playboy

See also: play-boy and Playboy

English

Etymology

From play +‎ boy.

Pronunciation

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

Translations

man who devotes himself to pleasure

• Arabic: مُسْتَهْتَر‎ (mustahtar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花花公子 (zh) (huāhuāgōngzi)

• Czech: playboy m, svěťák m, flamendr (cs) m
• Dutch: casanova (nl), don juan
• 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), プレイボーイ (pureibōi)
• 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)
• Spanish: golfo (es) m, mujeriego (es) m
• Swedish: playboy (sv) c, lebeman (sv) c
• Turkish: playboy (tr), kazanova, çapkın (tr), hovarda (tr)

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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. Alternative spelling of play-boy

Usage notes

This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

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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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Spanish

Noun

playboy m (plural playboys)

1. playboy