nintendo · name — A Japanese multinational company that develops, publishes and releases both video games and video game consoles.
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nintendo is pronounced /nɪnˈtɛndəʊ/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 任(にん)天(てん)堂(どう) (Nintendō).
name
- A Japanese multinational company that develops, publishes and releases both video games and video game consoles.
noun
- A Nintendo Entertainment System, or other video game system made by Nintendo.e.g.“Wanna play on my Nintendo after school?”
- Any video game console, especially by those not familiar with video games.
- Any popular product or activity.e.g.“He was far more interested in bullfighting, which was the Nintendo of the day, only considerably more dangerous” — 2007, Anthony Ham, Alison Bing, Morocco, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 34:
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