player

English

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Etymology

From Middle English playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), equivalent to play +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪə(r)

Noun

player (plural players)

1. One who plays any game or sport.
2. One who plays a part in something; a character
   • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, New York Times:

     Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future. And the most powerful grass-roots force in America, the Tea Party, derives its energy mostly from the same older, white voters who once vilified Bill Clinton.

3. (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
4. (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
5. One who is playful, given to games and other amusement; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
6. (gaming, video games) A gamer; a gamester.
7. (gambling) A gambler.
8. (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
9. (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio and/or video media, such as CD player.
10. (software) A software application that plays audio and/or video.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:libertine

Translations

who plays any game

• Arabic: لاعِب (ar) (laa3ib) m
• Azeri: lojtar (az)
• Catalan: jugador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運動員 (cmn), 运动员 (cmn) (yùndòngyuán), 競賽者 (cmn), 竞赛者 (cmn) (jìngsàizhe), 選手 (cmn), 选手 (cmn) (xuǎnshǒu)

• Czech: hráč (cs) m
• Danish: spiller (da) c
• Dutch: speler (nl) m
• Finnish: pelaaja (fi)
• French: joueur (fr) m
• Galician: xogador (gl)
• German: Spieler (de) m
• Greek: παίκτης (el) (paíktis) m , παίκτρια (el) (paíkttia) f 
• Hindi: खेलनेवाला (hi)
• Irish: imreoir (ga) m
• Italian: giocatore (it)
• Japanese: 選手 (ja) (せんしゅ, senshu)

• Jèrriais: joueux m
• Korean: 선수 (ko) (seonsu)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: yarîker (ku), lîstikvan (ku)

  Sorani: یاریکه‌ر (ku) (yaríker)

• Navajo: naanéhígíí, naanéhé
• Norwegian: spiller (no) m
• Persian: بازیکن (fa) (baazikon)
• Polish: gracz (pl) m, zawodnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: jogador (pt)
• Romanian: jucător (ro)
• Russian: игрок (ru) (igrók) m , (sportsman) спортсмен (ru) (sportsmén) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: ìgrāč (sh) m, igràčica (sh) f
• Spanish: jugador (es) m, jugadora (es) f
• Swahili: mchezaji (sw)
• Swedish: spelare (sv) c
• Tagalog: manlalaro (tl)
• Turkish: oyuncu (tr)

dramatic actor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 演員 (cmn), 演员 (cmn) (yǎnyuán), 藝人 (cmn), 艺人 (cmn) (yìrén)

• Czech: herec (cs) m
• Danish: skuespiller c
• Dutch: speler m, vertolker m
• Finnish: näyttelijä (fi)
• Greek: ηθοποιός (el) (ithopoiós) c 
• Japanese: 俳優 (ja) (はいゆう, haiyū), 芸人 (ja) (げいにん, geinin)

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: lîstikvan (ku)

• Norwegian: skuespiller (no) m
• Romanian: actor (ro) m, actriță (ro) f, interpret (ro) m
• Russian: актёр (ru) (aktjór) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: glúmac (sh) m, glùmica (sh) f
• Swedish: skådespelare (sv) c
• Turkish: oyuncu (tr)

who plays on a musical instrument

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 玩家 (cmn) (wánjiā)

• Czech: hráč (cs) m
• Danish: spillemand c, musiker c
• Dutch: bespeler (nl) m, speler (nl) m
• Finnish: soittaja (fi)
• French: joueur (fr) m, musicien (fr) m
• Greek: μουσικός (el) (mousikós) c 
• Irish: seinnteoir (ga) m
• Japanese: 奏者 (ja) (そうしゃ, sōsha)

• Jèrriais: joueux m
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: muzîkjen (ku), sazbend (ku)

• Norwegian: spiller (no) m, musiker (no) m
• Polish: muzyk (pl) m
• Russian: музыкант (ru) (muzykánt) m , исполнитель (ru) (ispolnítel') m 
• Serbo-Croatian: svìrāč (sh) m, sviràčica (sh) f
• Swedish: muiker (sv) c, musikant (sv) c
• Turkish: çalgıcı (tr)

playful person, idler

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 懒惰者 (cmn), 懒惰者 (cmn) (lǎnduòzhě)

• Dutch: speler (nl) m, speelvogel (nl) m
• Finnish: peluri (fi)
• French: joueur (fr) m

• Jèrriais: joueux m
• Romanian: leneș (ro) m
• Russian: бездельник (ru) (bezdél'nik) m , лентяй (ru) (lentjáj) m 
• Turkish: oyunbaz (tr), oyuncu (tr)

gambler

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賭徒 (cmn), 赌徒 (cmn) (dǔtú)

• Danish: spiller (da) c
• Dutch: speler (nl) m, gokker (nl)
• Finnish: peluri (fi)
• French: joueur (fr) m
• Japanese: 博徒 (ja) (ばくち, bakuchi), ギャンブラー (ja) (gyanburā)

• Jèrriais: joueux m
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: qumarker (ku)

• Russian: игрок (ru) (igrók) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: kȍckār (sh) m
• Swedish: spelare (sv) c
• Turkish: kumarcı (tr)

person "playing the field"

• Finnish: pelimies (fi)
• Navajo: naanéhígíí, naanéhé

• Swahili: mchezaji (sw)

electronic device

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 播放機 (cmn), 播放机 (cmn) (bōfàngjī), 播放器 (cmn) (bōfàngqì)

• Czech: přehrávač (cs) m
• Dutch: speler (nl) m
• French: joueur (fr) m
• Hungarian: lejátszó (hu)

• Italian: lettore (it) m
• Japanese: プレーヤー (ja) (purēyā)
• Jèrriais: joueux m
• Norwegian: spiller (no) m
• Russian: плеер (ru) (pléjer) m , проигрыватель (ru) (proígryvatel') m 
• Turkish: oynatıcı (tr)

software application

• Arabic: مشغل (ar) (máshghal) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 播放器 (cmn) (bōfàngqì)

• Czech: přehrávač (cs) m
• Dutch: speler (nl) m, player (nl)

• Finnish: soitin (fi), soitto-ohjelma (fi)
• French: lecteur (fr) m
• Japanese: プレーヤー (ja) (purēyā)
• Russian: плеер (ru) (pléjer) m 

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• Afrikaans: speler
• Serbo-Croatian: igrač
• Bulgarian: играч
• French: joueur m
• German: Spieler m
• Hebrew: שחקנ (sachkan)
• Italian: giocatore m, giocatrice f (1, 2, 5); attore m, attrice f (3); suonatore m, suonatrice f (4), seduttore m, seduttrice f (6)

• Latin: āctor m nominative, āctoris m genitive (1)
• Macedonian: igrach
• Serbo-Croatian: igrač
• Portuguese: jogador
• Slovak: hrac
• Spanish: jugador
• Turkish: oyuncu

Adjective

player

1. of something that "plays" itself, like certain automated devices

Derived terms

• bit player
• player piano

Anagrams

• parley
• pearly
• replay