# joystick
## English
### Etymology

From joy +‎ stick. First attested around 1910 (as joy-stick) as the control stick on an airplane. Its relation to the word joy is unclear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʒɔɪstɪk/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

joystick (plural joysticks)
* A mechanical device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.
** 1989, Microtimes, volume 6, page 140:If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.
* (slang) A penis.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
** 2015, “Gamez”, performed by Maejor ft. Keri Hilson:She playing with my joystick All in my two seater

#### Hyponyms

(mechanical control device):
* center stick
* sidestick

#### Derived terms

* joystick waggler

#### Translations
### Verb

joystick (third-person singular simple present joysticks, present participle joysticking, simple past and past participle joysticked)
* (rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick.
** 2006, Sid Davis, Home makeovers that sell:Marketing your home isn't as difficult as joysticking a Mars rover through a crater, despite what many people believe.
** 2007, Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico G Sorrenti, Tomoichi Takahashi, RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X:Therefore, part of the errors in the localization results is due to the problem of joysticking the robot exactly onto the marked positions.
** 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox, Robotics: Science and Systems II:It can run in autonomous mode or be manually joysticked using a radio controller.

### Further reading

* joystick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔi̯.stɪk/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: joy‧stick

### Noun

joystick m (plural joysticks, diminutive joystickje n)
* joystick
* tiller extension

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʒoi̯stik/, [ˈdʒo̞i̯s̠tik]
* Rhymes: -oistik

### Noun

joystick
* (especially gaming) Synonym of sauvaohjain (“joystick”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of joystick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
joystickini
joystickini
accusative
nom.
joystickini
joystickini
gen.
joystickini
genitive
joystickini
joystickieni
partitive
joystickiani
joystickejani
inessive
joystickissani
joystickeissani
elative
joystickistani
joystickeistani
illative
joystickiini
joystickeihini
adessive
joystickillani
joystickeillani
ablative
joystickiltani
joystickeiltani
allative
joystickilleni
joystickeilleni
essive
joystickinani
joystickeinani
translative
joystickikseni
joystickeikseni
abessive
joystickittani
joystickeittani
instructive
comitative
—joystickeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
joystickisi
joystickisi
accusative
nom.
joystickisi
joystickisi
gen.
joystickisi
genitive
joystickisi
joystickiesi
partitive
joystickiasi
joystickejasi
inessive
joystickissasi
joystickeissasi
elative
joystickistasi
joystickeistasi
illative
joystickiisi
joystickeihisi
adessive
joystickillasi
joystickeillasi
ablative
joystickiltasi
joystickeiltasi
allative
joystickillesi
joystickeillesi
essive
joystickinasi
joystickeinasi
translative
joystickiksesi
joystickeiksesi
abessive
joystickittasi
joystickeittasi
instructive
comitative
—joystickeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
joystickimme
joystickimme
accusative
nom.
joystickimme
joystickimme
gen.
joystickimme
genitive
joystickimme
joystickiemme
partitive
joystickiamme
joystickejamme
inessive
joystickissamme
joystickeissamme
elative
joystickistamme
joystickeistamme
illative
joystickiimme
joystickeihimme
adessive
joystickillamme
joystickeillamme
ablative
joystickiltamme
joystickeiltamme
allative
joystickillemme
joystickeillemme
essive
joystickinamme
joystickeinamme
translative
joystickiksemme
joystickeiksemme
abessive
joystickittamme
joystickeittamme
instructive
comitative
—joystickeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
joystickinne
joystickinne
accusative
nom.
joystickinne
joystickinne
gen.
joystickinne
genitive
joystickinne
joystickienne
partitive
joystickianne
joystickejanne
inessive
joystickissanne
joystickeissanne
elative
joystickistanne
joystickeistanne
illative
joystickiinne
joystickeihinne
adessive
joystickillanne
joystickeillanne
ablative
joystickiltanne
joystickeiltanne
allative
joystickillenne
joystickeillenne
essive
joystickinanne
joystickeinanne
translative
joystickiksenne
joystickeiksenne
abessive
joystickittanne
joystickeittanne
instructive
comitative
—joystickeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
joystickinsa
joystickinsa
accusative
nom.
joystickinsa
joystickinsa
gen.
joystickinsa
genitive
joystickinsa
joystickiensa
partitive
joystickiaan joystickiansa
joystickejaan joystickejansa
inessive
joystickissaan joystickissansa
joystickeissaan joystickeissansa
elative
joystickistaan joystickistansa
joystickeistaan joystickeistansa
illative
joystickiinsa
joystickeihinsa
adessive
joystickillaan joystickillansa
joystickeillaan joystickeillansa
ablative
joystickiltaan joystickiltansa
joystickeiltaan joystickeiltansa
allative
joystickilleen joystickillensa
joystickeilleen joystickeillensa
essive
joystickinaan joystickinansa
joystickeinaan joystickeinansa
translative
joystickikseen joystickiksensa
joystickeikseen joystickeiksensa
abessive
joystickittaan joystickittansa
joystickeittaan joystickeittansa
instructive
comitative
—joystickeineen joystickeinensa :

### Further reading

* “joystick”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

### Noun

joystick m (invariable)
* joystick (device)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English joystick.

### Noun

joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joysticker, definite plural joystickene)
* a joystick

### References

* “joystick” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “joystick” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English joystick.

### Noun

joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joystickar, definite plural joystickane)
* a joystick

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* dżojstik

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈd͡ʐɔj.stik/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔjstik
* Syllabification: joy‧stick

### Noun

joystick m inan
* joystick
    Synonym: pad

#### Declension
### Further reading

* joystick in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* joystick in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃoisˈtik/ [t͡ʃoi̯sˈt̪ik]
* IPA: /ʝoisˈtik/ [ɟ͡ʝoi̯sˈt̪ik]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝoisˈtik/ [ɟ͡ʝoi̯sˈt̪ik]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoisˈtik/ [ʃoi̯sˈt̪ik]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoisˈtik/ [ʒoi̯sˈt̪ik]
* Rhymes: -ik

### Noun

joystick m (plural joysticks)
* joystick

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.