gacha

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See also: gâcha

English

Etymology 1

gachas (sense 1)

Japanese ガチャ (gacha), shortened form of ガチャポン (gachapon).

Pronunciation

Noun

gacha (countable and uncountable, plural gachas)

  1. A small toy sold in a plastic capsule in a vending machine, especially toys sold in or associated with Japan.
    • 2018, Ennio De Nucci, Adam Kramarzewski, Practical Game Design, page 54:
      Gacha, from the Japanese word gachapon, refers to capsules sold in vending machines and containing random toys inside
  2. The vending machine that sells such toys.
    • 2018 October 24, Oona McGee, “Pokemon cosplay for cats”, in Japan Today:
      And if you’re looking for something that’s cute, compact, and affordable, you can’t go past the country’s gacha capsule toy vending machines.
  3. (video games) A mechanism in certain video games, especially mobile games, whereby in-game items or characters are purchased randomly with real or in-game money.
    • 2018, Ennio De Nucci, Adam Kramarzewski, Practical Game Design, page 394:
      Since a loot table with ten rewards won’t last for long, the very first step in gacha design is to ensure that you have enough content to make gacha a viable monetization strategy.
    • 2020, Christopher A. Paul, Free-to-Play: Mobile Video Games, Bias, and Norms, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 112:
      Gacha mechanics are a powerful advantage monetization strategy in free-to-play games that have also been integrated into many premium titles on mobile devices, PCs, and consoles.
  4. (video games) A game which features this mechanic as its central feature.
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Etymology 2

Chinese 嘎查 (gāchá)

Noun

gacha

  1. A village-level administrative division in Inner Mongolia.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

gacha

  1. third-person singular past historic of gacher

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.xa/
  • Rhymes: -axa
  • Syllabification: ga‧cha

Noun

gacha m pers or m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of gach

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡat͡ʃa/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -atʃa
  • Syllabification: ga‧cha

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

gacha f (plural gachas)

  1. liquid mass
  2. (in the plural) porridge, gruel, mush

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

gacha

  1. feminine singular of gacho

Etymology 3

Japanese ガチャ (gacha), shortened form of ガチャポン (gachapon).

Noun

gacha f (plural gachas)

  1. (video games) gacha (a mechanic in video games)
  2. (video games) gacha (a game which features this mechanic)

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

gacha

  1. Soft mutation of cacha.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cacha gacha nghacha chacha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.