# Nintendo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 任(にん)天(てん)堂(どう) (Nintendō).

### Pronunciation

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* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /nɪnˈtɛndəʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /nɪnˈtɛndoʊ/
* Rhymes: -ɛndəʊ
* Hyphenation: Nin‧ten‧do

### Proper noun

Nintendo
* (video games, trademark) A Japanese multinational company that develops, publishes and releases both video games and video game consoles.

#### Derived terms

* GCN
* N64
* NDS
* NES
* NGC
* Nintendinitis
* Nintendium
* Nintendocore
* Nintendo generation
* Nintendo hard
* Nintendo thumb
* Nintendrone
* Ninty
* NoA
* NS
* NSO
* SNES

#### Translations
### Noun

* This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them! Particularly: “'any console' sense”
Nintendo (plural Nintendos)
* (video games) A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo.
    Wanna play on my Nintendo after school?
** 1995, David Gladstone, editor, British Social Welfare: Past, Present, and Future, page 274:There is nothing wrong with the accoutrements of personal affluence, but if the numbers of personal stereos, Nintendos, mobile phones and cars grow […].
** 2005, Lila Abu-Lughod, Dramas of Nationhood: The Politics of Television in Egypt, page 280:These professionals are the sort whose children play with Nintendos and own bikes
** 2005, Larry L. Meyer, No Paltry Thing: Memoirs Of A Geezer Dad, page 128:Franz: “How do elves make Nintendos?” Dad: “You ask all the hard questions, don't you? I really don't know.”
** 2007, Ilene Schneider, Chanukah Guilt, page 106:The only message at home was from my nephew, letting me know my mother was back home, safe and sound, except for a sore "Nintendo thumb".
* (video games, by extension) Any video game console, especially by those not familiar with video games.
* (loosely) Any popular product or activity.
** 2007, Anthony Ham, Alison Bing, Morocco, Lonely Planet,, →ISBN, page 34:He was far more interested in bullfighting, which was the Nintendo of the day, only considerably more dangerous

#### Synonyms

* Famicom (chiefly Japan)
* NES

#### Translations
## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Nintendo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɲinˈtɛn.dɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɛndɔ
* Syllabification: Nin‧ten‧do

### Proper noun

Nintendo n (indeclinable)
* Nintendo (Japanese multinational company that develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles)

### Noun

Nintendo n (indeclinable)
* Nintendo (any of the home consoles made by Nintendo, especially the Nintendo Entertainment System)

### Further reading

* Nintendo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* nintendo

### Noun

Nintendo n
* a Nintendo (video game console from Nintendo, especially the Nintendo Entertainment System)
    Jag gillar att spela NintendoI like playing Nintendo
    Det är nåt fel på NintendotThere's something wrong with the Nintendo

#### Derived terms

* Nintendodosa (“Nintendo controller”)
* Nintendokassett (“Nintendo cartridge”)
* Nintendokontroll (“Nintendo controller”)
* Nintendospel (“Nintendo game”)

#### See also

* turbodosa (“turbo controller”)

### Proper noun

Nintendo n (genitive Nintendos)
* Nintendo (Japanese video game company)