"esports" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-esports.wav
Etymology: From e- + sports. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|e|sports|id1=digital}} e- + sports Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} esports (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) Synonyms: cybersports, eSports, e-sports Translations (video games as a spectator sport — see also electronic sport): 電子競技 /电子竞技 (diànzǐ jìngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 電競 /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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