Home › Words › F › famicomfamicomfamicom means A Family Computer (chiefly those available within Japan).EtymologyBorrowed from Japanese ファミコン (famikon), a syllabic abbreviation of ファミリーコンピューター (famirīkonpyūtā), a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from family + computer.nounA Family Computer (chiefly those available within Japan).e.g.“School students as well as middle-aged salaried workers queued up to buy one of these Famicoms.” — 1988, Shoji Shiba, Yuusuke Moryiama, Shigeki Yamasaki, Masanobu Abe, S. Nakae, M. Hasimoto, K. Tuno, Y. Fukuda, M. Taki, ““Which has the Most Powerful Influence on Children: Computer Literacy, School Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.famiclone 75% match — Any electronic hardware designed to replicate the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. vs famicom →microconsole 50% match — A basic video game console, typically designed to connect to a television and play video games downloaded from an online store. vs famicom →gcn 50% match — Nintendo GameCube vs famicom →fam 49% match — A term of endearment between friends; derived from "family" but not used between relatives. vs famicom →atari 47% match — A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones. vs famicom →fanac 47% match — The activity of fans, particularly of science fiction. vs famicom →befamilied 46% match — Having a family. vs famicom →familied 46% match — That has, or is part of, a family. vs famicom →