playful

English

Alternative forms

• playfull (archaic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English pleiful, equivalent to play +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪfəl/
• Rhymes: -eɪfəl, -eɪfʊl
• Rhymes: -eɪfʊl

Adjective

playful (comparative playfuller or more playful, superlative playfullest or most playful)

1. liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.

   Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.

2. funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.

   John is a playful fellow.

   A party hat is a playful conical hat people wear at parties.

3. fun, recreational, not serious.

   A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.

4. experimental.

   He was a rather playful artist.

Derived terms

• playfully
• playfulness

Translations

liking or prone to play

• Catalan: enjogassat (ca), juganer
• Crimean Tatar: oynaq
• Czech: hravý
• Esperanto: petolema (eo)
• Finnish: leikkisä (fi)
• French: folâtre (fr), enjoué (fr), joueur (fr)
• Galician: xoguetón m, xoguetona f, brincador m, brincadora f
• German: verspielt (de)
• Greek: παιχνιδιάρης (el) (paichnidiáris)

  Ancient: παιγνιώδης (paigniṓdēs)

• Hebrew: אוהב משחקים m (ohev misḥakim), משתעשע m (mishta'shea), משתובב m (mishtovev)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} cleasach
• Italian: giocherellone, giocondo (it)
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• Latin: lūdibundus
• Latvian: draisks, jautrs
• Macedonian: и́грив (ígriv), ра́зигран (rázigran)
• Maori: pukutākaro, pūtakaro
• Portuguese: brincalhão (pt)
• Russian: игри́вый (ru) (igrívyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: за̀игра̄н, ра̏зигра̄н

  Roman: zàigrān (sh), rȁzigrān (sh)

• Southern Altai: ойынзак (oyïnzak)
• Spanish: juguetón m, jueguetona f
• Swedish: lekfull (sv)
• Turkish: oyuncu (tr), oyunbaz (tr)
• Yiddish: שפּילעוודיק (shpilevdik)

funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome

• Finnish: hauska (fi)
• Hebrew: עליז (he) m (a'liz), משעשע m (mesha'shea)
• Irish: cleasach
• Italian: divertente (it), buffo (it)
• Latin: lascīvus
• Latvian: draisks, jautrs
• Macedonian: ше́говит (šégovit), па́лав (pálav)
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• Polish: żartobliwy (pl)
• Russian: шутли́вый (ru) (šutlívyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̏зигра̄н

  Roman: rȁzigrān (sh)

• Spanish: divertido (es)

fun, recreational, not serious

• Finnish: hauska (fi), viihdyttävä (fi)
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• Russian: ^{(please verify)} шу́точный (ru) (šútočnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} speels (nl)
• German: ^{(please verify)} verspielt (de)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} ábhailleach
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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} scherzoso (it), ^{(please verify)} allegro (it)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} leken