different between pinball vs pachinko

English

Etymology

From pin +? ball

Noun

pinball (countable and uncountable, plural pinballs)

1. (games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base, in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.
2. The ball used in pinball.
3. (figuratively, soccer) A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players.

Derived terms

• pinball machine

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: pinball
• ? Spanish: pinball

Translations

Verb

pinball (third-person singular simple present pinballs, present participle pinballing, simple past and past participle pinballed)

1. (intransitive) To dart about rapidly.

Translations

See also

• bagatelle
• pachinko

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pinball.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /p?.?b?w/

Noun

pinball m (plural pinballs)

1. (games) pinball (an arcade game)

Spanish

Etymology

From English pinball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pimbal/, [?p?m.bal]

Noun

pinball m (plural pinballs)

1. pinball

English

Alternative forms

• pachinco

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ???? (pachinko), from ??? (pachin, onomatopoeic sound) + ? (ko, diminutive).

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?-ch?ng'k?, IPA^(key): /p??t???k??/
• Rhymes: -??k??

Noun

pachinko (plural pachinkos)

1. A mechanical ball-dropping game similar to pinball, popular in Japan.

Derived terms

• pachinko allocation
• pachislo, pachislot, pachisuro

Translations

Verb

pachinko (third-person singular simple present pachinkos, present participle pachinkoing, simple past and past participle pachinkoed)

1. (intransitive) To tumble down through a series of obstacles.

Translations

See also

• bagatelle
• pinball

Dutch

Etymology

From English pachinko, from Japanese ???? (pachinko).

Noun

pachinko m (plural pachinko's, diminutive pachinkootje n)

1. pachinko

Derived terms

• pachinkohal

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?t?i?ko/, [?p?t??i?ko?]
• IPA^(key): /?p?tsi?ko/, [?p?ts?i?ko?]
• Syllabification: pa?chin?ko

Noun

pachinko

1. pachinko

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

pachinko

1. R?maji transcription of ????
2. R?maji transcription of ????