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English

classic joystick from the home computer era (sense 1)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From joy +‎ stick. First attested around 1910 (as joy-stick) as the control stick on an airplane. Its relation to the word joy is unclear.

Pronunciation

Noun

joystick (plural joysticks)

  1. A mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment.
    • 1989, Microtimes, volume 6, page 140:
      If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important.
  2. (slang) A penis.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
    • 2015, “Gamez”, performed by Maejor ft. Keri Hilson:
      She playing with my joystick
      All in my two seater

Hyponyms

(mechanical control device):

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

joystick (third-person singular simple present joysticks, present participle joysticking, simple past and past participle joysticked)

  1. (rare) To manoeuvre by means of a joystick (sense 1).
    • 2006, Sid Davis, Home makeovers that sell, page 124:
      Marketing your home isn't as difficult as joysticking a Mars rover through a crater, despite what many people believe.
    • 2007, Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico G Sorrenti, Tomoichi Takahashi, RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X, page 254:
      Therefore, part of the errors in the localization results is due to the problem of joysticking the robot exactly onto the marked positions.
    • 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox, Robotics: Science and Systems II, page 106:
      It can run in autonomous mode or be manually joysticked using a radio controller.

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English joystick.

Pronunciation

Noun

joystick m (plural joysticks, diminutive joystickje n)

  1. joystick (mechanical control device)
  2. (nautical) tiller extension (attachment to the tiller)

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒoi̯stik/,
  • Rhymes: -oistik
  • Syllabification(key): joy‧stick
  • Hyphenation(key): joy‧stick

Noun

joystick

  1. (especially gaming) synonym of sauvaohjain (joystick)

Declension

Inflection of joystick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative joystick joystickit
genitive joystickin joystickien
partitive joystickia joystickeja
illative joystickiin joystickeihin
singular plural
nominative joystick joystickit
accusative nom. joystick joystickit
gen. joystickin
genitive joystickin joystickien
partitive joystickia joystickeja
inessive joystickissa joystickeissa
elative joystickista joystickeista
illative joystickiin joystickeihin
adessive joystickilla joystickeilla
ablative joystickilta joystickeilta
allative joystickille joystickeille
essive joystickina joystickeina
translative joystickiksi joystickeiksi
abessive joystickitta joystickeitta
instructive joystickein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of joystick (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

Further reading

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔjs.tik/, /d͡ʒojsˈtik/
  • Rhymes: -ɔjstik, -ik
  • Hyphenation: joy‧stick

Noun

joystick m (invariable)

  1. joystick (mechanical control device)

Further reading

  • joystick in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • joystick in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • joystick in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Derived from English joystick.

Noun

joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joysticker, definite plural joystickene)

  1. joystick (mechanical control device)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Derived from English joystick.

Noun

joystick m (definite singular joysticken, indefinite plural joystickar, definite plural joystickane)

  1. joystick (mechanical control device)

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Pronunciation

Noun

joystick m inan

  1. joystick (a mechanical control device consisting of a handgrip mounted on a base or pedestal and typically having one or more buttons, used to control an aircraft, computer, or other equipment)
    Synonym: pad
    komputerowy joystickcomputer joystick
    joystick i klawiaturajoystick and keyboard
    sterować joystickiemto control with a joystick
    obsługiwać za pomocą joystickato operate with a joystick
    • 1998 December 3, Radek Daszyński, “Mini, MIDI, czy maxi”, in Dziennik Bałtycki, Gdańsk: Polskapresse, oddział Prasa Bałtycka, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      Dobrze jest także wyposażyć komputer w joystick lub konsolę do gry. Zaoszczędzi to częstych awarii klawiatury.
      It is also a good idea to equip your computer with a joystick or a gaming console. This will save you from frequent keyboard failures.
    • 1999 August 13, Marek Ponikowski, “Formula Seata”, in Dziennik Bałtycki, Gdańsk: Polskapresse, oddział Prasa Bałtycka, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      Kierowca może zmieniać biegi używając oryginalnego joysticka na środkowym tunelu bądź też, nie odrywając rąk od kierownicy, dwoma umieszczonymi pod nią przyciskami.
      The driver can change gears using the original joystick on the central tunnel or, without taking his hands off the steering wheel, using the two buttons located below it.
    • 2001 October 6, Paweł Walewski, “Operacja robot”, in Polityka, number 2318, Warszawa: Polityka — Spółdzielnia Pracy, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      Zestaw chirurgiczny składa się z konsoli z monitorem i elementami kontrolnymi oraz samego robota. Ramiona robota z wymiennymi narzędziami są kierowane za pomocą joysticków, zaś kamera przekazująca obraz operowanego miejsca — głosem.
      The surgical set consists of a console with a monitor and control elements and the robot itself. The robot arms with interchangeable tools are controlled by joysticks, while the camera transmitting the image of the operated site — by voice.

Declension

Further reading

  • joystick”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego , 2022
  • joystick in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • joystick in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Syllabification: joy‧stick

Noun

joystick m (plural joysticks)

  1. joystick (mechanical control device)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.