"arcade game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arcade games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} arcade game (plural arcade games)
  1. (video games) A coin-operated video game or amusement device. Categories (topical): Video games, Video game genres Derived forms: simcade Related terms: penny arcade, pinball Translations (A coin-operated video game or amusement device): арка́дна игра́ (arkádna igrá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 大型游戏机 (dàxíngyóuxìjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 街机 (jiējī) (Chinese Mandarin), arkadespil [neuter] (Danish), arcadespel [neuter] (Dutch), speelautomaat [masculine] (Dutch), mänguautomaat (Estonian), peliautomaatti (Finnish), kolikkopeli (Finnish), jeu d’arcade [masculine] (French), βιντεοπαιχνίδι (vinteopaichnídi) [neuter] (Greek), флипер (fliper) [masculine] (Macedonian), arkadespill [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), arkadespel [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gra w salonie gier [feminine] (Polish), automat [masculine] (Polish), арка́дная игра́ (arkádnaja igrá) [feminine] (Russian), arkadspel [neuter] (Swedish), trò chơi điện tử (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-arcade_game-en-noun-qgWOz2jG Disambiguation of Video game genres: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Topics: video-games Disambiguation of 'A coin-operated video game or amusement device': 81 19
  2. (video games) A game for a computer or console that shares traits of coin-operated video games, such as short levels, simple and intuitive controls, and rapidly increasing difficulty. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-arcade_game-en-noun-Sx5UlAU6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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