ファミコン

Japanese

Etymology

Shortening of ファミリーコンピューター (famirī konpyūtā). Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from family +‎ computer.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ファ​ミコン [fáꜜmìkòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ɸa̠mʲikõ̞ɴ]

Noun

ファミコン • (famikon) 

  1. A Nintendo (a Nintendo Entertainment System or other video game system made by Nintendo).

Descendants
  • English: Famicom
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