joystick

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English

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classic joystick from the home computer era

Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔɪstɪk/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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joystick (plural joysticks)

  1. A mechanical 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

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(mechanical control device):

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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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.
    • 2006, Sid Davis, Home makeovers that sell:
      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:
      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:
      It can run in autonomous mode or be manually joysticked using a radio controller.

Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English joystick.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔi̯.stɪk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: joy‧stick

Noun

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joystick m (plural joysticks, diminutive joystickje n)

  1. joystick
  2. tiller extension

Finnish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒoi̯stik/, [ˈdʒo̞i̯s̠tik]

Noun

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joystick

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

Declension

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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)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative joystickini joystickini
accusative nom. joystickini joystickini
gen. joystickini
genitive joystickini joystickieni
partitive joystickiani joystickejani
inessive joystickissani joystickeissani
elative joystickistani joystickeistani
illative joystickiini joystickeihini
adessive joystickillani joystickeillani
ablative joystickiltani joystickeiltani
allative joystickilleni joystickeilleni
essive joystickinani joystickeinani
translative joystickikseni joystickeikseni
abessive joystickittani joystickeittani
instructive
comitative joystickeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative joystickisi joystickisi
accusative nom. joystickisi joystickisi
gen. joystickisi
genitive joystickisi joystickiesi
partitive joystickiasi joystickejasi
inessive joystickissasi joystickeissasi
elative joystickistasi joystickeistasi
illative joystickiisi joystickeihisi
adessive joystickillasi joystickeillasi
ablative joystickiltasi joystickeiltasi
allative joystickillesi joystickeillesi
essive joystickinasi joystickeinasi
translative joystickiksesi joystickeiksesi
abessive joystickittasi joystickeittasi
instructive
comitative joystickeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative joystickimme joystickimme
accusative nom. joystickimme joystickimme
gen. joystickimme
genitive joystickimme joystickiemme
partitive joystickiamme joystickejamme
inessive joystickissamme joystickeissamme
elative joystickistamme joystickeistamme
illative joystickiimme joystickeihimme
adessive joystickillamme joystickeillamme
ablative joystickiltamme joystickeiltamme
allative joystickillemme joystickeillemme
essive joystickinamme joystickeinamme
translative joystickiksemme joystickeiksemme
abessive joystickittamme joystickeittamme
instructive
comitative joystickeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative joystickinne joystickinne
accusative nom. joystickinne joystickinne
gen. joystickinne
genitive joystickinne joystickienne
partitive joystickianne joystickejanne
inessive joystickissanne joystickeissanne
elative joystickistanne joystickeistanne
illative joystickiinne joystickeihinne
adessive joystickillanne joystickeillanne
ablative joystickiltanne joystickeiltanne
allative joystickillenne joystickeillenne
essive joystickinanne joystickeinanne
translative joystickiksenne joystickeiksenne
abessive joystickittanne joystickeittanne
instructive
comitative joystickeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative joystickinsa joystickinsa
accusative nom. joystickinsa joystickinsa
gen. joystickinsa
genitive joystickinsa joystickiensa
partitive joystickiaan
joystickiansa
joystickejaan
joystickejansa
inessive joystickissaan
joystickissansa
joystickeissaan
joystickeissansa
elative joystickistaan
joystickistansa
joystickeistaan
joystickeistansa
illative joystickiinsa joystickeihinsa
adessive joystickillaan
joystickillansa
joystickeillaan
joystickeillansa
ablative joystickiltaan
joystickiltansa
joystickeiltaan
joystickeiltansa
allative joystickilleen
joystickillensa
joystickeilleen
joystickeillensa
essive joystickinaan
joystickinansa
joystickeinaan
joystickeinansa
translative joystickikseen
joystickiksensa
joystickeikseen
joystickeiksensa
abessive joystickittaan
joystickittansa
joystickeittaan
joystickeittansa
instructive
comitative joystickeineen
joystickeinensa

Further reading

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Noun

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joystick m (invariable)

  1. joystick (device)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From English joystick.

Noun

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

  1. a joystick

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From English joystick.

Noun

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

  1. a joystick

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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joystick m inan

  1. joystick
    Synonym: pad

Declension

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Further reading

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English joystick.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃoisˈtik/ [t͡ʃoi̯sˈt̪ik]
 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝoisˈtik/ [ɟ͡ʝoi̯sˈt̪ik]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃoisˈtik/ [ʃoi̯sˈt̪ik]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒoisˈtik/ [ʒoi̯sˈt̪ik]

Noun

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joystick m (plural joysticks)

  1. joystick

Usage notes

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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.