プレー

プレー

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English play.[1][2]

Alternative forms

• プレイ (purei)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) プレ​ー [pùréꜜè] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][3]
• IPA^(key): [pɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ː]

Noun

プレー • (purē) 

1. the playing of a game
2. a match of a game or sport
3. play, a theatrical performance
4. the playing of an instrument or a musical performance

Related terms

• ファインプレー (fain purē)

Verb

プレーする • (purē suru) suru (stem プレーし (purē shi), past プレーした (purē shita))

1. play (have fun)
2. have a sports match
3. have a theatrical performance
4. play an instrument

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pray.[2]

Noun

プレー • (purē) 

1. prayer

Verb

プレーする • (purē suru) suru (stem プレーし (purē shi), past プレーした (purē shita))

1. pray

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Phrae,[2] from Thai แพร่ (prɛ̂ɛ).

Proper noun

プレー • (Purē) 

1. (~県) Phrae, a province in the northern of Thailand.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. “プレー”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN