platformer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English platform

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English platformer

From platform + -er.

Noun

platformer (plural platformers)

1. (video games, informal) A platform game.
   • 2010, Tom Bissell, Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 97:

     Conceptually speaking, the platformer may be the most archetypal video-game genre.

Derived terms

• generic platformer

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /platˈfɔr.mɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɔrmɛr
• Syllabification: plat‧for‧mer

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English platform

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English platformerbor.

Polish platformer

Borrowed from English platformer.

Noun

platformer m inan

1. (video games, informal) platform game

   Synonyms: (formal) gra platformowa, (informal) platformówka

Declension

Declension of platformer

	singular	plural
nominative	platformer	platformery
genitive	platformeru	platformerów
dative	platformerowi	platformerom
accusative	platformer, platformera	platformery
instrumental	platformerem	platformerami
locative	platformerze	platformerach
vocative	platformerze	platformery

Etymology 2

From Platforma Obywatelska + -er(s).

Noun

platformer m pers (female equivalent platformerka)

1. (politics, colloquial) a member or supporter of the Polish political party Platforma Obywatelska

   Synonyms: platformers, peowiec, (derogatory) platfus

Declension

Declension of platformer

	singular	plural
nominative	platformer	platformerzy, platformery1
genitive	platformera	platformerów
dative	platformerowi	platformerom
accusative	platformera	platformerów
instrumental	platformerem	platformerami
locative	platformerze	platformerach
vocative	platformerze	platformerzy

¹Deprecative.

Further reading

• “platformer”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “platformer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)