English Etymology Coined from Gr. τετÏά- (tetra-) + tennis.
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#computing an electronic puzzle game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines.
Quotations 2005: Jack Leonard, Bad Altitude :While I worked out a Tetris-like arrangement to get all of the leftovers into the oven, Phil's curiosity got the better of him.
Translations trans-top|game in which falling shapes must be manipulated Belarusian: ТÑÑ‚Ñ€Ñ‹Ñ (Tetrys) Czech: Tetris Dutch: Tetris Esperanto: Tetriso Finnish: Tetris French: Tetris German: Tetris Hebrew: טטריס (tetris) Icelandic: Tetris n Italian: Tetris Japanese: テトリス (tetorisu) trans-mid Lithuanian: Tetris Norwegian: Tetris Polish: Tetris Portuguese: Tetris Russian: Ð¢ÐµÑ‚Ñ€Ð¸Ñ (Tétris) m Slovak: Tetris Slovene: Tetris Spanish: Tetris Swedish: Tetris trans-bottom
