playoff
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play + -off.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: play‧off
Noun edit
playoff (plural playoffs)
- A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
- (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
- (UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
- 2023 May 27, Raj Singh Mahil, “EFL Championship playoff final result: Luton defeat Coventry on penalties to clinch Premier League promotion”, in THe Sporting News[1]:
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
series game
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See also edit
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.
Noun edit
playoff m pl (plural only)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.
Noun edit
playoff m (plural playoffs)
- Alternative form of play-off
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -of
Noun edit
playoff m (plural playoffs)
- (sports) playoff
- Synonym: eliminatoria
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.