playboy
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/
- Hyphenation: play‧boy
Noun
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.
- 1969, Joe Bataan, “Ordinary Guy”:
- Exclusive nightclubs are out of style with me / 'Cause I don't associate with high society / I don't hang around playboy millionaires / I'm just an ordinary guy you left behind
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- playboyish
- playboylike
Translations
man who devotes himself to pleasure
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Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplei̯boi̯/, [ˈple̞i̯bo̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -eiboi
Noun
playboy
Declension
| 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. | ||
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Further reading
- “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 3 July 2023
French
Noun
playboy m (plural playboys)
- post-1990 spelling of play-boy
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplɛj.bɔj/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛjbɔj
- Syllabification: play‧boy
Noun
playboy m pers
- playboy (hedonist who leads an easy life, including sexual indulgence)
Declension
Declension of playboy
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | playboy | playboye |
| genitive | playboya | playboyów |
| dative | playboyowi | playboyom |
| accusative | playboya | playboyów |
| instrumental | playboyem | playboyami |
| locative | playboyu | playboyach |
| vocative | playboy | playboye |
Further reading
- playboy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- playboy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- pleibói, pleiba
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /plejˈbɔj/ [pleɪ̯ˈbɔɪ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /plɐjˈbɔj/ [plɐjˈβɔj]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /plejˈbɔj/ [plejˈβɔj]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /plejˈbɔj/ [plejˈβɔj]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pleˈbɔj/ [pleˈβɔj]
- Rhymes: -ɔj
Noun
playboy m (plural playboys)
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Noun
playboy m (plural playboy)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | playboy | playboyul | playboy | playboyi | |
| genitive-dative | playboy | playboyului | playboy | playboylor | |
| vocative | playboyule | playboylor | |||
Spanish
Alternative forms
- play boy
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English playboy.
Noun
playboy m (plural playboys)
Usage notes
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
- “playboy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024