Play

//pleɪ//

Synonyms for "play" (922 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (185)

act bet dally drama fun gambling looseness maneuver meet toy abandon abuse accentuate accompany act a part act as act as foil act out act up acting

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action actions activism activity ad lib affect agree air space algol alphabetic data alphanumeric code ample scope amuse amusement angular data ante ante up antic antimasque ape appear apple-polish appliance application article artifice assembler assume attention audience success autograph back ball ballet barnstorm be effective be in action be occupied with be responsible for be unfaithful beguile behave behavior belittle belly laugh bet on betting bicker bid big time binary digit binary scale binary system bit blank check blue story bluff bomb book bout brainchild bring broadcast drama brown-nose bug build up burlesque show butter up byte calculated risk call call attention to caper caracole cardsharping carouse carry on carry out carry through carte blanche cast lots casting lots cause trouble cavort challenge chance charade chord chouse chunk clearance cliff hanger closet drama cobol come out comedy drama command command pulses commands compete with compiler composition computer code computer language computer printout computer program concertize conduct consider contend with contest control signals controlled quantity cooperate copy coquet correcting signals counterfeit court cover cover up coverage critical success curvet cut a dido cut capers cut lots cut the cards cut up dabble dance dancing data daytime serial

Noun(5 words)

drama backlash bid caper child's play

Verb(26 words)

act act as approach bang bauf beat bet boff boink bone bonk bop bounce breed bring bump nasties bump uglies catch a dick cohabit company

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cook copulate couple crack dally dance

Strong matches (276)

de-emphasize deal with decathlon decry delay delectation delight demeanor depict deportment deprecate device dialogue dido diminish direct dirty joke dirty story discourse disparage

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disport dissemble dissimulate diversion divert do do a bit do with document documentary drama doing double entendre double header double-header doubles draft dramalogue dramatic play dramatic series dramatize draught draughtsman draughty draw lots draw straws drive duodrama duologue edited version elbowroom emote emotionalize emphasize employ employment enact engage engage in engrossment enjoyment entertain entertainment epic theater error error signals essay ethnic joke event execute exercise exert experimental theater exploit extemporize extravaganza fade failure fair copy fake feedback pulses feedback signals feign feint fiction fiddle fiddle faddle fiddle with fiddle-faddle fidget fidget with field film data final draft finesse finger with finished version first draft flatter flexibility flicker flickering flickering light flier flimsy flirt flop flounce flutter fluttering flyer fool fool around fool with fortran fortune four flush four-flush foursome free course free hand free play free rein free scope freedom fribble frisk frivol frivolity frolic full scope full swing fun and games function functioning funmaking funny story gag gambit gamble gambol game games of chance gaming gammon gasser get top billing gimmick give giveaway glancing light go go along with go through the motions good one good story good time grand guignol great fun gush handbook handle happening have effect have free play have fun have play hazard hazarding headroom hesitate hexadecimal system high old time high time highlight histrionize hit hit show holograph horse around horseplay howler idle impersonate impose on improvisational drama improvise information input data input quantity instructions instrument interpret jape jerk off jest jestbook jet jig jockey join in joke jollity kid around lambency lark

Verb(64 words)

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Noun(7 words)

dramatic play free rein frolic fun gambling gambol gaming

Related words (461)

Noun(16 words)

lash listen looseness maneuver manoeuvre move period of play playbook playing period romp script shimmer sport swordplay turn view

latitude laugh laughs lay lay a wager lay down lay it on thick leeway legitimate drama let on let on like letter light show literae scriptae literary artefact literary production literature loiter long rope lot

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lovely time luck lucubration ludic machine language make make a bet make a pretense make a show of make as if make believe make go make light of make like make music make out like make use of malfunction manage maneuvering space manipulate manuscript margin masque masquerade masquerade as match match coins matter meet a bet melodrama merrymaking mess mess around mess with message militate mime mimic minimize minstrel show miracle miracle play misbehave misuse monkey monkey around monkey business monodrama monologue morality morality play motion move movement movements ms multiple messages music drama musical revue mystery mystery play no holds barred noise nonfiction numeric data occupation octal system open space opera operate operation operations opus original oscillograph data output output data output quantity overact pageant panel show panic pantomime paper parchment parlay participate participate in pass pass for passion play pastime pastoral pastoral drama patter penscript pentathlon percolate perform perform on performance perk personate philander picnic piddle piece piece of writing pilot place play a part play a scene play against play around play at dice play ball play by ear play down play for time play of light play off play on play possum play the game play the lead play the ponies play up play up to play with play-off playact playing playing period playlet pleasant time pleasure ploy plunge ply poem point polar data portray pose as potter practice prank prat praxis pretend pretend to be printed matter printout problem play proceed procrastinate production profess psychodrama punch-card data punt put put on put on airs putter quiver quivering quiz show race radio drama raffle raffle off random data range reading matter recension recreate recreation rectangular data reenact reference quantity register render revelry review revue rib tickler riot risk risking rival rollick romp room room to spare rope ruly english run run around runoff scope scream screed scrip script scrive scroll sea room second draft see see to sensational play serial serve set sham shenanigan shimmer shoot craps shot show sick joke sidesplitter sight gag signal signals simulate single messages singles sitcom situation comedy sketch skip skit skylarking slack sleep around sleight smatter soap soap opera sociodrama soft-soap sortition space spare room spectacle speculate speculation spew spit sport sporting sportiveness spotlight spout spray spritz spurt spurtle squirt stage stage play stage show stake staking stall for time stand pat star steal the show steer stooge story straight drama stratagem stress success suck up to surge suspense drama swing symphonize tableau tableau vivant take take advantage of take care of take effect take off take on take part in take up talk show tease teleplay television drama television play temporize the written word theater of cruelty theatre play think about think nothing of threesome tick tinker toady to tolerance tom show tomfoolery toss total theater toy with trade on transcript transcription tread the boards treasury treatment trifle trifle with trip troupe truckle to tug the heartstrings turn twiddle twosome typescript uncertainty underline underscore undertake unorganized data upstage use utilize variety show vaudeville vaudeville show vehicle venture version vie with visible-speech data visual joke vomit vomit forth vomit out wager wagering waver way wear well wheeze wide berth wield wile wing it womanize word-of-mouth success work work together working workings wow writing yarn

Verb(55 words)

lay pipe lay the pipe make for make it make love make out make the beast with two backs make whoopee mate meddle meet ming netflix and chill penetrate pipe pipe down play hide the sausage play music playact pound

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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

22 relation types

More general

99 entries

acquit act action activeness activity alteration amount appear apply assume attempt bear beat begin behave bet

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Antonyms

13 entries

bored boring doing doing nothing fun musical nothing relax rest serious study work work rest

Synonyms

16 entries

act bet bid bring dally drama free rein fun gambling looseness maneuver meet playing period shimmer toy turn

Related terms

1 entries

outdoor

at location

2 entries

theater theatre

capable of

1 entries

end badly

derived

520 entries

God does not play dice God does not play dice with the universe PlayStation Playmaster Scottish play advantage play afterplay against the run of play ageplay airplay all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy all-play-all and don't play one on TV antiplay approach play at play

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distinct from

2 entries

work working

etymologically related_to

2 entries

pledge plight

has a

1 entries

one or more scenes

has context

12 entries

drama ethology film formerly heading music musical instrument now usually in compounds performing arts person theatrical company theatrical performance

has first_subevent

6 entries

choose game find child get dirty get toy loosen up pick game

has last_subevent

4 entries

put away toys rest stop win or loose

has prerequisite

31 entries

adopt attitude adopt playful attitude adopt puppy arrange to have time off buy toy child do fun find free friend find friend find friend to play with find playmate find to play with get playmate get to play with go out have fun

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has property

2 entries

fun opening in september or october

has subevent

8 entries

act out fantasies cavort with playmates tra la compete find fun to do grab have fun having fun laugh

is a

14 entries

action child's way of learning diversion dramatic composition dramatic performance form of entertainment form of exercise magazine organized performance plan of action show theatre show touch use

manner of

16 entries

act bet compete deploy discharge exhaust exploit gamble hit move perform re create simulate sound travel use

motivated by_goal

11 entries

bored enjoy yourself entertain yourself fun have fun makes feel happy playing fun relax to wants to play with win game

receives action

3 entries

performed in theater hall performed on stage viewed by audience

related to

302 entries

about act acting acting experience acting venue action action games actions activity activity game actor actor game actors actors acting actors director actors doing

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similar

27 entries

acquit act act as bear behave bet carry comport conduct dally deport do encounter execute flirt meet

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Translations

941 translations across 184 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

speel verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Albanian

2 entries

lojë noun (playful activity)
luaj verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Aleut

1 entries

mikal verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

δρᾶμα noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
δρᾶμα noun (theatrical performance)
παιγνία noun (playful activity)
παίζω verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Ao

1 entries

asaya (Chungli) verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Arabic

4 entries

دَوْر noun (action carried out when it is one's turn to play)
لَعِب noun (playful activity)
مَسْرَح noun (theatrical performance)
مَسْرَحِيَّة noun (literary composition intended to be represented)

Aragonese

1 entries

chugar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܫܥܐ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Armenian

4 entries

խաղ noun (playful activity)
ներկայացում noun (theatrical performance)
պիես noun (theatrical performance)
խաղալ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Aromanian

1 entries

gioc (roa-rup) verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Assamese

4 entries

খেলা verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
চলোৱা verb (use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording)
বজা verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))
বজোৱা verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܛܲܐܸܠ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Asturian

1 entries

xugar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

oyun noun (playful activity)
pyes noun (theatrical performance)
oynamaq verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
oynamaq verb (participate in (a sport or game))

Bangi

2 entries

lisano noun (playful activity)
sana verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Bashkir

4 entries

спектакль noun (theatrical performance)
уйын noun (playful activity)
уйын noun (theatrical performance)
башҡарыу verb (act in a performance)

Basque

2 entries

jo verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
jokatu verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Belarusian

4 entries

гу́льня noun (playful activity)
дзеятво́р noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
дзеятво́р noun (theatrical performance)
п'е́са noun (literary composition intended to be represented)

Bengali

4 entries

খেলা noun (playful activity)
খেলা noun (individual's performance in a sport)
চাল noun (action carried out when it is one's turn to play)
চাল noun (major move by a business)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

खेलल verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Bikol Central

1 entries

kawat verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Bulgarian

4 entries

забавле́ние noun (playful activity)
игра́ noun (playful activity)
игра́ noun (individual's performance in a sport)
пие́са noun (literary composition intended to be represented)

Burmese

4 entries

ဇာတ် noun (theatrical performance)
ပြဇာတ် noun (theatrical performance)
ကစား verb (participate in (a sport or game))
ဆော့ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Catalan

4 entries

joc noun (playful activity)
joc noun (individual's performance in a sport)
jugada noun (action carried out when it is one's turn to play)
obra noun (theatrical performance)

Central Kurdish

4 entries

وازی noun (playful activity)
یاری noun (playful activity)
لێدان verb (use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording)
مۆسیقا لێدان verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries

čatá·t verb (participate in (a sport or game))

Cherokee

4 entries

ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎵᎭ verb (participate in (a sport or game))
ᎠᏆᎾᏲᎯᎭ verb (participate in (a sport or game))
ᎦᏓᏲᎯᎭ verb (participate in (a sport or game))
ᎧᏃᎩᏍᏗᎭ verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Chickasaw

2 entries

chokoshkomo verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
chokoshkomo verb (participate in (a sport or game))

Chinese

1 entries

𨑨迌 verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

戲劇 /戏剧 noun (theatrical performance)
話劇 /话剧 noun (theatrical performance)
播 verb (use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording)
玩 verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

play noun (sexual roleplaying)
戲劇 /戏剧 noun (theatrical performance)
玩 noun (playful activity)
玩兒 /玩儿 noun (playful activity)

Chukchi

1 entries

увичвэтык verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Church Slavic

1 entries

играти verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Corsican

1 entries

ghjucà verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Czech

4 entries

drama noun (theatrical performance)
hra noun (playful activity)
hra noun (theatrical performance)
činohra noun (theatrical performance)

Danish

4 entries

leg noun (playful activity)
skuespil noun (theatrical performance)
spil noun (playful activity)
spil noun (theatrical performance)

Dari

1 entries

بَازِی noun (playful activity)

Dolgan

4 entries

оойнуу noun (individual's performance in a sport)
оойньуу noun (individual's performance in a sport)
оойноо verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
оойноо verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Dutch

4 entries

optreden noun (theatrical performance)
schouwspel noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
schouwspel noun (theatrical performance)
spel noun (playful activity)

Erzya

2 entries

налкома noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
налкума noun (theatrical performance)

Esperanto

4 entries

ludo noun (playful activity)
teatraĵo noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
teatraĵo noun (theatrical performance)
ludi verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Estonian

4 entries

mäng noun (playful activity)
näidend noun (theatrical performance)
mängida verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
mängima verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Even

1 entries

эвин noun (playful activity)

Evenki

2 entries

эвин noun (playful activity)
эвидеми verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Ewe

2 entries

fefe noun (playful activity)
fefe noun (theatrical performance)

Faroese

4 entries

sjónleikur noun (theatrical performance)
leika verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
leika verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
leika verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Finnish

4 entries

esiintymä noun (geological formation)
kenttä noun (geological formation)
leikki noun (playful activity)
näytelmä noun (literary composition intended to be represented)

French

4 entries

jeu noun (playful activity)
pièce noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
pièce noun (theatrical performance)
pièce de théâtre noun (literary composition intended to be represented)

Friulian

3 entries

zogho noun (playful activity)
zuiâ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
ğujâ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Galician

4 entries

xogo noun (playful activity)
actuar verb (act in a performance)
reproducir verb (use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording)
tanguer verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Georgian

4 entries

თამაში noun (playful activity)
პიესა noun (theatrical performance)
თამაში verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
თამაშობა verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

German

4 entries

Bühnenstück noun (theatrical performance)
Bühnenwerk noun (theatrical performance)
Spiel noun (playful activity)
Spielzug noun (action carried out when it is one's turn to play)

Greek

4 entries

δράμα noun (theatrical performance)
παίζω verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
παίζω verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
παίζω verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Greenlandic

1 entries

pinnguarpoq verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Hawaiian

3 entries

hoʻokani verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
koe verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
koekoe verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Hebrew

4 entries

מִשְׂחָק noun (playful activity)
מִשְׂחָק noun (individual's performance in a sport)
מִשְׂחָק noun (theatrical performance)
מַחֲזֶה noun (theatrical performance)

Hindi

4 entries

खेल noun (playful activity)
नाटक noun (theatrical performance)
खेलना verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
बजाना verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Hungarian

4 entries

darab noun (theatrical performance)
játék noun (playful activity)
játék noun (individual's performance in a sport)
színdarab noun (theatrical performance)

Hunsrik

1 entries

spiele verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Icelandic

4 entries

leikrit noun (theatrical performance)
leikur noun (playful activity)
spil noun (playful activity)
leika verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Ido

3 entries

plear verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
plear verb (act in a performance)
pleigar verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Indonesian

4 entries

drama noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
drama noun (theatrical performance)
naskah drama noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
pentas noun (theatrical performance)

Ingrian

4 entries

karata verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
pelata verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
pelata verb (participate in (a sport or game))
soittaa verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Interlingua

1 entries

jocar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

بازی noun (playful activity)
نَمایِش noun (theatrical performance)
نَمایِشْنامِه noun (theatrical performance)
پِیِس noun (theatrical performance)

Irish

4 entries

dráma noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
dráma noun (theatrical performance)
imirt noun (playful activity)
súgradh noun (playful activity)

Italian

4 entries

dramma noun (theatrical performance)
gioco noun (playful activity)
giocare verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
giocare verb (participate in (a sport or game))

Japanese

4 entries

プレイ noun (sexual roleplaying)
戯曲 noun (theatrical performance)
演劇 noun (theatrical performance)
遊び noun (playful activity)

Javanese

4 entries

dolanan noun (playful activity)
dolan verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
dolanan verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
dolanan verb (participate in (a sport or game))

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

juga verb (participate in (a sport or game))

Kaitag

3 entries

мя́та noun (playful activity)
уйу́н noun (playful activity)
бирга́ра verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Kalmyk

1 entries

наадх verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Kambera

1 entries

pajulu verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Karelian

4 entries

elostua verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
kižata verb (participate in (a sport or game))
olla verb (act in a performance)
ozutella verb (act in a performance)

Kashmiri

1 entries

گِنٛدُن verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Kashubian

1 entries

grac verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Kazakh

3 entries

ойын noun (playful activity)
пьеса noun (theatrical performance)
ойнау verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Khakas

2 entries

ойнирға verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
ойнирға verb (participate in (a sport or game))

Khmer

4 entries

ការលេង noun (playful activity)
ល្ខោន noun (theatrical performance)
ល្បែង noun (playful activity)
ឧស្សវៈ noun (theatrical performance)

Konkani

1 entries

वाजंव्चे verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Korean

4 entries

놀이 noun (playful activity)
연극 noun (theatrical performance)
희곡 noun (theatrical performance)
놀다 verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Kumyk

4 entries

ойнамакъ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
ойнамакъ verb (participate in (a sport or game))
сокъмакъ verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
сокъмакъ verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Kyrgyz

3 entries

ойноо noun (playful activity)
пьеса noun (theatrical performance)
ойноо verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Laboya

1 entries

maleng verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Ladino

3 entries

djugar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
djuguar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
tanyer verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Lao

3 entries

ການຫຼິ້ນ noun (playful activity)
ລະຄອນ noun (theatrical performance)
ຫຼິ້ນ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Latgalian

3 entries

kaita noun (playful activity)
kaitavuot verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
spieļuot verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Latin

4 entries

fābula noun (theatrical performance)
lūdus noun (playful activity)
lūdus noun (theatrical performance)
canō verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Latvian

4 entries

luga noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
luga noun (theatrical performance)
rotaļa noun (playful activity)
spēle noun (playful activity)

Ligurian

2 entries

tiâtro noun (theatrical performance)
zugâ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Lingala

3 entries

lisano noun (playful activity)
kosakana verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
sana verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Lingao

1 entries

ȵam¹ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Lithuanian

4 entries

pjesė noun (theatrical performance)
žaidimas noun (playful activity)
groti verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
groti verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Lombard

3 entries

giögh noun (playful activity)
giœugh noun (playful activity)
giugà verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Low German

1 entries

spelen verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Lower Sorbian

4 entries

graśe noun (playful activity)
graś verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
graś verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
graś verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Lushootseed

2 entries

č̓aʔa verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
ʔukʷukʷ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Macedonian

4 entries

драма noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
игра noun (playful activity)
игра noun (individual's performance in a sport)
игра noun (major move by a business)

Malay

4 entries

bermain verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
gesek verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
main verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
palu (for kompangs) verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Malayalam

4 entries

കളി noun (playful activity)
കളി noun (individual's performance in a sport)
നാടകം noun (theatrical performance)
കളിക്കുക verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Maltese

1 entries

daqq verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Manchu

1 entries

ᡝᡶᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Marathi

1 entries

खेळणे verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Middle English

2 entries

pleyen verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
singen verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Middle French

2 entries

iouer verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
jouer verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Mongo

1 entries

sana verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Mongolian

4 entries

тоглоом noun (playful activity)
ᠲᠣᠭᠯᠠᠭᠠᠮ noun (playful activity)
наадах verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
тоглох verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Mòcheno

1 entries

spiln verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Māori

4 entries

tūtākaro noun (a short sequence of action within a game)
kato verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
raku verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
whakatangi verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Navajo

1 entries

naané verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Neapolitan

3 entries

jucà verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
jucà verb (participate in (a sport or game))
pazzià verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Nepali

1 entries

खेल्नु verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries

hura verb (participate in (a sport or game))
utsapvuha verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Ngunawal

1 entries

woggabaliri verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Norman

4 entries

jouer verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
jouer verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
jouer verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))
jouer verb (act in a performance)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

lîstik noun (playful activity)
lîstik noun (individual's performance in a sport)
piyes noun (theatrical performance)
tiyatro noun (theatrical performance)

Norwegian

3 entries

leke verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
lure verb (manipulate or deceive someone — see also play for a fool)
manipulere verb (manipulate or deceive someone — see also play for a fool)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

skuespill noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
skuespill noun (theatrical performance)
spill noun (playful activity)
teaterstykke noun (literary composition intended to be represented)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

skodespel noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
skodespel noun (theatrical performance)
spel noun (playful activity)

O'odham

1 entries

cicvi verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Occitan

4 entries

joc noun (playful activity)
jogar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
jugar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
tocar verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Old East Slavic

1 entries

играти verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Old English

4 entries

gamenian verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
gliwian verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
lācan verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
lācan verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Old French

1 entries

joer verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries

jogar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Old Irish

1 entries

spled noun (playful activity)

Old Spanish

3 entries

jogar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
jugar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
tanner verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Old Tupi

1 entries

nhemosaraî verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اویون noun (playful activity)
اویون noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
اویون noun (theatrical performance)
تمثیل ایتمك verb (act in a performance)

Papiamentu

1 entries

hunga verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Pashto

4 entries

لوبه کول verb (act in a performance)
لوبه کول verb (participate in (a sport or game))
لوبول verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
لوبې کول verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Persian

3 entries

بازی کردن verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
زدن verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
نواختن verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Picard

1 entries

jouer verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Spell noun (playful activity)

Polish

4 entries

gra noun (individual's performance in a sport)
gra noun (a short sequence of action within a game)
przedstawienie noun (theatrical performance)
spektakl noun (theatrical performance)

Portuguese

4 entries

brincadeira noun (playful activity)
drama noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
jogo noun (playful activity)
jogo noun (individual's performance in a sport)

Quechua

4 entries

awsay verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
pukllai verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
pukllay verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
pukllay verb (participate in (a sport or game))

Romani

1 entries

khelel verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Romanian

4 entries

joc noun (playful activity)
piesă noun (theatrical performance)
cânta verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
juca verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Romansch

1 entries

giugar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Russian

4 entries

игра́ noun (playful activity)
игра́ noun (individual's performance in a sport)
представле́ние noun (theatrical performance)
пье́са noun (literary composition intended to be represented)

Sanskrit

3 entries

लीला noun (playful activity)
क्रीडति verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
खेलति verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Sardinian

4 entries

giogae verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
giogai verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
giogare verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
zogare verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cleasachd noun (playful activity)
dealbh-chluich noun (theatrical performance)
dràma noun (theatrical performance)
cleasaich verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

prèdstava noun (theatrical performance)
ìgra noun (playful activity)
прѐдстава noun (theatrical performance)
ѝгра noun (playful activity)

Shan

1 entries

လဵၼ်ႈ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Sicilian

2 entries

giucari verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
jucari verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Slovak

4 entries

hra noun (playful activity)
hra noun (theatrical performance)
hrať verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
hrať verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Slovene

4 entries

igra noun (playful activity)
igra noun (individual's performance in a sport)
igra noun (theatrical performance)
igrati verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Somali

2 entries

ciyaar noun (playful activity)
ciyaarid verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Southern Altai

1 entries

ойноор verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Spanish

4 entries

juego noun (playful activity)
juego noun (individual's performance in a sport)
jugada noun (action carried out when it is one's turn to play)
jugada noun (major move by a business)

Sundanese

1 entries

ameng verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Swahili

4 entries

mchezo noun (playful activity)
tamthilia noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
tamthilia noun (theatrical performance)
cheza verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Swedish

4 entries

drag noun (action carried out when it is one's turn to play)
drama noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
drama noun (theatrical performance)
lek noun (playful activity)

Tagalog

4 entries

dula noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
dula noun (theatrical performance)
laro noun (playful activity)
laro noun (individual's performance in a sport)

Tajik

4 entries

бозӣ noun (playful activity)
намоиш noun (theatrical performance)
намоишнома noun (theatrical performance)
песа noun (theatrical performance)

Tamil

2 entries

வாசி verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
விளையாடு verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Tausug

1 entries

panayam verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Telugu

2 entries

నాటకం noun (theatrical performance)
ఆడు verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Thai

4 entries

การเล่น noun (playful activity)
ละคร noun (theatrical performance)
เล่น verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
เล่น verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Tibetan

3 entries

རྩེད་མོ noun (playful activity)
རོལ་ཆ་བཏང verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))
རྩེད་མོ་རྩེ verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Tocharian B

2 entries

kāñme noun (playful activity)
kāñm verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Tofa

1 entries

ойнаар verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

pilai verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Tooro

1 entries

zaana verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Turkish

4 entries

oyun noun (playful activity)
oyun noun (literary composition intended to be represented)
oyun noun (theatrical performance)
piyes noun (theatrical performance)

Turkmen

2 entries

oýun noun (playful activity)
oýnamak verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Tuvan

1 entries

ойнаар verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Ukrainian

4 entries

виста́ва noun (theatrical performance)
гра noun (playful activity)
гра noun (individual's performance in a sport)
п'є́са noun (literary composition intended to be represented)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

hrać verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
zahrać verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Urdu

4 entries

ناٹَک noun (theatrical performance)
کھیل noun (playful activity)
بجانا verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
کھیلنا verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Uyghur

2 entries

ئويۇن noun (playful activity)
ئوينىماق verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Uzbek

3 entries

oʻyin noun (playful activity)
pyesa noun (theatrical performance)
oʻynamoq verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Venetan

4 entries

xogar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
xugar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
zogar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
zugar verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chơi noun (playful activity)
kịch nói noun (theatrical performance)
trò chơi noun (playful activity)
vở kịch noun (literary composition intended to be represented)

Volapük

1 entries

pledön verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Walloon

1 entries

djouwer verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Welsh

3 entries

drama noun (theatrical performance)
gêm noun (playful activity)
chwarae verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

West-Frisian

4 entries

boartsje verb (participate in (a sport or game))
spylje verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
spylje verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
spylje verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Yakut

4 entries

оонньуу noun (individual's performance in a sport)
оонньоо verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
оонньоо verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))
оонньоо verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))

Yiddish

3 entries

פּיעסע noun (theatrical performance)
שפּיל noun (playful activity)
שפּילן verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Yucatec Maya

3 entries

báaxal verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
paax verb (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense))
pax verb (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense))

Zealandic

2 entries

spele verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)
speule verb (act in a manner such that one has fun)

Sample sentences

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I will play Sudoku then instead of continuing to bother you.

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It is said that "Hamlet" is the most interesting play ever written.

Source: tatoeba (1592)

Come on, play with me, I'm so bored!

Source: tatoeba (1676)

You should not play on his generous nature.

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