atari

See also: Atari

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 当たり.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈtɑːˌɹi/

Noun

atari (plural atari or ataris or ataries)

  1. (game of Go) A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones. In chess, the equivalent word would be check, before check-mate happens
    • 1990 May 25: Jonathan Buss, Watanabe vs Buss, moves 15-17, rec.games.go,
      In situations like this, beginners often make the mistake of giving an atari, which strengthens only the opponent.
    • 2003: Peter Shotwell, Go! More Than a Game
      ... White responds with an atari of her own ...
    • 2004: John Fairbairn, Invitation to Go
      The important thing to note is that playing the simple atari first fails ...

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

atari

  1. gateway, doorway, portal

Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of ammatti- ja taparikollisuus.

Noun

atari

  1. (chiefly as modifier in compound terms) professional and habitual crime

Declension

Inflection of atari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative atari atarit
genitive atarin atarien
atareiden
atareitten
partitive ataria atareita
atareja
illative atariin atareihin
singular plural
nominative atari atarit
accusative nom. atari atarit
gen. atarin
genitive atarin atarien
atareiden
atareitten
partitive ataria atareita
atareja
inessive atarissa atareissa
elative atarista atareista
illative atariin atareihin
adessive atarilla atareilla
ablative atarilta atareilta
allative atarille atareille
essive atarina atareina
translative atariksi atareiksi
instructive — atarein
abessive ataritta atareitta
comitative — atareineen

Derived terms

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

atari

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あたり

Latvian

Verb

atari

  1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of atart
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