recreation

See also: re-creation, récréation, and recréation

§English

§Etymology 1

From Middle French récréation, from Old French recreacion, from Latin recreatio.

§Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rĕ-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
• (US) enPR: rĕ-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Wikipedia

§Noun

recreation (plural recreations)

1. Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

§Derived terms

• recreation center
• recreation facility
• recreation room
• R and R

§Synonyms

• leisure

§Translations

activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates

• Arabic: استجمام m (istijmām)
• Belarusian: адпачынак m (adpačýnak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 娛樂, 娱乐 (zh) (yúlè), 遊藝, 游艺 (zh) (yóuyì)

• Czech: rekreace f
• Danish: rekreation
• Dutch: recreatie (nl) f, ontspanning (nl) f
• Finnish: virkistys, vapaa-ajan toiminta
• Flemish: recreaasje
• French: récréation (fr) f
• German: Erholung (de) f, Unterhaltung (de) f
• Greek: ψυχαγωγία (el) f (psychagogía), αναψυχή (el) f (anapsychí)
• Hebrew: נופש m, פנאי m
• Hungarian: szabadidő (hu)
• Ido: distrakto (io)
• Indonesian: rekreasi (id)
• Italian: ricreazione f
• Japanese: 娯楽 (ja) (ごらく, goraku)
• Korean: 오락 (ko) (orak) (娛樂 (ko))

• Latvian: atpūta
• Malay: rekreasi
• Maori: mahi a te rēhia, mahi rēhia
• Norwegian: rekreasjon
• Persian: تفریح (fa) (tafrih)
• Portuguese: recreação (pt) f
• Romanian: recreație (ro) f, recreare (ro) f
• Russian: отдых (ru) (ótdyx), развлечение (ru) n (razvlečénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: cleasachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рекреација f

  Roman: rekreacija f

• Slovak: rekreácia f
• Slovene: razvedrilo n
• Spanish: recreación f
• Swedish: förströelse
• Tagalog: rekreasyón
• Ukrainian: відпочинок m (vidpočýnok)
• Vietnamese: sự tiêu khiển (vi)

§Etymology 2

re- + creation

§Alternative forms

• re-creation

§Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rē-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/
• (US) enPR: rē-krē-āʹshən, IPA^(key): /ɹiːkɹiˈeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

§Noun

recreation (plural recreations)

1. The process of recreating something.
2. The result of this process.

§Translations

The process of recreating something

• Greek: αναδημιουργία (el) f (anadimiourgía)

• Japanese: 再創造 (さいそうぞう, saisōzō)