gamer

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɪmɚ/
Rhymes: -eɪmə(r)

Etymology 1

Originated 1610–20. game (“noun”) +‎ -er (“agent suffix”)

Noun

gamer (plural gamers)

A person who plays any kind of game.
- 2002, Gary Alan Fine, Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds (page 93)
  These dice are the gamers' weapons […]
A person whose hobby is video games.
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.

Translations

player of any game

Finnish: pelaaja (fi)

person who plays video games

Danish: gamer c
Estonian: mängija
Finnish: pelaaja (fi), videopelaaja
French: joueur (fr) m (de jeu vidéo (fr))
Georgian: მოთამაშე (motamaše), გეიმერი (geimeri) (colloquial)

German: Spieler (de) m, Spielerin (de) f, Gamer m
Italian: videogiocatore m, videogiocatrice f
Japanese: ゲーマー (gēmā)
Russian: игро́к (ru) m (igrók), ге́ймер (ru) m (géjmer)
Swedish: datorspelare (sv) c

person who games the system

Finnish: peluri

Descendants

Danish: gamer
French: gamer

Etymology 2

game (“adjective”) +‎ -er (“former of comparatives”)

Adjective

gamer

comparative form of game: more game

References

Gamer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“gamer” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
“gamer” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

Mager, Marge, e-gram, grame, marge, regma

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gamer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡ̊ɛjmʌ]

Noun

gamer c (singular definite gameren, plural indefinite gamere)

gamer

Inflection

Declension of gamer

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

References

“gamer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Anagrams

magre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English gamer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɛ.mœʁ/
Homophone: gamers

Noun

gamer m (plural gamers)

A person whose hobby is video games.
A high-end laptop designed to play video games.

Spanish

Noun

gamer m, f (plural gameres)

gamer

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