Tamagotchin.

Brit.

/taməˈɡɒtʃi/, U.S.

/ˌtɑməˈɡɑtʃi/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, -s.

Forms: 1900s– Tamagocchi, 1900s– Tamagochi, 1900s– Tamagotch, 1900s– Tamagotchi, 1900s– Tamogochi (irregular), 1900s– Tamogotchi (irregular). Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese Tamagotchi.

Etymology: < Japanese Tamagotchi < tamago egg ( < tama ball + -go , combining form of ko offspring) + uotchi (wrist)watch (1867), act of watching (1903; < English watch n., watch v.).The toy was created by Aki Maita. The name was chosen by Japanese schoolgirls from a shortlist presented by market researchers from the manufacturers, Bandai, in early spring 1996. In Japanese teenage slang, -tchi is used as a hypocoristic suffix, and this probably helps to explain the glosses ‘lovable egg’ and ‘cute little egg’ given in some English sources.

A proprietary name for: an egg-shaped hand-held electronic toy featuring a pet whose animated image is displayed on a small screen, and which can be cared for and responded to (by pushing buttons) as if it were a real pet. Also: the animated pet itself. Cf. virtual pet n. at virtual adj. and n. Compounds.

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1997 Toronto Star 23 Jan. a3/3 The tamagocchi starts life as an endearing, bird-like image on the screen of an egg-shaped key-ring device.

1997 Mirror 14 July 7/1 Cyberpet owner Kelly Boyd has kept her Tamagotchi alive a record 69 days.

2002 CGI Nov. 20/1 A bloc [sc. a type of interactive computer art] is a bit like a Tamagotchi in so far as you have to interact with it.

2008 Independent 10 Dec. (Life section) 13/4 This touch-screen title is a mix between a traditional role-play game, a tamagotchi pocket pet and your bank manager.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tamagotchi
释义	Tamagotchin. Brit. /taməˈɡɒtʃi/, U.S. /ˌtɑməˈɡɑtʃi/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, -s. Forms: 1900s– Tamagocchi, 1900s– Tamagochi, 1900s– Tamagotch, 1900s– Tamagotchi, 1900s– Tamogochi (irregular), 1900s– Tamogotchi (irregular). Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese Tamagotchi. Etymology: < Japanese Tamagotchi < tamago egg ( < tama ball + -go , combining form of ko offspring) + uotchi (wrist)watch (1867), act of watching (1903; < English watch n., watch v.).The toy was created by Aki Maita. The name was chosen by Japanese schoolgirls from a shortlist presented by market researchers from the manufacturers, Bandai, in early spring 1996. In Japanese teenage slang, -tchi is used as a hypocoristic suffix, and this probably helps to explain the glosses ‘lovable egg’ and ‘cute little egg’ given in some English sources. A proprietary name for: an egg-shaped hand-held electronic toy featuring a pet whose animated image is displayed on a small screen, and which can be cared for and responded to (by pushing buttons) as if it were a real pet. Also: the animated pet itself. Cf. virtual pet n. at virtual adj. and n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1997 Toronto Star 23 Jan. a3/3 The tamagocchi starts life as an endearing, bird-like image on the screen of an egg-shaped key-ring device. 1997 Mirror 14 July 7/1 Cyberpet owner Kelly Boyd has kept her Tamagotchi alive a record 69 days. 2002 CGI Nov. 20/1 A bloc [sc. a type of interactive computer art] is a bit like a Tamagotchi in so far as you have to interact with it. 2008 Independent 10 Dec. (Life section) 13/4 This touch-screen title is a mix between a traditional role-play game, a tamagotchi pocket pet and your bank manager. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1997
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