"ゲームソフト" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ɡe̞ːmɯ̟ so̞ɸɯ̟to̞] Forms: gēmu sofuto [romanization]
Etymology: Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from game + soft, equivalent to ゲーム (gēmu, “video game”) + ソフト (sofuto, “software”). Etymology templates: {{pseudo-loan|ja|en|game|soft|||nocap=|nocat=|sort=}} Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from game + soft, {{waei|game|soft}} Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from game + soft, {{ja-compound|ゲーム||ソフト||t1=video game|t2=software}} ゲーム (gēmu, “video game”) + ソフト (sofuto, “software”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ゲーム ソフト}} ゲームソフト • (gēmu sofuto)
  1. video game software (the program of a video game) Wikipedia link: Daijisen#Online_search_engines

Alternative forms

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