playmate

English

Etymology

From play +‎ mate. Compare earlier playfeer (“playmate”) of similar construction.

Pronunciation

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Noun

playmate (plural playmates)

1. A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.
   • 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:

     An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

2. A female who has appeared as the centerfold in Playboy magazine.
3. (euphemistic) A person's lover.

Synonyms

• (companion for playing): playfellow

Translations

companion to play with

• Bikol Central: kakawat
• Cherokee: ᏗᎾᏁᎶᎲᏍᎩ (dinanelohvsgi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 玩伴 (zh) (wánbàn)

• Danish: legekammerat (da) c
• Finnish: leikkitoveri, leikkikaveri (fi)
• French: compagnon de jeux
• German: Spielgefährte (de) m, Spielkamerad (de) m
• Hungarian: játszótárs (hu)
• Italian: compagno/a di giochi
• Kapampangan: kakialung, kakyalung
• Latin: collūsor m, congerrō m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lekekamerat m

• Romanian: tovarăș de joacă m
• Russian: това́рищ по играм m (továrišč po igram)
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• Swedish: lekkamrat (sv) c
• Tagalog: kalaro

woman who has appeared in Playboy magazine

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: Playmate
• French: playmate (fr) f
• German: Playmate (de) n
• Hungarian: playmate (hu)
• Italian: playmate (it)
• Portuguese: playmate f
• Spanish: playmate f

someone's lover

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• Finnish: leikkitoveri, leikkikaveri (fi)
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Anagrams

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