gamer

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English gamer, attested since before 1450 as a common noun[1] and possibly since 1248 in the name of one Johannes le Gamer. Equivalent to game (noun) +‎ -er (occupational suffix).

Noun

gamer (plural gamers)

  1. A person who plays any kind of game.
    • 1422, Code of Laws of Walsall:
      […] any dice-player, carder, tennis player, or other unlawful gamer.
    • 2002, Gary Alan Fine, Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds, page 93:
      These dice are the gamers' weapons […]
  2. A person whose hobby is video games.
    • 2019, The Scottish Parliament, Motion S5M-15504
      That the Parliament congratulates the online gamer, Harry Brewis, who is known by the handle HBomberGuy, […]
  3. A person who games the system.
    • 2016, Eric Lovald, Hugely Confused:
      […] the real "takers" in this country are commercial gamers of the system who are only in it to swipe a fast buck from the common trust.
  4. (obsolete) A gambler.
    • 1845 The Head Quarters, Volume III, Number 122 (November 19, 1845)
      The gamer is farther from restoration even than the drunkard, because what he does he does in the light of sobriety and reason.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Gulf Arabic: قيمر‎ (gēmar)
  • → Danish: gamer
  • → French: gamer
  • → Persian: گیمر‎ (geymer)
  • → Swedish: gamer
Translations
player of any game — see player

Etymology 2

game (adjective) +‎ -er (comparative suffix)

Adjective

gamer

  1. comparative form of game: more game

References

References
  1. a. 1450, Code of Laws governing Walsall, in Willmore Hist. (167): "Also it is ordeyned, that who soevyr suffer eny dise-player, carder, tenys player, or other unliefull gamer, to use unlifull games in their house, to lese for ev[er]y suche defaute vi s. viii d."

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gamer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡ̊ɛjmʌ]

Noun

gamer c (singular definite gameren, plural indefinite gamere)

  1. gamer

Inflection
Declension of gamer
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gamer gameren gamere gamerne
genitive gamers gamerens gameres gamernes

References

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English gamer. Equivalent to gamen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeː.mər/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ga‧mer

Noun

gamer m (plural gamers)

  1. A gamer, someone who plays video games.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English gamer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɛ.mœʁ/, /ɡe.mœʁ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: gamers

Noun

gamer m (plural gamers)

  1. a person whose hobby is video games
  2. a high-end laptop designed to play video games

Indonesian

Noun

gamer (first-person possessive gamerku, second-person possessive gamermu, third-person possessive gamernya)

  1. (Kalimantan) Calophyllum soulattri, a species of bintangor

Synonyms

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡamer/
  • Rhymes: -mer, -er

Noun

gamer (Jawi spelling ݢامر‎, informal 1st possessive gamerku, 2nd possessive gamermu, 3rd possessive gamernya)

  1. hesitate to want to make something out of shame etc.

See also
  • janggal (“awkward”)
  • malu (“shame”)
  • teragak-agak (“hesitate”)

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gamer.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡɐj.maɾ/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡej.maɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.maɾ/

Noun

gamer m or f by sense (plural gamers)

  1. gamer (a person who plays video games)
    Synonym: videojogador

Spanish

Noun

gamer m or f (plural gameres)

  1. gamer
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