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English
Etymology
From platform + -er.
Noun
platformer (plural platformers)
- (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.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /platˈfɔr.mɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɔrmɛr
- Syllabification: plat‧for‧mer
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English platformer.
Noun
platformer m inan
- (video games, informal) platform game
- Synonyms: (formal) gra platformowa, (informal) platformówka
Declension
Etymology 2
From Platforma Obywatelska + -er(s).
Noun
platformer m pers (female equivalent platformerka)
- (politics, colloquial) a member or supporter of the Polish political party Platforma Obywatelska
- Synonyms: platformers, peowiec, (derogatory) platfus
Declension
Further reading
- platformer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- platformer in Polish dictionaries at PWN