playground

English

Etymology

From play +‎ ground. Compare Middle English playstede (“playground”) from Old English pleġstede.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Noun

playground (plural playgrounds)

1. (outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780]

   The kids have to go to the playground during recess, no matter the weather.

   The local council have set up a new playground, equipped with slides, swings, and a climbing wall.

2. (figuratively) Any physical or metaphysical space in which a person or organization has free rein to do as they please.

   The exclusive tropical island was a millionaire's playground.

3. (programming) A sandbox for testing calls to an application programming interface.

Derived terms

• adventure playground
• playground ball
• playground taunt

Related terms

• playfield
• playhouse
• playland
• playpen
• playroom
• playstead
• playstructure

Translations

large open space to play on, usually for children

• Albanian: shesh lojërash m
• Arabic: مَلْعَب أَطْفَال m (malʕab ʔaṭfāl)
• Armenian: խաղահրապարակ (hy) (xaġahraparak)
• Azerbaijani: uşaq meydançası
• Basque: jolas parkea sg, jolastoki sg
• Belarusian: дзіця́чая пляцо́ўка f (dzicjáčaja pljacóŭka), дзетпляцо́ўка f (dzjetpljacóŭka)
• Bulgarian: де́тска площа́дка f (détska ploštádka), игри́ще (bg) n (igríšte)
• Burmese: ကစားကွင်း (my) (ka.ca:kwang:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 操場 / 操场 (zh) (cāochǎng), 遊樂園 / 游乐园 (zh) (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場 / 游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)

• Czech: hřiště (cs) n, dětské hřiště n
• Danish: legeplads (da) c, åbent område n
• Dutch: speelplein (nl) n, speelterrein (nl) n, speeltuin (nl) m
• Esperanto: ludejo
• Estonian: mänguväljak
• Finnish: leikkikenttä (fi), leikkipuisto (fi)
• French: terrain de jeu (fr) m, aire de jeux (fr) f, plaine de jeux f
• Georgian: სათამაშო მოედანი (satamašo moedani)
• German: Spielwiese (de) f, Spielplatz (de) m, Kinderspielplatz (de) m
• Greek: παιχνιδότοπος m (paichnidótopos), παιδική χαρά (el) f (paidikí chará), παιδότοπος (el) m (paidótopos)
• Hebrew: גן שעשועים m (gan sha'ashuím), מגרש משחקים m (migrásh misẖaqím)
• Hindi: खेल का मैदान (khel kā maidān), क्रीड़ास्थल m (krīṛāsthal)
• Hungarian: játszótér (hu)
• Icelandic: leikvöllur (is) m, róló m or n, róluvöllur m
• Italian: parco giochi m, parco gioco m, parco (it) m
• Japanese: 遊び場 (ja) (あそびば, asobiba)
• Kazakh: балалар алаңы (balalar alañy), ойын алаңы (oiyn alañy)
• Khmer: វិហារដ្ឋាន (vihaaratthaan)
• Korean: 놀이터 (ko) (noriteo)
• Kyrgyz: балдар аянтчасы (baldar ayantcası), оюн аянтчасы (oyun ayantcası)
• Lao: ສະໜາມເດັກຫຼິ້ນ (sa nām dek lin)
• Latvian: rotaļlaukums m
• Lithuanian: žaidimų aikštelė f
• Macedonian: игралиште n (igralište)
• Malay: taman permainan
• Maori: papa tākaro
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lekeplass (no) m, leikeplass m

  Nynorsk: leikeplass m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: زَمینِ بازی (zamin-e bâzi), تَفْریحْگاه (fa) (tafrihgâh), مُحَوَّطِهٔ بازی کودَکان (mohavvate-ye bâzi kudakân)

• Plautdietsch: Spälplauz m
• Polish: plac zabaw (pl) m
• Portuguese: parque infantil (pt) m, parquinho m (Brazil)
• Romanian: teren de joc n, loc de joacă n
• Russian: де́тская площа́дка (ru) f (détskaja ploščádka), детплоща́дка (ru) f (detploščádka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝгралӣште n

  Roman: ìgralīšte (sh) n

• Sicilian: parcu-joca m, chiazza (scn) f
• Slovak: ihrisko n, detské ihrisko n
• Slovene: igrišče (sl) n
• Spanish: parque infantil m, espacio de recreación m, zona de juegos f, zona lúdica f
• Swahili: kiwanja (sw)
• Swedish: lekplats (sv) c
• Tagalog: palaruan
• Tajik: майдончаи бачагон (maydonča-yi bačagon), майдончаи бозӣ (maydonča-yi bozi)
• Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
• Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)
• Turkmen: oýun meýdançasy
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: дитя́чий майда́нчик m (dytjáčyj majdánčyk), дитмайда́нчик m (dytmajdánčyk)
• Urdu: بازی گاہ f (bāzī gāh), تَفْرِیح گاہ f (tafrīh gāh), کھیل کا مَیدان m (khel kā maidān)
• Uzbek: bolalar maydonchasi, oʻyin maydonchasi
• Vietnamese: sân chơi (vi)
• Welsh: buarth chwarae m

open-air space on a school campus where the children can play

• Basque: jolastoki sg
• Bulgarian: двор (bg) m (dvor)
• Catalan: pati d'escola m, pati escolar m, pati d'esbarjo m, pati (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 操場 / 操场 (zh) (cāochǎng), 游樂園 / 游乐园 (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場 / 游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)

• Dutch: speelplein (nl) n, speelplaats (nl)
• Finnish: leikkipaikka, leikkikenttä (fi), leikkipuisto (fi)
• French: cour de récréation (fr) f, cour de récré (fr) f
• German: Schulhof (de) m
• Greek: αυλή (el) f (avlí)
• Icelandic: leikvöllur (is) m
• Maori: papa tākaro
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skolegård m

• Plautdietsch: Spälplauz m
• Portuguese: playground (pt) m (Brazil), recreio (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: шко́льный двор (ru) m (škólʹnyj dvor)
• Spanish: patio de recreo m, patio de colegio m, patio escolar m, patio (es) m, patio recreativo m
• Swedish: skolgård (sv) c
• Tagalog: palaruan
• Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
• Turkish: okul bahçesi

small area for children

• Basque: haur parkea sg
• Catalan: parc infantil m, àrea de joc infantil f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 操場 / 操场 (zh) (cāochǎng), 游樂園 / 游乐园 (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場 / 游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)

• Czech: hřiště (cs) n
• Danish: legeplads (da) c, sandkasse (da) c
• Dutch: speeltuin (nl) f, speelterrein (nl) n
• Finnish: leikkipaikka
• German: Spielplatz (de) m
• Greek: παιδότοπος (el) m (paidótopos), παιδική χαρά (el) f (paidikí chará)
• Macedonian: игралиште n (igralište)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lekeplass (no) m

• Portuguese: parque infantil (pt) m, playground (pt) m (Brazil), parquinho (Brazil)
• Russian: де́тская площа́дка (ru) f (détskaja ploščádka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝгралӣште n

  Roman: ìgralīšte (sh) n

• Spanish: juegos infantiles m, parque infantil m, área de juego infantil m, área lúdico m
• Swedish: lekplats (sv) c, lekpark (sv) c
• Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
• Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)

space to do what one pleases

• Bulgarian: игри́ще (bg) n (igríšte)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 游樂園 / 游乐园 (yóulèyuán), 遊樂場 / 游乐场 (zh) (yóulèchǎng)

• Danish: tumleplads c, sandkasse (da) c
• Dutch: speelterrein (nl) n
• Finnish: leikkikenttä (fi), temmellyskenttä (fi)
• German: Spielwiese (de) f
• Greek: παιδική χαρά (el) f (paidikí chará)
• Macedonian: игралиште n (igralište)
• Portuguese: playground (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: игрова́я площа́дка f (igrovája ploščádka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝгралӣште n

  Roman: ìgralīšte (sh) n

• Spanish: campo libre m
• Swedish: lekplats (sv) c
• Turkish: deneme tahtası (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} cour de récréation
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} campo giochi

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playground.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌplej.ˈɡɾaw̃d͡ʒ/

Noun

playground m (plural playgrounds)

1. (Brazil) playground (open-air space where the children can play)
2. (Brazil, by extension) playground (space to do what one pleases)