playboy

See also: play-boy and Playboy

English

Etymology

From play +‎ boy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/
• Hyphenation: play‧boy

Noun

playboy (plural playboys)

1. A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.

Synonyms

• hedonist

Coordinate terms

• playgirl

Derived terms

• playboyish
• playboylike

Translations

man who devotes himself to pleasure

• Arabic: مُسْتَهْتَر‎ (mustahtar)
• Bulgarian: плейбой m (plejboj)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花花公子 (zh) (huāhuāgōngzi)

• Czech: playboy m, svěťák m, flamendr (cs) m
• Dutch: casanova (nl), don juan, playboy (nl) m
• Finnish: playboy (fi), rattopoika (fi)
• French: playboy (fr) m, play-boy (fr) m
• German: Playboy (de) m, Lebemann (de) m, Salonlöwe (de) m
• Hebrew: נַעַר שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים‎ m (na'ar sha'ashu'im)
• Hungarian: playboy (hu), aranyifjú (hu)
• Bavarian: Fescha Kampe m

• Irish: buachaill báire m, croíán m
• Italian: playboy (it) m
• Japanese: 遊び人 (あそびにん, asobinin), やりちん (yarichin)
• Korean: 바람둥이 (ko) (baramdung'i), 난봉꾼 (ko) (nanbongkkun)
• Latin: asōtus m
• Norwegian: levemann m
• Polish: playboy (pl) m
• Portuguese: playboy (pt) m
• Russian: ловела́с (ru) m (lovelás), пове́са (ru) m (povésa), плейбо́й (ru) m (plɛjbój), гуля́ка (ru) m (guljáka)
• Belarusian: плэйбой m (plejbój)
• Esperanto: bonvivanto (eo), donĵuano
• Spanish: golfo (es) m, mujeriego (es) m
• Swedish: playboy (sv) c, lebeman (sv) c
• Tagalog: palikero, pabling (slang)
• Turkish: playboy (tr), kazanova, çapkın (tr), hovarda (tr)
• Persian: عیاشی جوان‎ (ayashi joanne), پلیبوی‎ (playboy)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplei̯boi̯/, [ˈple̞i̯bo̞i̯]

Noun

playboy

1. playboy

Declension

Inflection of playboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
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
instructive		—	playboyin
abessive		playboytta	playboyitta
comitative		—	playboyineen

Possessive forms of playboy (type rosé)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	playboyni	playboymme
2nd person	playboysi	playboynne
3rd person	playboynsa

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French

Noun

playboy m (plural playboys)

1. Post-1990 spelling of play-boy.

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛj.bɔj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛjbɔj
• Syllabification: play‧boy

Noun

playboy m pers

1. playboy (hedonist who leads an easy life, including sexual indulgence)

Declension

Declension of playboy

	singular	plural
nominative	playboy	playboye
genitive	playboya	playboyów
dative	playboyowi	playboyom
accusative	playboya	playboyów
instrumental	playboyem	playboyami
locative	playboyu	playboyach
vocative	playboy	playboye

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Noun

playboy m (plural playboys)

1. playboy (man who devotes himself to pleasure)
2. (Brazil, slang) a rich person

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.

Noun

playboy m (plural playboy)

1. playboy

Declension

Declension of playboy

	singular		plural
	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

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Spanish

Noun

playboy m (plural playboys)

1. playboy

Further reading

• “playboy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014