play-off

See also: playoff and play off

English

Etymology

Deverbal from play off.

Noun

play-off (plural play-offs)

  1. Alternative spelling of playoff.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English play-off.

Noun

play-off m (plural play-offs)

  1. (sports) playoff

Slovak

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English play-off.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈplejɔf]

Noun

play-off f or n (indeclinable)

  1. (sports) playoff

Further reading

  • play-off”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025