playboy

See also: play-boy and Playboy

English

Noun

playboy (plural playboys)

1. A man who does not work, but devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.

Synonyms

• hedonist

Antonyms

• playgirl

Translations

unemployed man who devotes himself to pleasure

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花花公子 (zh) (huāhuāgōngzi)

• Czech: playboy m, svěťák m, flamendr (cs) m
• Dutch: casanova, don juan
• Finnish: playboy
• French: playboy (fr) m, play-boy (fr) m
• German: Playboy (de) m
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can

• Italian: playboy (it) m
• Japanese: 遊び人 (あそびにん, asobinin), プレイボーイ (pureibōi)
• Norwegian: levemann m
• Polish: playboy (pl) m
• Portuguese: playboy (pt) m
• Russian: ловелас (ru) m (lovelás), повеса (ru) m (povésa), плейбой (ru) m (plɛjbój), гуляка (ru) m (guljáka)
• Spanish: golfo (es) m, mujeriego (es) m
• Swedish: playboy (sv) c, lebeman (sv) c
• Turkish: playboy (tr), kazanova

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈple̞ibo̞i/

Noun

playboy

1. playboy

Declension

Inflection of playboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

		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		playboylleˣ	playboyilleˣ
essive		playboyna	playboyina
translative		playboyksi	playboyiksi
instructive		—	playboyin
abessive		playboytta	playboyitta
comitative		—	playboyineen

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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