TV game

noun

An early type of video game, the predecessor of modern games consoles, consisting of a unit with a built-in controller that plugged into a television set.

OriginJapanese テレビゲーム ← English TV →
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Meanings

nounTV game (plural TV games)

plural TV games

  1. video gamesAn early type of video game, the predecessor of modern games consoles, consisting of a unit with a built-in controller that plugged into a television set.
  2. rareusually non-native speakers' EnglishA home console game.

Origin

  1. EnglishTV
  2. Japaneseテレビゲーム
  3. EnglishTV game

NNSE sense is borrowed from Japanese テレビゲーム (terebi gēmu), from English TV + game.

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APA

TV game. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TV%20game

MLA

“TV game.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TV%20game. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “TV game,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/TV%20game.

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