Famicom en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ファミコン (famikon), a syllabic abbreviation of ファミリーコンピューター (famirīkonpyūtā), a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from family + computer.
Meanings
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A Family Computer (chiefly those available within Japan).
After a trip to Tokyo at the end of 1983, a business partner of the Stampers had sent them a Nintendo Famicom […]
2022, Alyse Knorr, GoldenEye 007:School students as well as middle-aged salaried workers queued up to buy one of these Famicoms.
1988, Shoji Shiba, Yuusuke Moryiama, Shigeki Yamasaki, Masanobu Abe, S. Nakae, M. Hasimoto, K. Tuno, Y. Fukuda, M. Taki, ““Which has the Most Powerful Influence on Children: Computer Literacy, School or Home?””, in Blagovest Sendov, Ivan Stanchev, editors, Children in the Information Age: Opportunities for Creativity, Innovation and New Activities, Pergamon Press, →ISBN, page 57:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Famicoms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |