"platform game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: platform games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} platform game (plural platform games)
  1. (video games) A video game of the genre characterized by jumping (or otherwise moving) to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles. Wikipedia link: platform game Categories (topical): Video game genres Synonyms: platformer Hyponyms: endless runner, jump'n'run Translations (A video game characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles): videojoc de plataformes [masculine] (Catalan), platformspil [neuter] (Danish), platformspel [neuter] (Dutch), platformer [masculine] (Dutch), tasohyppely (Finnish), tasohyppelypeli (Finnish), tasoloikka (Finnish), jeu de platforme (French), Plattformspiel [neuter] (German), Plattformer [masculine] (German), videogioco a piattaforme (Italian), platformer (Lithuanian), plattformspil (Norwegian Bokmål), plattformspel (Norwegian Nynorsk), gra platformowa [feminine] (Polish), platformówka [feminine] (Polish), jogo de plataforma [masculine] (Portuguese), videojuego de plataformas [masculine] (Spanish), plattformsspel [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-platform_game-en-noun-PosejPNW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for platform game meaning in English (4.7kB)

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