainy afternoon playing Mario Kart on their new Nintendo console.”
“Nintendo has maintained a dominant position in the handheld gaming market for decades by focusing on innovative gameplay mechanics rather than competing solely on raw processing power.”
Examples
simple
“I love playing games on my Nintendo.”
contextual
“The children spent the rainy afternoon playing Mario Kart on their new Nintendo console.”
complex
“Nintendo has maintained a dominant position in the handheld gaming market for decades by focusing on innovative gameplay mechanics rather than competing solely on raw processing power.”
Usage
Often used as a proper noun to refer to the company, but functions as a countable noun when referring to individual hardware units.
Etymology
From Japanese 任天堂 (Nintendō), a compound of 任 nin ("leave to; entrust"), 天 ten ("heaven"), and 堂 dō ("temple; hall"), the name of the playing-card company founded in Kyoto in 1889. The English borrowing retains the Japanese pronunciation.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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