Etymology
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From play + ground. Compare Middle English playstede (“playground”) from Old English pleġstede.
Pronunciation
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playground (plural playgrounds)
- (outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780[1]]
The kids have to go to the playground during recess, no matter the weather.
- (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.
- (programming) A sandbox for testing calls to an application programming interface.
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Translations
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large open space to play on, usually for children
- 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
- 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), बाज़ीचा (bāzīcā)
- Hungarian: játszótér (hu)
- Icelandic: leikvöllur (is) m
- Italian: parco giochi m, parco gioco m, parco (it) m
- Japanese: 遊び場 (ja) (あそびば, asobiba)
- Khmer: វិហារដ្ឋាន (vihaaratthaan)
- Korean: 놀이터 (ko) (noriteo)
- Lao: ສະໜາມເດັກຫຼິ້ນ (sa nām dek lin)
- Macedonian: игралиште n (igralište)
- Maori: papa tākaro
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lekeplass (no) m, leikeplass m
- Nynorsk: leikeplass m
- Persian: زمین بازی (zamin-e bâzi)
- 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
- Slovak: ihrisko n, detské ihrisko n
- Slovene: igrišče (sl) n
- Spanish: parque infantil m, espacio de recreación m, zona de juegos f
- Swahili: kiwanja (sw)
- Swedish: lekplats (sv) c
- Tagalog: palaruan
- Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
- Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)
- Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: дитячий майда́нчик m (dytjačyj majdánčyk), дитмайда́нчик m (dytmajdánčyk)
- Vietnamese: sân chơi (vi)
- Welsh: buarth chwarae m
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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: 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
- Swedish: skolgård (sv) c
- Tagalog: palaruan
- Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
- Turkish: okul bahçesi
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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: lekeplass (no) m
- Portuguese: parque infantil (pt) m, playground (pt) m (Brazil), parquinho (Brazil)
- Russian: де́тская площа́дка (ru) f (détskaja ploščádka)
- Serbo-Croatian: ìgralīšte (sh) n
- Spanish: juegos infantiles m, parque infantil m, área de juego infantil m or f pl
- Swedish: lekplats (sv) c, lekpark (sv) c
- Thai: สนามเด็กเล่น (sà-nǎam-dèk-lên)
- Turkish: oyun alanı (tr), oyun sahası (tr)
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space to do what one pleases
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