game

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A playful or competitive activity.
2. (countable) A playful or competitive activity.
3. (UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable) A playful or competitive activity.
4. (countable) A playful or competitive activity.
5. (countable, uncountable) A playful or competitive activity.
6. (countable, uncountable) A playful or competitive activity.
7. (countable, uncountable) A playful or competitive activity.
8. (countable) A playful or competitive activity.
9. (countable, uncountable) A playful or competitive activity.
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis) A playful or competitive activity.
11. (countable, informal) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
12. (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
13. (countable) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
14. (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
15. (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
16. (informal, uncountable) The ability to seduce or woo someone, usually by strategy.
17. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Lovemaking, flirtation.
18. (countable, slang, uncountable) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
19. (slang, uncountable) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
20. (archaic, uncountable) Diversion, entertainment.

Adj

1. (colloquial) Willing and able to participate.
2. That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
3. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To gamble.
2. (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
3. (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
4. (slang, transitive) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

Adj

Injured, lame.

Concepts

jeu

gibier

partie

match

jeu

amusement

divertissement

compétition

amuser

danse

💃

épreuve

bigier

estropié

plate

procédé

proie

récréation

représentation

sport

tour

tournoi

trafic

catch

🤼

jeu ’’

jeu d’enfants

jeux

sports

de jeu

nouvelle création

combattant anglais

boiteux

butin

chasse

concours

détente

dos

🔙

événement

interprétation

jouer

jouet

manche

passe-temps

Opposé de

drudgery, work, toil, cautious, disinclined

Synonymes

play

match

sport

contest

fun

competition

recreation

bout

amusement

booty

playing

trick

dance

💃

meat

🥩

plot

gaming

set

plaything

pastime

lame

gimpy

gamey

gamy

joke

🤣

stake

toy

entertainment

gamble

spunky

catch

mirth

performance

jugglery

diversion

dirty trick

intrigue

mettlesome

prizefight

back

🔙

gritty

daring

bold

biz

crippled

animal

🐾

halt

frolic

hunting

bet on

bet

Traductions

Spiel

gioco

juego

spel

jogo

παιχνίδι

Wild

selvaggina

oyun

Partie

joc

cacciagione

caza

partita

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡeɪm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: game

Hérité de ancien anglais: gamen

Appartenant à Old Frisian: game

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: gamen

Appartenant à suédois: gamman

Appartenant à islandais: gaman

In summary

From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).
Cognate with Yola gaame, gaaume, gaume (“game”), Old Frisian game, gome (“joy, amusement, entertainment”), Dutch gemelijk (“cantankerous, crabbed”), Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Danish gammen (“merriment”), Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk gaman (“joy, fun”), Swedish gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”). Related to gammon, gamble.

Phrases

There is no set release date for the game .

Il n'y a pas de date de sortie définie pour le jeu.

" It has been a good game ," he says before he dies .

"Ce fut un bon match", dit-il avant de mourir.

After character creation the game runs its course .

Après la création de personnages, le jeu suit son cours.

The game had mediocre reception .

Le jeu a eu une réception médiocre.

It is a side-scrolling platform game .

Il s'agit d'un jeu de plate-forme à défilement latéral.

The game was narrated by Tom Baker of " Doctor Who " fame .

Le jeu a été raconté par Tom Baker de la renommée de "Doctor Who".