"gamepad" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡeɪm.pæd/ Forms: gamepads [plural]
Etymology: from game + pad Etymology templates: {{compound|en|game|pad}} game + pad Head templates: {{en-noun}} gamepad (plural gamepads)
  1. (video games) A type of game controller held in both hands and controlled with the thumbs. Wikipedia link: en:gamepad Categories (topical): Video games Synonyms: joypad Hypernyms: pad Translations (a type of game controller): 游戏手柄 (yóuxì shǒubǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), 手柄 (shǒubǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), controller [masculine] (Dutch), peliohjain (Finnish), pad-ohjain (Finnish), padi (Finnish), manette [feminine] (French), manette de jeu [feminine] (French), mando [masculine] (Galician), Controller [masculine] (German), controller [masculine] (Italian), जॉय्पॅड (jŏypĕḍ) [masculine] (Marathi), gamepad [masculine] (Polish), joypad [masculine] (Polish), kontroler [masculine] (Polish), pad [masculine] (Polish), comando [masculine] (Portuguese), mando [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gamepad-en-noun-JbC0WVbN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: video-games

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