"e-sports" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: e- + sports Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|e|sports}} e- + sports Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} e-sports (uncountable)
  1. Short for electronic sports, the competitive play of video games as a commercial spectator sport. Wikipedia link: esports Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: electronic sports (extra: the competitive play of video games as a commercial spectator sport) Categories (topical): Sports, Video games Synonyms: cybersports, eSports, esports Translations (video games as a spectator sport — see also electronic sport): 電子競技 (Chinese Mandarin), 电子竞技 (diànzǐ jìngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 電競 (Chinese Mandarin), 电竞 (diànjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), e-urheilu (Finnish), elektroninen urheilu (Finnish), kilpapelaaminen (Finnish), e-sports [masculine, plural] (French), e-sport [masculine] (French), e-sukan (Malay), อีสปอร์ต (ii-sà-bpɔ̀ɔt) (Thai), thể thao điện tử (Vietnamese)

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