playmate

playmate

English

Etymology

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

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) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: lekkamrat (sv) c Tagalog: kalaro

woman who has appeared in Playboy magazine

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: Playmate French: playmate (fr) f German: Playmate (de) n Hungarian: playmate (hu) Italian: playmate (it) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

someone's lover

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: leikkitoveri, leikkikaveri (fi) French: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• metaplay, teamplay