"pather" meaning in All languages combined

See pather on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pathers [plural]
Etymology: path + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|path|er}} path + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} pather (plural pathers)
  1. (computer games) A non-player character that walks a repeating path. Categories (topical): Video games Related terms: laner
    Sense id: en-pather-en-noun-z4WYslTH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er Topics: computer-games, games

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pather meaning in All languages combined (1.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "path",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "path + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "path + -er",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pathers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pather (plural pathers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Video games",
          "orig": "en:Video games",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Mass media",
            "Software",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Media",
            "Computing",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A non-player character that walks a repeating path."
      ],
      "id": "en-pather-en-noun-z4WYslTH",
      "links": [
        [
          "computer game",
          "computer game"
        ],
        [
          "non-player character",
          "non-player character"
        ],
        [
          "repeating",
          "repeating"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computer games) A non-player character that walks a repeating path."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "laner"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pather"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "path",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "path + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "path + -er",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pathers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pather (plural pathers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "laner"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -er",
        "en:Video games"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A non-player character that walks a repeating path."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computer game",
          "computer game"
        ],
        [
          "non-player character",
          "non-player character"
        ],
        [
          "repeating",
          "repeating"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computer games) A non-player character that walks a repeating path."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computer-games",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pather"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.