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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/
- Hyphenation: play‧boy
Noun[edit]
playboy (plural playboys)
- A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
Synonyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
man who devotes himself to pleasure
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
playboy
Declension[edit]
Inflection of playboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | playboy | playboyt | ||
genitive | playboyn | playboyiden playboyitten | ||
partitive | playboyta | playboyita | ||
illative | playboyhin playboyhyn |
playboyihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | playboy | playboyt | ||
accusative | nom. | playboy | playboyt | |
gen. | playboyn | |||
genitive | playboyn | playboyiden playboyitten | ||
partitive | playboyta | playboyita | ||
inessive | playboyssa | playboyissa | ||
elative | playboysta | playboyista | ||
illative | playboyhin playboyhyn |
playboyihin | ||
adessive | playboylla | playboyilla | ||
ablative | playboylta | playboyilta | ||
allative | playboylle | playboyille | ||
essive | playboyna | playboyina | ||
translative | playboyksi | playboyiksi | ||
abessive | playboytta | playboyitta | ||
instructive | — | playboyin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “playboy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
playboy m (plural playboys)
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
playboy m pers
- playboy (hedonist who leads an easy life, including sexual indulgence)
Declension[edit]
Declension of playboy
singular | plural | |
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nominative | playboy | playboye |
genitive | playboya | playboyów |
dative | playboyowi | playboyom |
accusative | playboya | playboyów |
instrumental | playboyem | playboyami |
locative | playboyu | playboyach |
vocative | playboy | playboye |
Further reading[edit]
- playboy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- playboy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Noun[edit]
playboy m (plural playboys)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Noun[edit]
playboy m (plural playboy)
Declension[edit]
Declension of playboy
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) playboy | playboyul | (niște) playboy | playboyi |
genitive/dative | (unui) playboy | playboyului | (unor) playboy | playboylor |
vocative | playboyule | playboylor |
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Noun[edit]
playboy m (plural playboys)
Usage notes[edit]
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.
Further reading[edit]
- “playboy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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