Meanings
nounboard game (plural board games)
plural board games · alternative boardgame · alternative dated board-game
Origin
From board + game. First attested in 1844.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لُعْبَة لَوْحِيَّة, لُعْبَة طَاوِلَة
- لُعْبَة لَوْحِيَّةgame played on a board
- لُعْبَة طَاوِلَةgame played on a board
Bulgarian насто́лна игра́, бордова́ игра́
- насто́лна игра́ (nastólna igrá)game played on a board
- бордова́ игра́ (bordová igrá)game played on a board
Catalan joc de tauler
- joc de taulergame played on a board
Chinese Mandarin 版圖遊戲 /版图游戏, 圖版遊戲 /图版游戏
- 版圖遊戲 /版图游戏 (bǎntú yóuxì)game played on a board
- 圖版遊戲 /图版游戏 (túbǎn yóuxì)game played on a board
- 紙盤遊戲 /纸盘游戏 (zhǐpán yóuxì)game played on a board
- 棋盤遊戲 /棋盘游戏 (qípán yóuxì)game played on a board
- 紙上遊戲 /纸上游戏 (zhǐshàng yóuxì)game played on a board
- 桌面遊戲 /桌面游戏 (zhuōmiàn yóuxì)game played on a board
- 棋類遊戲 /棋类游戏 (qílèi yóuxì)game played on a board
- 桌遊 /桌游 (zhuōyóu)game played on a board
Czech desková hra
- desková hragame played on a board
Danish brætspil
- brætspilgame played on a board
Dutch bordspel, gezelschapsspel
- bordspelgame played on a board
- gezelschapsspelgame played on a board
Esperanto tabulludo
- tabulludogame played on a board
Estonian lauamäng
- lauamänggame played on a board
Finnish lautapeli
- lautapeligame played on a board
French jeu de société
- jeu de sociétégame played on a board
German Brettspiel
- Brettspielgame played on a board
Greek επιτραπέζιο, επιτραπέζιο παιχνίδι
- επιτραπέζιο (epitrapézio)game played on a board
- επιτραπέζιο παιχνίδι (epitrapézio paichnídi)game played on a board
Hungarian társasjáték, táblajáték
- társasjátékgame played on a board
- táblajátékgame played on a board
Icelandic borðspil
- borðspilgame played on a board
Italian gioco da tavolo
- gioco da tavologame played on a board
Japanese ボードゲーム
- ボードゲーム (bōdo gēmu)game played on a board
Korean 보드게임
- 보드게임 (bodeugeim)game played on a board
Latvian galda spēle
- galda spēlegame played on a board
Lithuanian stalo žaidimas
- stalo žaidimasgame played on a board
Norwegian Bokmål brettspill, brettspell
- brettspillgame played on a board
- brettspellgame played on a board
Polish gra planszowa, planszówka
- gra planszowagame played on a board
- planszówkagame played on a board
Portuguese jogo de tabuleiro
- jogo de tabuleirogame played on a board
Romanian joc pe tablă, joc de tablă
- joc pe tablăgame played on a board
- joc de tablăgame played on a board
- joc de societategame played on a board
Russian насто́льная игра́
- насто́льная игра́ (nastólʹnaja igrá)game played on a board
Spanish juego de mesa
- juego de mesagame played on a board
Swahili bao
- baogame played on a board
Swedish brädspel
- brädspelgame played on a board
Thai เกมกระดาน
- เกมกระดาน (geem-grà-daan)game played on a board
Turkish masa oyunu
- masa oyunugame played on a board
Ukrainian насті́льна гра
- насті́льна гра (nastílʹna hra)game played on a board
Welsh gêm fwrdd
- gêm fwrddgame played on a board
Cite this entry
APA
board game. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/board%20game
MLA
“board game.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/board%20game. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “board game,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/board%20game.
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