atari

See also: Atari

English

The white stone is in atari since it only has one liberty. Black is threatening to capture.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 当たり.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈtɑːˌɹi/

Noun

atari (plural atari or ataris or ataries)

  1. (game of Go) A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones. In chess, the closest equivalent words would be check, where a king is under attack from one or more pieces and pawns, or the state of being en prise, when a piece or pawn is undefended and can be taken without recapture.
    • 1990 May 25: Jonathan Buss, Watanabe vs Buss, moves 15-17, rec.games.go,
      In situations like this, beginners often make the mistake of giving an atari, which strengthens only the opponent.
    • 2003: Peter Shotwell, Go! More Than a Game
      ... White responds with an atari of her own ...
    • 2004: John Fairbairn, Invitation to Go
      The important thing to note is that playing the simple atari first fails ...

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Basque

Etymology

From ata- (combining form of ate (door)) + -iri.[1] The "threshold" sense is a semantic loan from Spanish umbral.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ataɾi/, [a.t̪a.ɾi]

Noun

atari inan

  1. gateway, doorway, portal
  2. introduction, beginning
  3. threshold (lower limit)
  4. (Internet) portal

Declension

Declension of atari (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive atari ataria atariak
ergative atarik atariak atariek
dative atariri atariari atariei
genitive atariren atariaren atarien
comitative atarirekin atariarekin atariekin
causative atarirengatik atariarengatik atariengatik
benefactive atarirentzat atariarentzat atarientzat
instrumental atariz atariaz atariez
inessive ataritan atarian atarietan
locative ataritako atariko atarietako
allative ataritara atarira atarietara
terminative ataritaraino atariraino atarietaraino
directive ataritarantz atarirantz atarietarantz
destinative ataritarako atarirako atarietarako
ablative ataritatik ataritik atarietatik
partitive ataririk
prolative ataritzat

Derived terms

  • atari-aurre (portière)
  • atariko haize (dead loss)
  • atariko (preliminary, introduction)
  • atariko-txakur (watchdog)
  • atari zabalean (outdoors)

References

  1. ate” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

  • "atari" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • atari” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of ammatti- ja taparikollisuus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑtɑri/, [ˈɑt̪ɑri]
  • Rhymes: -ɑtɑri
  • Syllabification(key): a‧ta‧ri

Noun

atari

  1. (chiefly as modifier in compound terms) professional and habitual crime

Declension

Inflection of atari (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative atari atarit
genitive atarin atarien
atareiden
atareitten
partitive ataria atareita
atareja
illative atariin atareihin
singular plural
nominative atari atarit
accusative nom. atari atarit
gen. atarin
genitive atarin atarien
atareiden
atareitten
partitive ataria atareita
atareja
inessive atarissa atareissa
elative atarista atareista
illative atariin atareihin
adessive atarilla atareilla
ablative atarilta atareilta
allative atarille atareille
essive atarina atareina
translative atariksi atareiksi
instructive atarein
abessive ataritta atareitta
comitative atareineen
Possessive forms of atari (type paperi)
possessor singular plural
1st person atarini atarimme
2nd person atarisi atarinne
3rd person atarinsa

Derived terms

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Japanese

Romanization

atari

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あたり

Latvian

Verb

atari

  1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of atart

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 当たり.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈta.ri/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ari
  • Syllabification: a‧ta‧ri
  • Homophone: Atari

Noun

atari n (indeclinable)

  1. (game of Go) atari
  2. (video games) Atari (video game system)

Further reading

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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.tà.ɾí/

Noun

àtàrí

  1. crown of the head
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