playboy
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/
- Hyphenation: play‧boy
Noun edit
playboy (plural playboys)
- A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.
Synonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
man who devotes himself to pleasure
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
playboy
Declension edit
Inflection of playboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | playboy | playboyt | ||
genitive | playboyn | playboyiden playboyitten | ||
partitive | playboyta | playboyita | ||
illative | playboyhin playboyhyn |
playboyihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | playboy | playboyt | ||
accusative | nom. | playboy | playboyt | |
gen. | playboyn | |||
genitive | playboyn | playboyiden playboyitten | ||
partitive | playboyta | playboyita | ||
inessive | playboyssa | playboyissa | ||
elative | playboysta | playboyista | ||
illative | playboyhin playboyhyn |
playboyihin | ||
adessive | playboylla | playboyilla | ||
ablative | playboylta | playboyilta | ||
allative | playboylle | playboyille | ||
essive | playboyna | playboyina | ||
translative | playboyksi | playboyiksi | ||
abessive | playboytta | playboyitta | ||
instructive | — | playboyin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “playboy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French edit
Noun edit
playboy m (plural playboys)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
playboy m pers
- playboy (hedonist who leads an easy life, including sexual indulgence)
Declension edit
Declension of playboy
singular | plural | |
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nominative | playboy | playboye |
genitive | playboya | playboyów |
dative | playboyowi | playboyom |
accusative | playboya | playboyów |
instrumental | playboyem | playboyami |
locative | playboyu | playboyach |
vocative | playboy | playboye |
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔj
Noun edit
playboy m (plural playboys)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Noun edit
playboy m (plural playboy)
Declension edit
Declension of playboy
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) playboy | playboyul | (niște) playboy | playboyi |
genitive/dative | (unui) playboy | playboyului | (unor) playboy | playboylor |
vocative | playboyule | playboylor |
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Noun edit
playboy m (plural playboys)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading edit
- “playboy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014