atari

Borrowed from Japanese 当たり.

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɑːˌɹi/

atari (plural atari or ataris or ataries)

1. (go) A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones.
   • 1990 May 25, Jonathan Buss, “Watanabe vs Buss, moves 15-17”, in rec.games.go‎^[1] (Usenet):

     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 ...

• Arita, Atira, Taira, aarti, arati, atria, raita, riata, taira, tarai, tiara

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

• IPA^(key): /ataɾi/ [a.t̪a.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -aɾi, -i
• Hyphenation: a‧ta‧ri

atari inan

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

• “atari”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “atari”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Syllabic abbreviation of ammatti- ja taparikollisuus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑtɑri/, [ˈɑ̝t̪ɑ̝ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑtɑri
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ta‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): ata‧ri

atari

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

• “atari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• Raita, aarit, atria, itara, raati, raita, ritaa, taari, taira, tiara

atari

1. Rōmaji transcription of あたり

atari

1. second-person singular past indicative of atart

Borrowed from Japanese 当たり.

• IPA^(key): /aˈta.ri/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧ri
• Homophone: Atari

atari n (indeclinable)

1. (go) atari
2. (video games) Atari (video game system)

• “atari”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

From àtà +‎ orí (“head”), compare with Yoruba àtàbútọ̀n

• IPA^(key): /à.tà.ɾí/

àtàrí

1. crown of the head
2. (idiomatic) max, climax

   Synonyms: ògòlómùṣo, òtéńté

   òòrún kan àtàrí

   The sun has reached its max

3. (idiomatic) basis