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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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | playboy | playboye |
| genitive | playboya | playboyów |
| dative | playboyowi | playboyom |
| accusative | playboya | playboyów |
| instrumental | playboyem | playboyami |
| locative | playboyu | playboyach |
| vocative | playboy | playboye |
Further reading
[edit]- playboy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- playboy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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